The White House on Thursday reiterated its concerns over the Israeli government’s proposed judicial reforms. “The genius of our democracy &mdash and frankly Israel”s democracy &mdash is that they”re built on strong institutions, that they include checks and balances that foster an independent judiciary,” White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby said. “We support
Former Pink Floyd frontman Roger Waters has announced he is taking legal action against cities in Germany who have threatened to cancel his concerts, accusing the outspoken BDS supporter of antisemitism. The cities include Frankfurt, Munich and Cologne. Frankfurt has already reportedly cancelled Water”s concert, with local lawmakers in the other German cities working on
A year into Commission of Inquiry, chairman Erik Mose says that so far they ‘have not found that there has been a genocide within Ukraine’
Group of officers and soldiers who volunteer for reserve duty in Military Intelligence’s Special Operations Division and cyber warfare units say scheduled bill vote is final straw
A rock was thrown through the window of a hall of a conference attended by Economy Minister Nir Barkat in Kfar Saba this evening (Thursday), as protestors against the government’s planned judicial reforms gathered outside the hall where the conference was held. Dozens of people were in the hall when the rock broke the window,
University’s lawyers request personal details including medical, employment records from Pride students in legal battle; state lawmakers call move ‘ethically reprehensible’
Both Republican and Democratic lawmakers concerned about military chain of command, troop morale, reservist boycotts, says delegation of high-level reservists
A member of a British far-right messaging group who called for a synagogue to be “firebombed” was sentenced on Wednesday for sharing a video on how to build a replica machine gun, Sky News reported. James Farrell, 32, of Glasgow, was a member of the extremist Oaken Hearth chat group, where he shared antisemitic, neo-Nazi
Housing market shows a slowdown as prices stabilize; volume of real estate transactions down 39% year-on-year
Lapid says coalition’s swift rejection of judicial reform framework akin to telling president to ‘go to hell’; Netanyahu says president’s plan is ‘one-sided’
At briefing in Berlin, PM hints overhaul package will be softened, but says it ‘must match the mandate we got’ in the election; slams Herzog for ‘brushing aside’ coalition concerns
A Michigan high school has apologized after a Palestinian American anti-Israel activist was invited to a student-led diversity event where she went on a hateful tirade against Israel. Huwaida Arraf, the co-founder of the International Solidarity Movement (ISM) and a failed Democratic Congressional candidate, had promised Bloomfield Hills High School she would stick to topics
A new survey conducted for Kan after the presentation of President Isaac Herzog’s outline last night (Wednesday) shows that 36% of Israelis support the President’s compromise outline, compared to only 24% who oppose it. 40% answered “don’t know” about the outline. It also shows that about a quarter of Likud voters (23%) support the president’s
Barefoot Rom, as this social media influencer calls himself, believes in the meditative power of running, and does it without shoes
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir issued an urgent appeal to the leaders of the coalition this evening (Thursday) calling for the immediate beginning of the procedures to dismiss Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara from her position for causing “real damage every day” through her continued obstruction of the government’s policies. In his appeal, Ben-Gvir noted that
Republican Senator Jim Risch (R-IO) and half a dozen Republican senators have penned a letter to US Education secretary Miguel Cardona demanding answers after finding evidence that the Department of Education is funding antisemitic activities on American college campuses. “The US government has failed to address the widespread antisemitism taking place on college campuses &
Nadav Argaman, who was appointed under Netanyahu, expresses fear that Israel will move toward a dictatorship if laws are passed and that agents will no longer want to serve
Foreign Ministry Director-General Ronen Levi (Maoz) today (Thursday) led a delegation to Warsaw that met with members of the Polish government and in principle reached an agreement that would enable the resumption of Israeli youth delegations to Poland. The delegation included representatives of the Foreign Ministry, the Education Ministry, and the Israel Security Agency. Foreign
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called President Isaac Herzog’s judicial reform compromise outline a “major missed opportunity” while speaking to reporters in Berlin Thursday evening. “This is not the ‘People’s Framework,’ and I’m not even sure it’s the framework of half the people,” Netanyahu said. “What was brought in front of the president from the coalition
A coalition of 30 of the top law professors in the United States denounced the American Bar Association (ABA) for refusing to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism in a recent resolution condemning antisemitism. They urged the ABA to reverse its course after it removed support for the IHRA definition from a 2023 resolution on
Students from Üsküdar American Academy, considered one of city’s most elite, deliver the gesture at game as a taunt following goals by Ulus team; Turkish authorities taking action
German chancellor says he’s watching overhaul debate ‘with great concern,’ urges weighing Herzog proposal; PM says accusations that he is seeking to abolish democracy are ‘absurd’
Elliot Resnick, who was running Jewish Press at time and faces several felony charges, was seen grabbing arm of officer trying to spray rioters to keep them from entering building
A discussion of three key figures who were instrumental in the making of American Judaism as we know it today: Abraham Joshua Heschel, Mordecai Kaplan, and Joseph B. Soloveitchik.
The New York Times columnist sits down with Rabbi Ammi Hirsch to discuss American politics, COVID-19 policies and Israel.
A group of MKs issued a statement today (Thursday) withdrawing their signatures from a call to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to immediately release the Jewish suspects in the Huwara riots from administrative detention. “After we received from Defense Minister Gallant a security review on the essential need for administrative detentions, which are carried out sparingly,
The Australian state of Queensland”s government has announced that as part of a sweeping ban on hate symbols it will outlaw the display of Nazi and swastika tattoos, The Guardian reported. The move will mirror New South Wales, which has already introduced a ban on displaying the swastika, including tattoos. The states of Western Australia
Former prime minister says government is ‘anti-Israel’ and country isn’t represented by current PM, state leaders should ‘scorn’ him
Poll of 110 startups, of which 66% are Israeli, shows most founders believe bankers in collapse US bank had known the risk they were facing
Police twice clear demonstrators from Ayalon Highway in Tel Aviv; after coalition rejects Herzog proposal, Lapid blames government for violence after protesters are pepper-sprayed
Firefighters and paramedics extricate people trapped under debris; police say Lahav 433 investigative unit to probe incident
The former editor of the Brooklyn-based Jewish Press newspaper was charged with two felonies on Thursday for his role in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, Politico reported. Elliot Resnick was charged with civil disorder and impeding police officers for allegedly grabbing the arm of a Capitol police officer while holding back the doors of the
MK Tzvi Sukkot (Religious Zionism party) said that the hopes he had for President Isaac Herzog’s proposal for a compromise on the government’s planned judicial reforms were dashed when the President unveiled his proposal last night (Wednesday). “We put our hopes on the president. He managed to convince us that he is really trying to
ZAKA volunteers brought back and showcased 2 Scrolls of Esther said to be decades old, sparking frenzied allegations of ‘archaeological theft’ in the Turkish media
Report says FM Cohen told Zelensky that Israel will supply electronic warfare system to defend against drone attacks, seeking to learn how it performs against Iran-made weapons
Ali Shamkhani says his visit to the United Arab Emirates is ‘a meaningful beginning for the two countries to enter a new stage of political, economic and security relations’
* Translation by Yehoshua Siskin Can you experience national unity on Zoom? 10,000 women from all sectors of society registered for a broadcast that was launched by *Devorah Paley* to mark thirty days since the terrorist attack in Ramot in which her two sons, Asher-Menachem and Ya’akov-Yisrael, were murdered. On the same morning that Devorah
Why did the president claim much was agreed on, and the PM delay his trip, if the coalition was about to deride Herzog’s plan and denounce him?
New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman in a Tuesday op-ed compared Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to Russian President Vladimir Putin, describing Netanyahu’s leadership style as “madness” that is risking the future of Israel. In the piece, titled “Putin and Netanyahu Show Why Bad Things Happen to Bad Leaders,” Friedman claims it is “shocking”
Arabic media reported that Israeli troops killed three people in a firefight in Jenin Thursday afternoon. According to the report, at least two of the fatalities are confirmed to be members of terrorist organizations. One of them terrorists is a member of Islamic Jihad, while the other is a member of Hamas. Israeli security forces
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) issued a stark warning about the growing presence in the United States of the hate group Goyim Defense League (GDL), led by white supremacist and former rapper Jon Minadeo. The group has been behind numerous distributions of vile antisemitic flyers across the United States in recent years. They were also recently
IDF confirms forces operating in West Bank city; Palestinian media identify two men as senior members of Hamas and Islamic Jihad, respectively
Emirati President bin Zayed pledges cash to repair buildings and property damaged in riot in Huwara last month, after 2 Israeli brothers killed in terror attack there
Shmuel Meidad, the director of the human rights organization Honenu, has appealed to Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to permit 17-year-old Tzadok Hacohen, currently under administrative arrest following Gallant’s own signed order, to attend the brit milah ceremony of his young brother, due to be held on Thursday. Meidad begged Gallant not to perpetuate the persecutory
Plane can be seen spraying MQ-9 Reaper in apparent bid to blind its optical instruments and drive it out of the area; Russia accuses US of provocations
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant toured the border with Lebanon on Thursday morning following the bombing attack at the Megiddo Junction earlier in the week and less than a day after the IDF announced that the terrorist who planted the bomb infiltrated the country from Lebanon and was eliminated by Yamam special forces and Shin Bet
On Thursday afternoon, scaffolding collapsed on a seven-story building at a construction site in Ramat Gan, trapping six laborers beneath it. Two laborers were extricated from underneath the scaffolding and found to be lifeless. A 30-year-old laborer suffered serious head injuries, two other laborers suffered moderate wounds to the head, and one other was lightly
The Ministry of Education demands that Jewish schools hire a security guard to escort school trips to Jerusalem. In contrast, Arab schools are exempt from hiring guards for the same trips. A document sent by the Ministry of Education to regional directors and security coordinators states, “Schools in the non-Jewish sector are not obligated to
In Tel Aviv, anti-government protests are descending into scenes of chaos, with protesters breaking onto the Ayalon Highway and being detained for engaging in violence. In Haifa, a group of Navy reservists sailed small boats into the harbor and blocked the port. In Jerusalem, five people were arrested on suspicion of having participated in a
Statements by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz following their meeting in Berlin.
