The End of a Jewish Presence in Europe?

By Guy Millière, Gatestone Institute—- On December 3, the French National Assembly passed a resolution adopting the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance’s definition of anti-Semitism. The resolution stressed that the definition “encompasses manifestations of hatred toward the State of Israel justified solely by the perception of the latter as a Jewish collective.” MP Meyer Habib, who…

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‘Erdogan turns blind eye as Hamas plots attacks on Israel from Turkish soil’

By Israel Hayom—- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is turning a blind eye to the fact that senior Hamas officials based in Istanbul are actively plotting terrorist attacks against Israel, British daily The Telegraph reported on Wednesday. According to the report, the interrogations of several terror suspects derived that senior Hamas operatives are using Turkey’s…

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PA Taking Over Greek Orthodox Church Land in Bethlehem

By Baruch Yadid, Jewish Press— The Christian Greek Orthodox community in Bethlehem has been in a tumult in recent days following the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) intention to expropriate the lands of the Church of Nativity which belong to the Church. A few days ago, 11 institutions associated with the Greek-Orthodox Church published a statement protesting…

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‘Brazil will move its embassy to Jerusalem’

By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— Son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday that Brazil was committed to moving its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem in 2020. Bolsonaro Jr. spoke during a meeting inaugurating an office of Brazil’s APEX-Brasil trade organization in Jerusalem. Bolsonaro Jr. said that he…

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Recently Revealed Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount: First Stage in Third Temple Construction

By Adam Eliyahu Berkowitz, Breaking Israel News— On Thursday morning, for the first time since the Temple stood in Jerusalem, a minyan (quorum) of ten Jews stood and prayed on the Temple Mount. Jewish prayer on the Temple Mount was legally mandated in a 2015 Jerusalem magistrate court decision but a clause in the ruling…

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Iran’s Plan to Foil the Gaza Ceasefire

By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute—- Iran seems concerned that its Palestinian allies in the Gaza Strip may reach a long-term ceasefire with Israel. That is probably why Iran summoned leaders of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) to Tehran after reports in the Arab media suggested that the Egyptians have made significant progress in their efforts…

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Political pickle sees Likud, right-wing bloc slip in polls

By Mati Tuchfeld, Israel Hayom— The prolong electoral crisis is taking its toll on Israeli politics, as a recent poll shows that Likud and the right-wing bloc as a whole will face an uphill battle ahead of the March 2 elections. The 2020 election campaign was announced on midnight, Wednesday, as the 22nd Knesset dissolved…

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Why American Jews Slander President Trump

By Caroline Glick, JPost-— The past week has clarified a lot of things about the state of the American Jewish community — and its antagonists. The two assailants who walked into the kosher supermarket in Jersey City Tuesday and opened fire intentionally targeted the Jews. They killers belonged to the black supremacist, virulently anti-Semitic “Black…

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Trump Targets Anti-Semitism, Boycotts Against Israel on College Campuses

By Caleb Parke, Fox News—- President Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that would cut federal funding to colleges and universities that don’t curb anti-Semitism against Jewish students. Trump’s new order is set to hit the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement head-on. It invoked Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to…

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Putting American Jewry on Notice

By Ron Jager— Meeting and engaging American Jews from both sides of the political aisle has left me increasingly bewildered. Despite the Congressional impeachment inquiry lead by Democratic Jewish Congressional leaders, or the high profile given to American Jews in the anti-Trump campaign with two prominent Jews running for the Democratic presidential nomination; Bernie Sanders,…

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Trump: Israel has never had a better friend in the White House

By Yoni Hersch and Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Israel has never had a better friend in the White House than him because, unlike his predecessors, “I kept my promises.” Trump energized a large audience at the Israeli American Council National Summit in Florida by recounting his record on…

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Preserving The Peace With Jordan

By Caroline Glick, JPost— In recent remarks before a Knesset meeting marking the 25th anniversary of the signing of Israel’s peace treaty with Jordan, Netanyahu explained that the basis of Israel’s peaceful relations with Egypt and Jordan is not emotional. The Egyptians and Jordanians haven’t embraced Israel as a neighbor and friend. Rather, Israel’s peace…

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