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February 14 marked 126 years since the publication of Theodor Herzl’s book Der Judenstaat (The Jewish State). Herzl firmly believed the creation of a Jewish homeland would eliminate antisemitism; it was his solution to the Jewish question. He wrote, “I think Jews will always have sufficient enemies, such as every nation but, once in their own…
Colleyville police contacted the FBI over antisemitic and white supremacist flyers found in driveways, which are being investigated as a hate crime, according to FOX7 Austin reports.
One flyer claimed “every single aspect of the COVID agenda is Jewish,” according to the report. Another made connections to Jewish members of the Biden…
Red alerts sounded in the northern Galilee area, the Jordan Valley and the southern Golan Heights on Friday morning after an unmanned aerial vehicle crossed into Israel from Lebanon.
At least two rounds of red alert sirens were activated in the North, the first time in several months.
According to the military, the sirens were activated…
Former US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered recorded remarks at the Jerusalem Prayer Breakfast on Tuesday in Tallinn, Estonia calling for prayer for peace in Jerusalem and in Eastern Europe where winds of war between Russia and Ukraine have captivated the region.
“I wish I could be there in-person with you, in Estonia, to pray with you…
A recently opened Israeli restaurant on the Upper West Side has been vandalized with vulgar, antisemitic graffiti.
On Thursday morning, staffers arrived at Miriam, an Israeli eatery on Amsterdam Ave. and 74th St. that opened on Jan. 24, to find the words “Fuck Jews” spray-painted three times on its outdoor dining shed.
According to Patch,…
A Louisville mayoral candidate said Thursday that he was “traumatized” by the news that the man charged with drawing a gun and firing at him earlier this week had been placed on home incarceration.
Quintez Brown, 21, was arrested and charged with attempted murder shortly after Monday’s shooting in Louisville. The Democratic candidate, Craig…
As the Iran nuclear negotiations appear to be heading into the final stretch, U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have been expressing growing concern over what the final agreement, if reached, will bring.
Recently, Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), chair of the powerful Senate Foreign Relations Committee questioned the Biden administration’s…
STRASBOURG, France — A Bulgarian nationalist legislator gave a Nazi salute in the chamber of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, sparking outrage after he spoke during a debate on the rule of law in Poland and Hungary.
Going up the steps that lead to the exit of the hemicycle, Angel Dzhambazki of the euroskeptic ECR group can be…
Israel never received any responses from various international agencies and organizations to the country’s numerous offers of aid to Lebanon, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
Since the devastating explosion of Beirut’s port in the summer of 2020 and the ongoing financial crisis, Jerusalem has offered aid to Beirut multiple times including to the…
Israel launched a missile strike on targets in the Damascus area on Wednesday night, Syrian state media reported.
The Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) said early on Thursday morning that Israel launched the strike from the Golan Heights at around 11:35 p.m. on Wednesday. Syria’s air defense system was not activated and there were no immediate…
Australia announced on Thursday that it would designate the entire Hamas movement as a terrorist organization, Australian media reported.
Previously, the country only listed Hamas’ military wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades.
“The views of Hamas and the violent extremist groups listed today are deeply disturbing, and there is no place…
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah made a rare trip some two months ago from his secure, secret location in Beirut to Tehran, where his Iranian backers impressed on him the expectation that the Lebanese terror group will respond militarily to any Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, Channel 12 News reported Wednesday.
Iran, which backs…
Karawan Halabi, 27, on Tuesday became the first Druze athlete to set an Israeli track and field record, finishing the 1,000-meter race in 2:43:99 minutes.
The previous record belonged to Edna Lankri, whose time of 2:46.03 minutes had stood for 25 years.
Halabi first made history in 2019 as the first Druze athlete to win a national…
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said in a ceremony at the Knesset on Wednesday that the United States and Israel are allied in the face of the threat from Iran.
“We are together in the fight against terrorism posed by Iran, both in the region and also its nuclear development. The nuclear threat by Iran is a global one. It is a threat to the…
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with US Senator Lindsey Graham at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Monday morning.
Their discussion focused on “the Iranian threat, which is faced by both Israel and the US, and ways to deal with it,” according to a readout by the PMO.
“They also discussed the security challenges in the Middle…
Troops from the IDF’s 890th Paratroopers Battalion held a week-long drill simulating war on the northern front against Hezbollah while keeping a watchful eye on the country’s explosive southern border as tensions rise in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood.
The exercise saw troops spend two-and-a-half days simulating defending Israeli…
A range of moves by the government have led to the seizure of NIS 103 million of Hamas terrorism funds, National Bureau for Counter Terror Financing of Israel official Sagi Volkovitz said at a government conference on Tuesday.
His agency is part of the Defense Ministry. Volkovitz gave complex examples of groups that would sell or deliver goods…
A delegation of top Turkish leaders will arrive in Israel this week, ahead of a planned visit by President Isaac Herzog to the country, the president’s office said.
The delegation, whose trip is for the purpose of discussing Ankara-Jerusalem relations, will include Ibrahim Kalin, spokesperson and chief adviser to Turkish President Recep…