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Several hundred people gathered on the steps of the Texas State Capitol in Austin on Sunday to show their support for the Jewish community and help spread kindness in the wake of a string of anti-Semitic incidents, including an arson fire outside a local synagogue.
Called the “Rally for Kindness,” it was organized by ATXKind, a grassroots group...
Earlier this month, it was revealed that a group of 15 Republican Jewish leaders from the United States paid a visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in June to try to advance the Abraham Accords normalization deal between the United States, Israel and the Gulf states.
The private initiative allowed the group to meet with top Saudi governmental...
Israel and Jordan are set to sign a cooperation agreement in the areas of energy and water in the United Arab Emirates, which helped mediate, next week.
The agreement states that Israel and Jordan will help each other deal with the challenges of climate change.
Israel agreed to examine the possible construction of a designated desalination...
An oil pipeline in the Iranian village of Ramis in the Khuzestan Province exploded on Wednesday morning, Iranian news outlet Tasnim reported.
The southern Iran pipeline exploded due to old infrastructure and wear and tear, the report stated.
The explosion reportedly created small tremors that could be felt in the surrounding areas; residents...
Several pastors came from the surrounding area to be introduced to CUFI and hear a message that inspired them to stand with Israel and the Jewish people. Two pastors became strong candidates for an upcoming trip to the Holy Land.
We had a great weekend in Katy, TX at Power House Church. Several hundred over the course of the two days embraced the CUFI message. Dozens joined the organization and many in the congregation expressed desire to visit the Holy Land.
Polish police on Monday arrested the ringleaders of last week’s virulently antisemitic demonstration in the town of Kalisz where participants shouted “Death to the Jews!” among other slogans.
Andrzej Borowiak, a regional spokesperson for the Polish police, told the PAP news agency that three men had been charged by the district prosecutor....
New statistics released by Germany’s federal government on Monday showed no let-up in the number of antisemitic incidents this year, with an average of six incidents targeting Jews every 24 hours.
As of Nov. 5, a total of 1,850 antisemitic crimes had been reported during 2021, the federal government said in response to a data request from Petra...
The number of reported antisemitic incidents on UK university campuses spiked significantly this academic year, with an increase of 59% over the previous year’s figures.
The Community Security Trust (CST), which monitors and works to combat antisemitism in the UK, recorded 111 university-related antisemitic incidents, compared with 70 in the...
New Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas last week to coordinate Israel and the PA's efforts to combat Hamas' influence in the West Bank and its destabilizing moves in Gaza.
Bar also visited Egypt for the first time on Sunday in a meeting with Egyptian Intelligence Chief Abbas Kamel.
That meeting...
An Iranian navy helicopter came close to a US Navy warship in the Gulf of Oman and circled it three times in an incident that ended without an impact on US operations, the Pentagon said on Monday.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said the Iranian helicopter came within 75 feet of the Essex warship.
“It’s dangerous because it could lead to...
US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas-Greenfield met with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and other senior government officials during her first visit to Israel to discuss cooperation between the two countries at the UN.
Bennett called Thomas-Greenfield a voice of reason in an institution otherwise biased in its treatment of...
Pastor Eric Samuelson of The Rock Church/Scarborough and Pastor Mutima/Bethel Christian Church were both CUFI Israel Trip Alumni pastors. They hosted a Friday night "Why Israel?" event to help introduce the work of CUFI to both of their very diverse church congregations. Many of their church leaders were in attendance and from the prolonged time...
Hezbollah planned to assassinate an Israeli national in Bogota as part of an operation that also targeted Americans to avenge the January 2020 killing of Iranian al-Quds Force commander General Qassem Soleimani, a Colombian newspaper reported Sunday.
The El Tiempo newspaper said the Israeli targeted by the Lebanese terror group was a former...
On Sunday video emerged of a military parade in Kabul, Afghanistan. Lines of military vehicles, Taliban members in modern military uniforms with all the tactical kit and standardized rifles to go along with it.
You’d be mistaken if you thought you were seeing a “terrorist” or “militia” force here, it was a standardized army that suddenly...
An antisemitism watchdog group identified a speaker by the name of Nick Collela who had expressed desires to run over his Jewish neighbors with his car, according to ABC and The Algemeiner.
His statements were made at a Planning Board meeting last Wednesday in Haverstraw, Rockland County, New York. There has been a reported increase in the...
A $10,000 reward has been offered for information about an unidentified man who assaulted a Jewish man in Brooklyn on November 11.
The 25-year-old victim was reportedly assaulted by a man thought to be about 19 years old and 5'10" in height who shouted abuse before fleeing, according to The Algemeiner.
The NYPD has begun investigating and...
Since Ben & Jerry’s announced in July that it would no longer sell its ice cream in Gaza and the West Bank, its British owner, Unilever PLC, has sought to do damage control. Now Unilever faces an unlikely player in international statecraft: U.S. state attorneys general.
Unilever Chief Executive Officer Alan Jope has said it rejects the...
A Polish opposition politician expressed regret at the passage of a law this summer that limited Holocaust restitution efforts, and said he hopes ties between Poland and Israel — put in deep freeze by the legislation — will be repaired soon.
“I personally, from the very beginning, was opposed to both legislations that made so much damage to...
A suspect has been arrested related to a fire set at an Austin synagogue, Congregation Beth Israel, on Oct. 31.
Franklin Barrett Sechriest, 18, was arrested Wednesday by arson investigators with the Austin Fire Department. Investigators identified Sechriest using surveillance footage that showed the license plate on the car he allegedly used to...