Well over 1,500 Orthodox rabbanim from across the United States, hailing from a cross section of communities, have joined the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce’s call to support the Israeli government’s effort to combat the BDS movement, which promotes a boycott of Israel and related individuals and businesses around the world.
The Chief Rabbi of Israel, Rabbi David Lau, and politicians from across the spectrum in Israel denounced on Wednesday evening a video broadcast on Channel 10 News in which extremist teens were seen expressing joy during a wedding celebration over the murder of baby Ali Dawabshe in the Duma arson six months ago.
Washington – Aryeh Lightstone, an Orthodox rabbi who works in Jewish education, will serve in an advisory role at the US embassy in Israel alongside Ambassador David Friedman, a State Department official confirmed on Sunday.
Executives at O, the Oprah Winfrey magazine, refused on Monday to receive a small group of activists accusing Israeli diamantaire Lev Leviev of involvement in human rights abuses in the Middle East and Africa.
Eighteen world leaders representing 11 countries notified the Israeli Foreign Ministry Wednesday morning that they plan to attend the funeral of former Israeli President Shimon Peres, scheduled for this Friday.
After a year of tensions, and even hostility, between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama, a mending of fences may be on the horizon – but not until final negotiations on Iran’s nuclear program conclude.
For months, there have been warnings to the White House by its Middle Eastern allies and from analysts in Washington not to allow the nuclear negotiations to become a stepping stone for Iran.
The classified intelligence US President Donald Trump revealed to Russia allegedly came from top Israeli cyber experts who discovered ISIS was developing explosives that would not be detected by airport security, according to a New York Times report on Monday.
A New York Times article on Sunday lauded the allegedly liberal “hipster Palestinians” in Haifa who live a secular cultured life, but one of the main Arab sources quoted in the piece lost no time clarifying he was seriously misrepresented by the “white media.”
New York, NY – New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has issued the first executive order in the country forcing state entities to drop investments linked to boycotts of Israel.
