California Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law a measure that requires companies doing business with the state to certify that they do not boycott or discriminate against any sovereign state, including Israel. Brown signed Assembly Bill 2844 on Saturday afternoon. The State Senate approved the bill by a vote of 34 to 1 on August…
The brother of former Democratic candidate for president Bernie Sanders is running for Britain’s Parliament. Larry Sanders, 81, is running as the Green Party candidate for the seat being vacated by former Prime Minister David Cameron, who has held it for the Witney constituency in Oxfordshire in southern England since 2001. Cameron resigned as prime…
— A haredi Orthodox sect that has been living on the outskirts of Guatemala City for the last two years has relocated to a village in eastern Guatemala after saying they were harassed by local authorities. Earlier this month, authorities in Guatemala City raided the fringe sect’s compound, separating children from their parents, amid allegations…
A human rights group urged soccer’s governing body, FIFA, on Monday to move matches being played by Israeli teams in the occupied West Bank to Israel, saying that playing in Jewish settlements meant they were playing on stolen land. The six clubs named by Human Rights Watch are all minor. But the dispute over their…
Backers of Israel’s massive Leviathan natural gas field signed a $10 billion deal on Monday to supply 1.6 trillion feet (tcf) of gas to Jordan’s National Electric Power Company. “Subject to regulatory approvals from Israel and Jordan, sales …are anticipated to commence at field startup,” said Texas-based Noble Energy, the project’s operator. Talks on the…
— Historian Saul Friedlander said he would leave the United States if Donald Trump were elected president. Friedlander, a Pulitzer Prize winning international expert on the Holocaust who lives in Los Angeles, told the French news agency AFP in an interview that Trump is a “dangerous crazy” who could pull off a win in the…
WASHINGTON — A slate of ten U.S. Muslim leaders, including both Muslims in Congress, urged Hamas to return to Israel the remains of two soldiers. “In the name of Almighty God the most merciful and compassionate, we appeal to you on the basis of humanity and charity to release the remains of Hadar Goldin and…
WASHINGTON – In a pre-Rosh Hashanah briefing, Jewish community and U.S. security officials urged Jewish institutions to be resilient and keep up morale in the face of terrorist threats. Hundreds of officials from more than one hundred institutions across the country participated in the call on Friday. Speakers included Paul Goldenberg, the director of Secure Community…
— Jeremy Corbyn was re-elected head of the British Labour Party, leading to the resignation of a Jewish official from the party. Corbyn handily defeated challenger Owen Wilson, 313,209 to 193,229, the party announced at the start of its conference on Saturday. Parry Mitchell announced his resignation following the results. He had told the London-based Jewish Chronicle…
— A 100-year-old Holocaust survivor has officially become a U.S. citizen in order to vote in the upcoming presidential election. Menia Perelman of South Florida, who arrived in the United States at the age of 84, told local media that she wanted to become a citizen so she could vote in the November election. She…
NEW YORK — Five pitchers combined on a four-hitter and Israel slammed three home runs in a 9-1 victory over Great Britain in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic qualifier in Brooklyn, earning its first bid to the international tournament. Israel took a no-hitter into the eighth inning in Sunday’s game at MUA…
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