A left-wing Jewish-Israeli activist who was recorded saying he helps Palestinian authorities find and kill Palestinians who sell land to Jews was released from jail and put on house arrest. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court ordered the release of Ezra Nawi on Sunday, two weeks after he was arrested as he attempted to board a plane…
Bernie Sanders has had the “luxury of being a complete long shot” so far in the race to be the Democratic presidential candidate, President Barack Obama said in an interview published by Politico on Monday. Obama said both Sanders and Hillary Clinton, his former Secretary of State, share similar views on core issues like income…
JERUSALEM — A diamond engagement ring accidentally thrown in a garbage dumpster by a bride-to-be was recovered days after haredi Orthodox volunteers sifted through tons of garbage. The ring, worth more than $10,000, was lost Thursday in the haredi Orthodox community of Geula in Jerusalem when it was accidentally emptied into a home garbage receptacle…
The stormy weather continued on Monday across Israel, with snow falling in Jerusalem, Gush Etzion and Mount Hermon. On Mount Hermon, some 19 inches of snow have accumulated at the lower station of the ski slope cable car. The site was, however, still closed to visitors. Plows were working to clear the routes in the…
JERUSALEM — U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro says he regrets the timing of his criticisms of Israel’s policies in the West Bank. Shapiro in a speech at a Tel Aviv conference organized by the Institute for National Security Studies on Jan. 18, said that “at times it seems Israel has two standards of adherence…
BERLIN — Germany must set clear boundaries in the fight against anti-Semitism, Chancellor Angela Merkel said ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Anti-Semitism in Germany is “more widespread than we can imagine,” Merkel said in a conversation with Jewish media expert Oren Osterer in a podcast aired Saturday, noting several fronts: schools, social media and…
A rocket fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel and IDF fighter jets reportedly responded with an attack on Hamas targets inside the Palestinian-controlled coastal strip. The rocket fired at Israel landed in an open area and there were no injuries, officials said. A military spokesman told Haaretz a Hamas target — Israel considers any…
David Stoliar, the only survivor of the Struma, which was carrying 800 Jews fleeing the Holocaust in Romania, died in 2014, but his death was not widely or nationally reported. Stoliar was on board the Struma, which was barred from entering then-Palestine, held in Turkey for several months, then set adrift without power and torpedoed…
TEL AVIV – Israeli elder statesman Shimon Peres was hospitalized on Sunday for a second time in as many weeks after complaining of chest pains, his doctor said. Peres, who was released from hospital last week after suffering a mild heart attack on Jan. 14, was conscious and the hospitalization was a precautionary measure, Peres’s…
That @WhiteGenocideTM Twitter that Donald Trump retweeted from? It’s now morphed into a mock “Bernie 4 Prez” feed. Trump retweeted a deprecating post about Jeb Bush last week from the Twitter, but critics quickly noted that by doing so he was promoting a site filled with anti-Semitic ramblings directed at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders,…
WARSAW, Poland — President Andrzej Duda of Poland and Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic of Croatia are expected to attend the ceremony at the Auschwitz memorial marking the 71st anniversary of the concentration camp’s liberation. Dozens of survivors and their relatives will also be on hand for Wednesday’s commemoration. Red Army troops liberated Auschwitz on Jan. 27, 1945…
