An Austrian lawmaker who agreed with an anti-Semitic post put on her page has walked back her comments. Susanne Winter, a member of the Austrian Parliament from the far-right Freedom Party, on Friday responded to an anti-Semitic post by a citizen named Oehlmann Hans-Jörg in which he said that “Zionist money Jews are the global…
A man who stabbed a fellow Jewish-Israeli in a suburban Haifa parking lot after mistaking him for an Arab was charged with attempted murder. Shlomo Pinto, of Kiryat Ata, was charged Sunday in Haifa District Court for attempted murder and possession of a knife with racist intent, Haaretz reported. Pinto reportedly confessed to the attack…
Iran’s supreme leader said the Islamic Republic would not cooperate with the United States on regional issues, saying its support for Israel shows that their goals are diametrically opposed. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei gave a far-reaching foreign policy address to top Iranian diplomats on Sunday in Tehran. Excerpts of the address were posted on the leader’s…
An Arab-Frenchman accused of assaulting a rabbi and his son after stabbing a Jewish man in Marseille was jailed days after after his mother discredited his insanity plea. Farid Adouche was charged with aggravated assault on Oct. 29, according to Michele Teboul, a leader of the Jewish community of Marseille. Five days earlier, hours after…
Jonathan Greenblatt, the head of the Anti-Defamation League, encouraged the Jews of France not to leave their country despite increasing anti-Semitic violence there and a rise in the far right’s popularity. Greenblatt, who is in Europe on his first working trip abroad as the ADL’s national director, made the statement on Sunday during a panel…
Three Israeli Border Police officers were injured in a car ramming attack near Hebron. The attack at the Beit Anoun Junction in the West Bank on Sunday injured one officer seriously and two lightly. The car continued driving after the attack and officers opened fire on the vehicle. Israeli military and police forces were searching…
(Reuters) – Israel is refusing to return the bodies of Palestinians killed during a month-old surge of violence unless the Palestinian side agrees to keep their funerals “modest,” the Israeli defense minister said on Sunday. In the latest incidents, a Palestinian tried to stab an Israeli soldier during disturbances near Hebron, in the occupied West…
Israel offered its condolences to Russia over the crash of a Russian passenger plane in Sinai which killed all 224 people aboard. “I offer condolences to the government of Russia, to President Putin, to the Russian people and, of course, to the families of the victims,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday. “This was…
One hundred thousand Israelis paid tribute to former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at a rally marking the 20th anniversary of his assassination. Former United States President Bill Clinton spoke at the rally, held Saturday night at the central Tel Aviv plaza bearing Rabin’s name. Clinton, who guided Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Rabin, praised Rabin’s willingness to…
Oscar-winning film-maker Roman Polanski said on Friday he was grateful and relieved after a Polish court rejected a U.S. request for his extradition over a 1977 child sex conviction. The case of the Polish-born Polanski, now 82, remains an international cause celebre nearly four decades after the crime, with some demanding harsh punishment and others…
An Israel Defense Forces intelligence department has called on its officers and soldiers to be wary of attempts to recruit them to America’s Central Intelligence Agency. The advisory from the IDF’s information security department, which is part of the intelligence department, calls on Israeli military officers to “be aware and report any unusual incidents,” Israel’s…
