An estimated 2,000 people demonstrated in solidarity with Israel in front of the Israeli Embassy in Rome. Sunday’s rally, organized by the local Jewish community with the support of the Union of Italian Jewish Communities and other groups, included representatives from both wings of the political spectrum. “In the media there is a constant misinformation…
Israel began erecting a portable concrete security wall between Arab and Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. The fence was erected Sunday between the Arab neighborhood of Jabel Mukaber and the Jewish neighborhood of East Talpiot because of Arab youths throwing rocks and firebombs. The concrete blocks resemble part of the West Bank security barrier. East…
An Israeli soldier was killed and at least 11 people were wounded, at least two seriously, in a shooting and stabbing terror attack at the Central Bus Station in Beersheba. Police said the Palestinian assailant stabbed a soldier and grabbed his M-16 rifle, then opened fire on the bus station. An Eritrean migrant, who according…
President Barack Obama formally launched the Iran nuclear deal, ordering officials to prepare to relieve sanctions once Iran implements nuclear restrictions. In a memorandum sent Sunday to the secretaries of the state, treasury, commerce and energy departments, Obama said that the State Department had already launched some preparations. He ordered the secretaries to take “all…
Fans at a high school soccer game in Connecticut are accused of using “The Dreidel Song” as an anti-Semitic taunt directed at an opposing team. Fans of the South Windsor boys’ varsity soccer team chanted verses from the Hanukkah tune during a game last week against Hall High School in West Hartford, a town with…
Some 1,500 people gathered in Jerusalem to rally for an end to the current violence between Israel and the Palestinians and to call for a resumption of the peace process. The rally came after a day in which four Palestinians were killed during what are believed to be attempted knife attacks. The alleged assailants were…
Israel and the United States signaled on Sunday they were putting disputes over the Iran nuclear deal behind them, announcing resumed talks on U.S. defense aid for Israel as it hosted Washington’s top general and a joint air force drill. The allies had been looking to agree on a 10-year military aid package to extend…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio visited Israeli terror victims at a Jerusalem hospital. “When you are attacked, we also feel attacked,” de Blasio said during the visit Saturday night to the Hadassah Medical Center in Ein Kerem with his Jerusalem counterpart Nir Barkat. “We in New York are very familiar with the effects…
At least four Israeli cities, including the commercial capital Tel Aviv, have banned Arab laborers from their schools, struggling to calm public fears fueled by the worst surge of Palestinian street attacks in years. Israel’s Interior Ministry, which oversees municipalities, declined immediate comment on Sunday on the decision, condemned by a party representing the country’s…
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Sunday he would meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Germany this week, followed by talks with Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas after more than two weeks of violence between Israelis and Palestinians. It is the first time Kerry has confirmed media reports of a meeting with both…
Israeli authorities said four Palestinians had been shot dead and a fifth seriously injured in thwarted knife attacks on Saturday in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as tensions ran high after more than two weeks of unrest. Forty-one Palestinians and seven Israelis have died in the recent street violence, which was in part triggered…
