Israel said on Thursday it had asked Facebook and YouTube to remove videos it says have been encouraging Palestinian violence against Israelis in the past week. Four Israelis have been killed in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank in the past week, and two Palestinians have been shot dead and scores injured in clashes with…
(JTA) — CNN reported that Donald Trump last week met with “Christian, Jewish leaders.” I tried to but could not track down which “Jewish leaders” were in the group. What also puzzled me was that it was the first day of Sukkot: That didn’t rule out the presence of a “Jewish leader,” but it made it…
A yeshiva student is in serious condition after Palestinian man stabbed him in the neck in a terror attack in Jerusalem. The attacker, 19, of eastern Jerusalem, was subdued and arrested by police, and is being questioned, the Israel Police said in a statement. The attack took place on Wednesday afternoon at a light rail…
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has banned Israeli cabinet ministers and legislators from visiting a sensitive Jerusalem holy site where rising tensions have spilled over into a wave of Palestinian attacks. In the latest incident, a Palestinian stabbed and wounded a Jewish seminary student on a main road in Jerusalem on Thursday and the assailant was…
Neighbors of the London Kabbalah Centre complained about excessive noise coming from its sukkah during the recent holiday. In a formal complaint filed with the Westminster City Council, a neighbor said there was 36 hours of prayers, clapping and chanting between Friday evening and the middle of Sunday morning, the Evening Standard reported. One neighbor…
Jerry Seinfeld will bring his stand-up routine to Israel for the first time. Seinfeld, who is Jewish and lives in New York, will perform in Tel Aviv on Dec. 19, The Jerusalem Post reported. The comedian, who starred in the eponymous hit TV show in the 1990s, last visited Israel in 2007 when he was…
A fugitive former spy chief accused by the Argentine government of involvement in the murky death of a federal prosecutor in January flew from Brazil to the United States a month later, Argentina’s security ministry said on Tuesday. The ministry said Interpol in Brazil provided the information on Antonio Stiuso, one-time operations chief of the…
(JTA) — One of the low points of last year’s Gaza war was Israel’s August 3 strike outside a United Nations school in the city of Rafah. The strike, meant to hit a military target according to the Israel Defense Forces, killed at least 10 people and injured dozens. It was the latest in a string…
Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has seen a dramatic drop in support among likely California primary voters since May as rival Bernie Sanders has surged, a Field Poll released on Wednesday shows. Less than half of likely Democratic voters in the June 2016 presidential primary in California, 47 percent, now say…
A large amount of oil has been found on the Golan Heights. The reserves were found in the southern Golan after a year of drilling, the Afek Oil and Gas company announced on Tuesday. “We are talking about significant quantities. The important thing is to know the oil is in the rock and that’s what…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has canceled a trip to Germany planned for Thursday, German government sources told Reuters, as tensions rise between Palestinians and Israelis after about 10 days of violence. An Israeli official confirmed the cancellation, citing the security situation. Four Israelis have been killed since Thursday in a stabbing and a drive-by…
