A far-right party in Germany asked to receive information on the number of Jews living in the city of Dortmund. Councilman Dennis Giemsch of The Right party also asked for a breakdown of where the Jews live according to the city districts, according to reports. Dortmund is located in western Germany in the state of…
The European Union has no intention of imposing sanctions on Israel if it takes steps to block a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the EU’s new foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said on Monday. European diplomats have said the EU is looking at new ways to press Israel to halt its building of settlements…
Swastikas were painted on the Holocaust memorial monument at Babi Yar in Kiev. It is the second time that the monument has been vandalized in two months. The graffiti was found Monday during a tour at the site for schoolchildren, The Jerusalem Post reported. A swastika was painted on the monument, located at the site…
Charley Levine, a top public relations professional in Israel and well known in Ango-Israeli circles, has died. Levine, of Maale Adumim in the West Bank, died Sunday after a short illness. He was 62. Levine, the founder and CEO of the Israeli public affairs and media relations consultant company Lone Star Communications, worked with dozens…
A surprise appearance at a soccer match by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spurred more speculation in Israel on Monday that he could be headed toward an early national election. The next parliamentary poll isn’t due until November 2017 but squabbling between Netanyahu’s far-right and centrist coalition partners over the 2015 state budget and a range…
(Haaretz) — An internal European Union document on proposed sanctions against Israel, which Haaretz obtained in its entirety on Monday, reveals new details on the suggestions being made in the internal discussions among EU member states that have been taking place in EU institutions in Brussels. Among the options under consideration are measures against European…
A Palestinian bus driver was found hanged in his vehicle on Monday, an incident that led to stone-throwing protests by Palestinians suspecting foul play but which Israeli police, citing autopsy results, termed a suicide. Youssef al-Ramouni, 32, was found dead at the start of the route he was supposed to have driven late on Sunday,…
The umbrella organization for British Jewry accepted for membership a group that backed the recent nonbinding parliamentary vote recognizing a Palestinian state. On Sunday, the Board of Deputies of British Jewry voted 135 to 61 to accept Yachad UK, which calls itself “pro-Israel, pro-peace.” The group supports a two-state solution and takes British Jews on…
The family home of the Palestinian man who killed two people when he drove into a crowd of commuters at a Jerusalem Light Rail stop was ordered to be demolished. Israel sent the family of Abdelrahman al-Shaludi the demolition order on Friday; the family had 48 hours to appeal. The home is on the fourth…
Mervyn Smith, president of the South African Jewish Congress and a major anti-apartheid activist in the Jewish community, has died. Smith died Saturday after a long illness. He was 77. “If there was a Jewish organization, I belonged to it – with my heart and soul,” Smith said frequently, according to the South African Jewish…
A federal appeals court upheld the dismissal of a lawsuit filed against the U.S. government by Alan Gross, the American-Jewish contractor imprisoned in Cuba since 2009. In a 3-0 decision Friday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the government cannot be sued for injuries that occurred in another country….
אין פֿאַרגלײַך מיט די פֿיזישע פּאַוויליאָנען געשאַפֿן פֿון אָפֿיציעלע לענדער איז דער ייִדישלאַנד־פּאַוויליאָן געבויט אויף אידעעס
