The Obama administration could decide this week to approve lethal aid for Syrian rebels and will weigh the merits of a less likely move to send U.S. airpower to enforce a no-fly zone over the nation ripped by two years of civil war, officials said Sunday. White House meetings are planned as Syrian President Bashar…
Montreal’s Jewish federation says there is no evidence that fire bomb attacks on two kosher restaurants and a private home in a heavily Jewish suburb over three days are anti-Semitic in nature. “There is absolutely no evidence” that the firebombing of Café Shalom on Friday, a private home on Saturday, and Chops Resto Bar early…
The U.S. government has recovered 400 pages from the long-lost diary of Alfred Rosenberg, a confidant of Adolf Hitler who played a central role in the extermination of millions of Jews and others during World War Two. A preliminary U.S. government assessment reviewed by Reuters asserts the diary could offer new insight into meetings Rosenberg…
A 29-year-old former undercover CIA employee was the main source for last week’s Washington Post stories on National Security Agency surveillance programs, the newspaper reported on Sunday. The Washington Post said that Edward Snowden has identified himself as the source on the secret program. Snowden has also identified himself as the source for the Guardian…
Google is set to acquire Israeli startup Waze, after the two firms recently agreed on most of their terms and are close to sealing the deal. The total purchase price exceeds $1 billion. Sources said the agreement calls for the U.S. Internet search engine giant to pay the full amount in cash. In addition, Waze’s…
Richard Falk, the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestinian human rights, called on the U.N. Human Rights Council to shut down the watchdog organization UN Watch. In an annual report on Israel’s violations of Palestinian human rights due to be presented to the Human Rights Council on Monday, Falk seeks an investigation of UN Watch…
Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee has determined that the process of recruiting Ben Zygier to the Mossad, as well as the course of his handling in the organization, constituted a “serious systemic failure,” according to an MK involved in the draft copy of the panel’s report. The MK spoke on condition of anonymity due to…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran and its Palestinian and Lebanese allies on Sunday of carrying out “non-stop” cyber attacks on major computer systems in his country. He gave no details on the number of attacks but said “vital national systems” had been targeted. Water, power and banking sites were also under threat, he…
In the wake of the public outcry surrounding the payment for former U.S. President Bill Clinton’s speech, which compelled the Jewish National Fund to withdraw its financial support for the lecture, the Peres Academic Center announced Sunday it would raise the requisite funds. Clinton is slated to deliver his speech, costing $500,000, at a gala…
Israel aims to stay out of Syria’s civil war, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday, despite violence eroding security on the Golan Heights border area. The strategic plateau, most of which has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 war, saw fierce fighting last week between Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s forces and Syrian rebels…
Israel’s prime minister said he would work with John Kerry to advance peace talks with the Palestinians, following a government official’s assertion that the ruling coalition opposes a two-state solution. “(T)ogether we will try to advance a way to find an opening for negotiations with the Palestinians with the goal of reaching an agreement. This…
דער באַגריף, ייִדישע אױטאָנאָמיע אין גלות — הײַנט פּאָפּולער בײַ קריטיקער פֿון ציוניזם — איז היסטאָריש ניט געװען קײן דערפֿאָלג.
