Mitt Romney told donors attending his campaign’s Utah retreat that he is briefed on the Middle East by Israeli government officials. About 50 of the 700 donors who attended the retreat this weekend in Park City were Jewish, according to one in attendance. Many of these attended a breakout session Friday afternoon on the U.S.-Israel…
The Jerusalem District Court on Sunday denied a petition by 132 migrants from the Ivory Coast to retain the group immunity from deportation they had enjoyed until last December. “The petitioners did not offer a factual basis for the claim that there was inherent danger to the life or freedom of an Ivory Coast national…
The commotion was expected. As soon as Farouk Sultan, the chairman of Egypt’s election committee, began reading out loud on live television the number of votes received by Mohammed Morsi, the country’s first Islamist president (more than 13 million), the crowd stopped him with their loud shouts − some of them happy and some angry….
At least 15 fires broke out in a day in Jerusalem, and most reportedly are believed to be the result of arson. Several of the fires throughout the city Sunday showed signs of arson, Jerusalem fire officials told the Israeli media. Some of the fires were located on Mount Scopus, French Hill, near the American…
Congressional leaders and top Obama administration officials met with representatives of Chabad-Lubavitch. Lawmakers meeting June 21 with several hundred Chabad emissaries from across the United States and the world included Rep. Eric Cantor (R-Va.), the majority leader in the U.S. House of Representatives, who spoke of how Chabad rabbis have assisted him in his Jewish…
The search for Guma Aguiar, a Florida businessman and philanthropist who has given millions to Jewish nonprofit organizations, reportedly was called off. Aguiar, the CEO of Leor Energy who lives in Fort Lauderdale, was last seen on the evening of June 19. His yacht washed ashore in Fort Lauderdale the following day, according to reports….
Mohamed Morsi of the Muslim Brotherhood was declared the winner of Egypt’s presidential race in its first democratic elections. Egypt’s electoral commission on Sunday said Morsi was the victor and would be sworn in as president. Morsi reportedly won with 52 percent of the vote. Morsi and Ahmed Shafik, the last prime minister of deposed…
Fifty U.S. congressmen urged Hungarian leaders to “use their authority to speak out against anti-Semitism.” Their call came in an open letter dated June 22 addressed to Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban. The letter focused on “anti-Semitic and homophobic positions espoused by members of the Jobbik Party. Jobbik, a nationalist extreme-right movement, is the country’s…
Australia’s official Jewish population has risen by about 10 percent in the last five years to almost 100,000, according to new census data. The findings of the 2011 census, released June 22 by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, revealed the Jewish population to be 97,335. But Jewish demographers have long believed the unofficial number of…
Officials at the Tel Aviv District Police said Sunday that the district may have been inadequately prepared for Saturday’s social protest, which turned violent as scores of protesters clashed with police, smashed bank windows, and blocked roads. Police officers in the district said that the police failed to correctly anticipate the number of protesters that…
More than 6,500 people converged in and around Tel Aviv’s Habima Square on Saturday night, protesting the arrest on Friday of Daphni Leef, a leader of last summer’s social protest movement. The protesters blocked Ibn Gabirol Street north to Rabin Square, before moving on to blocking Ayalon highway. Around 20 demonstrators who broke into a…
