The official announcement of the UK Labour Party’s investigation of anti-Semitism within its ranks was marred Thursday when party leader Jeremy Corbyn made a speech comparing Israel to ISIS, shortly before a Jewish member of parliament was heckled and accused of being part of a media conspiracy. “Our Jewish friends are no more responsible for the...

Germany has reached a preliminary agreement to lease up to five advanced drones from Israel for 600 million euros. The deal, which was signed with the state-owned Israel Air Industries last week, stipulates that the large Heron TP (Eitan) drones will be initially sent to Germany to be made operational and deployed in 2018, Ynet reported....

The rising levels of anti-Semitism in France, due to both historical factors and modern Arab immigration, means that French Jews have no future there, Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Natan Sharansky said Monday in Paris. “There is no future for the Jews in France because of the Arabs, and because of...

The editor of the United Kingdom’s leading Jewish newspaper hailed the Brexit vote on Friday, arguing that it will reduce anti-Semitism and extremism in British society. “It’s certainly a truism that when times are troubled, the Jews are often the first target,” wrote Stephen Pollard, editor of The Jewish Chronicle. “But the referendum...

Israeli politicians and Jewish leaders hailed British Prime Minister David Cameron on Friday after he announced his intention to resign after the UK voted in a referendum to leave the European Union, a move that Cameron campaigned against. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a statement Friday that Cameron was a “respected leader and...

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’ debunked allegation that “certain rabbis in Israel” issued a call to poison Palestinian wells is “reminiscent of age-old anti-Semitic stereotypes,” Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the Anti-Defamation League, said in a statement released Thursday. Abbas repeated the discredited charge, propagated by the PA’s Foreign Ministry earlier this week, while addressing the European...