University of California Irvine put the campus chapter of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), a group that advocates boycotts of Israel, on probation for two years stemming from an incident in May where members of the group prevented Israeli soldiers from speaking. During an event sponsored by a pro-Israel...

The regime of Bashar al-Assad in Syria has used chemical weapons on more than two dozen occasions since the outbreak of the civil war six years ago, including in April’s deadly attack on Khan Sheikhoun, a UN war crimes investigation revealed on Wednesday. Reuters reported that the UN investigators interviewed 43...

Justice Esther Hayut was unanimously elected by the Judicial Selection Committee as the next president of the Supreme Court on Tuesday. Hayut replaces outgoing president Miriam Naor. She will take up her new position in October and serve a six year term. Hayut will be the third woman to serve...

American television host, comedian, and producer Conan O’Brien told the medical team at Safed’s Ziv Medical Center that they deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for their free humanitarian treatment of Syrian men, women, and children spirited across the border to Israel after being wounded in Syria’s ongoing civil war. “I...

The United Nation Security Council’s renewed mandate for UNIFIL, the force that is responsible for patrolling southern Lebanon, is “an important step” in preventing arms from reaching Hezbollah, although “there is much more to do” United States Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley wrote in an op-ed published Tuesday in The...

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar rejected a request on Tuesday from the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross to meet with Israelis believed to be held captive by the Gaza-based terrorist group. Peter Maurer, president of the ICRC had requested meetings with Avraham Abera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed, and Juma Ibrahim Abu Ghanima,...