By appointing longtime adviser, Mohammad Shtayyeh, as the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister, President Mahmoud Abbas has given the bureaucrat the “inside track” to succeed him, according to an analysis published Wednesday by David May, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It will be up to Shtayyeh...

The city of Jerusalem has raised the Syrian flag in honor of a Damascus-born athlete who registered to run in the city’s marathon, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Syrian-born Hasan Aljijakli, who has also lived in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, registered to run in Friday’s marathon. It...

The Islamic Republic of Iran, one of the worst human rights abusers in the world and top state sponsor of international terrorism, has been appointed a seat on the United Nations’ Women’s Rights Committee, Hillel Neuer of the watchdog group UN Watch reported Wednesday. Neuer described the appointment as sending...

A far-right newspaper with national distribution in Poland has made headlines after it ran an article on its front page instructing readers on “how to recognize a Jew,” JTA reported Wednesday. The Tylko Polska weekly, or “Only Poland,” listed categories which it said could be used to identify Jewish people....

Last June, a Norwegian rapper named Kaveh performed at the Haugen Food Festival at St. Hanshaugen in Oslo. On stage, he asked if there were any of his fellow Muslims in the crowd, and when the audience responded with some applause he wished them “Eid Mubarak.” He then asked if...

Three collections from Israel’s National Library are featured in a new Google Arts & Culture online exhibition, Once Upon a Try, reportedly the largest online exhibition about inventions and discoveries ever curated. The show features more than 400 interactive exhibitions, collections and interactive stories from 110 renowned institutions across 23 countries. Once...