British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver toured Tel Aviv this week, sampling Israeli cuisine for what is rumored to be his latest, still secret, television show, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. As part of his trip around the city, Oliver visited the Sultana vegan restaurant on Ibn Gabirol Street, where he...

With the rejection of all U.S. financial assistance over a new anti-terror law, the Palestinian Authority “has chosen terror over the wellbeing of its own civilian population,” TIP CEO & President, Joshua S. Block, said in an op-ed published in JNS on Wednesday. The PA announced earlier this month that...

A duo of debaters from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem won the 2019 World University Debating Championship in the English Second-Language category. The contest, hosted by the University of Cape Town Debating Union, wrapped up on January 4. Hebrew University students Roy Schulman (a master’s degree candidate from Yehud) and...

Amnesty International is under fire for its recent campaign encouraging travel websites to boycott Israel, which denies the historical Jewish connection to the land of Israel, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. A statement from the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Jewish Leadership Council blasted the human rights organization for...

In a blow to the anti-Israel boycott campaign, the BBC dismissed a call from supporters of the movement to ask for Eurovision to be moved out of Israel, saying it will broadcast the show because it is “not a political event,” The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. The BBC said in...

The makeup of any future Palestinian government remains uncertain, as two factions of the PLO said they would not be part of a governing coalition that “solidifies divisions” among the Palestinians, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah...