MidEast

Student leaders at Ohio State University on Wednesday took a clear stance against the anti-Semitic boycott movement and overwhelmingly rejected a pro-BDS resolution against Israel, Shiri Moshe reported for The Algemeiner. OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) voted down the anti-Israel legislation with a vote of 30 against, seven in favour,...

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In a surprising public defense of Israel, the foreign minister of Bahrain said on Thursday that the Gulf state supported the Jewish State’s operation to expose and destroy Hezbollah’s cross-border tunnels, The Times of Israel reported. “Is Terrorist Hezbollah’s digging of the tunnels under Lebanon’s border not a flagrant threat...

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It’s easy to see why a funny picture of a polar bear with sophisticated photography gear won Israeli photographer Roie Galitz  a “highly commended” spot in the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. But there’s a very serious story behind “Wildlife PhotograBear,” snapped in early April 2018 in Svalbard, an archipelago in the...

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UNIFIL, the United Nations force that is supposed to keep the peace between Israel and Lebanon, acknowledged the existence of a Hezbollah terror tunnel inside of Israeli territory, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. In a statement released after being shown a tunnel near the Blue Line that divides Israel...

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Israel’s Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon said on Wednesday that President George H.W. Bush’s contribution to the U.S.-Israel relationship will “forever be remembered,” as he attended the funeral of the late president alongside the Jewish state’s envoy in Washington, Ron Dermer, The Algemeiner reported. “Former President George H.W. Bush was a...

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The European Council unanimously adopted a new declaration on Thursday regarding its fight against anti-Semitism and the development of a common security approach to better protect Jewish communities and institutions in Europe, The Jerusalem Post reported. In its declaration, the Council calls on all EU member states to endorse the...

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