JNS.org – Samantha Power, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, this week sounded an unusually strong—and therefore welcome—warning about the continuing bias against Israel in the corridors of the world body. On a visit to Israel, Power spoke publicly about the experience of ZAKA, an Israeli humanitarian aid...

For the first time, Egyptian textbooks will cover the 1979 Camp David peace agreement with Israel. A reporter for Israel’s Army Radio saw a new ninth-grade textbook on Egyptian modern history, reporting that it covered the Camp David Accords, which officially ended the state of war between Israel and its southern neighbor, in an unbiased manner....

Reports of anti-Semitism at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities have emerged after a leader of the Oxford University Labour Club (OULC) resigned after he saw that members of the club, and the student Left in general, “have some kind of problem with Jews.” After the OULC voted 18-16 to support Israel...

Iranian military officials announced Monday that they plan to purchase $8 billion worth of arms from Russia, the latest sign of growing economic and military ties between the two countries in the wake of the nuclear deal signed last year. Iranian Defense Minister Hossein Dehghan and other senior defense officials have spent the last two days...

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah stated in a speech on Tuesday that the Iran-backed terror organization he leads now has the ability to cause damage in Israel equivalent to a nuclear bomb detonation, killing tens of thousands. Nasrallah claimed that Hezbollah wasn’t seeking war with Israel, but said that the terror group’s missiles...

The DAB Bank in Munich is set to discontinue the account of a leading group associated with the anti-Israel boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaign in Germany, The Jerusalem Post reported on Tuesday. The website of BDS-Kampagne [Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions] names DAB Bank Munich as the institution through which it accepts money transfers, according...

Israeli-French singer-songwriter Yael Naim was named the Female Artist of the Year at the 2016 Victoires de la Musique, France’s equivalent of the Grammys, on Friday. Her new album Older was also nominated for Album of the Year. Naim won Album of the Year for her self-titled album in 2008 and French Singer of...

Germany will not fully normalize ties with Iran until it recognizes Israel, Chancellor Angela Merkel said in a joint press conference with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Berlin Tuesday. Although German government and business leaders have been making overtures to Iran in recent months after the Islamic Republic’s economy was freed up...

The United Kingdom is set to prevent its publicly funded bodies from engaging in boycotts of Israel. Under new procurement guidelines to be announced later this week, local governments will be prevented from violating a World Trade Organisation accord signed by the EU and Israel that prohibits singling-out suppliers from participating nations, such as Israel, for discriminatory treatment....

When Israel’s detractors openly promote anti-Israel messages, many often fall into the trap of focusing solely on the particular antics and claims used in the attacks. While the false and discriminatory rhetoric of anti-peace BDS (boycotts, divestment, sanctions) groups should be forcefully refuted, there is often significant funding that enables...