The United States is urging European nations to support a United Nations resolution that condemns Hamas, the terrorist group that has complete political and military control over the Gaza Strip, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday. Israel’s Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon told reporters that U.S. diplomats were working on language...

Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister on Tuesday called on the international community to fundamentally rethink its support for UNRWA, the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, in a briefing with 50 foreign dignitaries, JNS reported. “Israel’s policy is to close UNRWA. They are the problem, not the solution,” said Tzipi Hotovely. “Over...

Czech President Miloš Zeman and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu inaugurated the so-called Czech House in Jerusalem on Tuesday, The Times of Israel reported. In his speech at the opening ceremony, Zeman said that he expected to open the Czech embassy in Jerusalem on his next visit. “Friends, let me...

South Korea announced that it is buying two Israeli-made radar systems to counter missile threats, despite warming ties with North Korea, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. Seoul is purchasing two Green Pine radar arrays made by ELTA Systems Ltd., which is a subsidiary of the state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries....

We all love the classic Channukah sufganiya — a light and puffy fried donut made from yeasted enriched dough, filled with red jam and topped with a generous dusting of powdered sugar. There are few greater joys than taking a bite and letting the jam squirt out the other end,...

In response to Israel’s recent diplomatic gains in the Arab and Muslim worlds, the Palestinian Authority is reportedly pushing to convene an emergency Arab League meeting, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. Nabil Shaath, a senior Palestinian official, told the Israeli paper, Haaretz, “There are a series of Arab and Islamic...

A leading scholar of the Holocaust termed the results of a recent survey of anti-Semitism in Europe “frightening,” CNN reported Tuesday. Deborah Lipstadt, a professor of history at Emory University and author of numerous books on the Holocaust, assessed the results of the poll of more than 7,000 Europeans in...

UK Prime Minister Theresa May delivered an impassioned speech condemning anti-Semitism and misogyny at the end of Monday’s Sara Conference on gendered anti-Jewish bigotry in Westminster, which explored the relationship between hatred of Jews and discrimination of women, Jewish News reported. Addressing a reception in Downing Street, the Prime Minister said, “I...

The European Union slammed Iranian President Hassan Rouhani’s reference to Israel as a “cancerous tumor,” calling the description “totally unacceptable,” The Times of Israel reported Monday. “President Rouhani’s remarks bringing into question Israel’s legitimacy are totally unacceptable,” a spokesperson for the EU said in an official statement. “They are also...

An emergency response vehicle (ERV) carrying an innovative Israeli machine that pulls drinking water out of ambient air is on its way to California to provide hydration to police and firefighters dealing with the aftermath of two massive wildfires that have taken at least 87 lives. The vehicle and the...