Zaki Anwar Nusseibeh, a minister of state in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) government, said this week in an exclusive interview with Sohrab Amari of The New York Post that, “There is no enmity between us and the state of Israel,” – a groundbreaking statement that would have been unthinkable...

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Excerpted and adapted from the introduction to What Justice Demands: America and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Post Hill Press). In June 2014, a jihadist group linked to Al Qaeda conquered large tracts of Syria and Iraq. After this swift rise to power, which took the world by surprise, the group declared...

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Hezbollah supporters rode their motorcycles near the border with Israel, in a show of defiance against the Jewish State, The Jerusalem Post reported Sunday. The demonstration prompted the IDF to declare that Hezbollah was “making a mockery” of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701, which ended the 2006 war between Israel and the...

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The Chief Rabbi of Britain has defended Israel’s right to host the 2019 Eurovision song contest and blasted the anti-Semitic Boycott, Divestment, and Sanction’s (BDS) movement for its effort to pressure artists not to perform in the Jewish State. In an interview with The Daily Mail that was published on...

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Israel’s Diplomatic-Security Cabinet is expected to announce in the coming weeks a major slash in the tax revenues that Israel collects on behalf of the Palestinian Authority, with the amount the PA pays to terrorists and their families to be deducted from the aid Israel hands over to the Palestinian...

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Yofix Probiotics of Tel Aviv is launching a dairy-free, soy-free yogurt alternative in three fruit flavors. Based on oats, lentils, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds and coconut, the product (to be called Only in Israel and Yofix abroad) is traditionally fermented and contains live probiotic cultures and prebiotic fibers. Yofix founder Ronen...

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A 2012 video of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn saying that Israel could use a “false flag” operation to launch an attack on Iran has emerged, The Jewish Chronicle reported Thursday. In the video, Corbyn is asked by an offscreen interviewer talks about “conversations on the conspiracy channels on the...

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Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has been slammed for saying she “almost chuckles” when Israel is recognized as a democracy and comparing the nation to Iran, The Algemeiner reported Thursday. Omar made the comments in an interview with Yahoo! News earlier this week. “When I see Israel institute a law...

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Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro thanked Israel’s “brave troops” on Thursday for providing emergency relief to the victims of a recent dam collapse that killed at least 99 people and left hundreds missing, The Algemeiner reported. A 130-strong Israeli team landed in Brazil on Sunday to assist Brazilian authorities in search...

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France‘s Eurovision contestant says he “can’t wait to visit” Israel despite death threats he received over his decision to perform in the Jewish State, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Bilal Hassani, a 19-year-old from Paris who was born to a Muslim family of Moroccan origin, won France’s selection contest...

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