Al-Quds University’s Professor Mohammed Dajani, who earlier this year organized the first group of Palestinian university students to tour the Auschwitz death camp, has resigned from the university, Israel’s daily Haaretz reported Sunday. According to Dajani, a campaign of “incitement” forced him
The unity government founded between the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas on Monday is hitting early snags, as brawls broke out in Gaza on Thursday over the payment of employees of the two groups, reports Israel National News. In
In a blow to Israel, British Foreign Secretary William Hague was the first EU foreign minister to welcome the unity government agreement signed on Monday between the Palestinian Authority (PA) and Hamas. In a statement issued on Tuesday, Hague said
After Egyptian courts sentenced dozens of Muslim Brotherhood supporters of ousted president Mohammed Morsi to death, and sentenced hundreds more to life, the court defended its verdict by calling the men “demons” who preached Jewish scripture, according to The Guardian.
In a major blow to the Israeli government, the US said Monday it would agree to work with the new Hamas-backed Palestinian unity government sworn in on Monday, and would also maintain its aid to the Palestinian Authority, reports The
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas by phone on Sunday, and “expressed concern” about the Fatah-Hamas unity government which will be sworn in on Monday, reports Israel National News. The U.S. considers Hamas a terrorist
With official reconciliation between Hamas and the Palestinian Authority expected to be finalised any day, there is little attention being paid to Hamas’s statements of their intentions. According to an analysis from the Gatestone Institute, Hamas is plainly stating that
The European Union Wednesday announced that it has made available €200 million ostensibly to provide basic services to the Palestinian people, reports Parliament Today. The EU provides over €300 million annually to the Palestinians. About two-thirds of that money is
As far lower than expected voter turnout threatened to damage the credibility of former army chief Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, widely expected to win Egypt’s presidential election, authorities hastily added a third day of voting, according to Reuters. After months of
A Turkish court issued arrest warrants on Monday for four former top Israel Defense Forces (IDF) commanders, reports the Jerusalem Post. The arrest warrants were issued in connection with the May 2010 IDF raid on a blockade-running ship, the Mavi Marmara, in
In at least one realm, the recent reconciliation between Hamas and the Fatah appears to have taken hold: children’s television. Both Hamas, which rules Gaza, and Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah, which governs the West Bank Palestinian Authority (PA), have produced children’s
A conservative paper supporting Turkey’s prime minister went on an anti-Semitic diatribe regarding the recent mine disaster that claimed the lives of 301 people, the International Business Times reported. The article on the front page of Turkish paper Yeni Akit
Mohammed Dahlan, the longtime rival of Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas, has been sentenced in absentia by a Ramallah court to two years in prison, ABC News reports. The sentence against Dahlan was reportedly handed down in March but was not
Twitter users in Spain posted 17,500 messages of anti-Semitic abuse after Israeli basketball team Maccabi Tel Aviv defeated Real Madrid on Sunday night to win the Euroleague Championship, reports the Jerusalem Post. Jewish groups in the Catalonia region filed a legal complaint over
An Egyptian television channel that recently claimed that an episode of “The Simpsons” proved that the United States had conspired to cause the Arab Spring revolutions is now claiming that the show was concocted by Jewish lobbies and think tanks and financed
Nearly 75 percent of French Jews who participated in a recent survey said they are considering emigrating, according to a JTA report. The survey by the Paris-based Siona organisation encompassed 3,833 respondents from the Jewish community across France. The
India’s Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi’s record shows he is serious about strengthening ties with Israel, according to an Israel National News analysis. The Israeli government seems to agree. “On Friday, I spoke with the Prime Minister-elect of India. There, too,
U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with his Israeli counterpart, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Thursday in Tel Aviv, where the two distanced themselves from a recent report alleging Israel has been aggressively spying on the United States. At Tel
Turkey’s Islamist Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan screamed an anti-Israel slur at a Turkish mine disaster protester, The Algemeiner reported on Thursday. “Why are you running away from me, Israeli sperm,” Erdogan said to a protester, using a Turkish word that is
President Mahmoud Abbas visited David Cameron in Downing Street this week. Discussions are said to have hinged on the Middle East Peace Process, but one wonders whether the PM raised the new Anti-Defamation League report that shows that after decades
Danny Glover and others actors featured in a documentary on an American social activist have formally protested the screening of their film in Tel Aviv, reports The Times of Israel. The actors announced their support for a cultural and academic
Anti-Semitic and negative attitudes toward Jews are “persistent and pervasive around the world,” the Anti-Defamation League announced on Tuesday during a press conference for the release of the ADL Global 100, a global survey of anti-Semitism. Surveying over 50,000 people
Egyptian singer Shaaban Abdel Rahim, known as Chaaboula, plans to open his concert with his infamous song “I Hate Israel” at Morocco’s Mawazine world music festival, reports The Algemeiner. The festival features international stars Alicia Keys, Justin Timberlake, Ricky Martin and Kool and the
Israel and Turkey are likely to normalise relations soon after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu returns from his trip to Japan on Friday, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. “We are waiting for the prime minister to return and finalise the deal,”
Syrian forces loyal to President Bashar Assad have used chemical weapons in over 30 cases since Syria joined the Chemical Weapons Convention last year and agreed to the destruction of its entire arsenal, reports The Times of Israel. “From
