European Union (EU) guidelines requiring the labelling of consumer goods produced in Israeli settlements in the West Bank will be published next week. EU labelling of what it calls “settlement products” has been a contentious issue between Brussels and Jerusalem since 2012. The matter is
On November 4, 1979, Muslim student revolutionaries in the Islamic Republic of Iran took over the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and with it claimed 52 American citizens as hostages in what became a 444-day ordeal that would go on to grip America and the world.
Mysterious posters have appeared at the University of Chicago, mocking the “Students for Justice In Palestine” group by changing the slogan on its logo to “Stabbing Jews for Peace.”
Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, has voted to enact a city wide boycott on all Israeli goods in support of the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanction movement. The 15-strong council also urged individuals to boycott Israel “as long as the occupation of
LONDON, United Kingdom – Today, outside the gates of the Prime Minister’s residence at 10 Downing Street, the flags of terrorist groups Hezbollah and Hamas were flying proudly beside those of Britain’s labour unions and the Socialist Workers Party. The
The release of the latest tranche of Hillary Clinton emails from her private server while she was Secretary of State reveals her State Department’s long-standing anti-Israel bias.
The frontrunner in the Labour leadership campaign, Jeremy Corbyn has denied knowingly associating with Holocaust deniers, calling denial of the holocaust “vile and wrong.” However, he denied making misjudgements about the people he had associated with in the past, saying
A novelty globe sold at Poundland shops in the UK and Ireland displays “Palestine” where the State of Israel should be featured. The £1 Mini Globe, described as a “unique desk accessory” was bought at a London branch of the budget
George Galloway has confirmed that he will refuse to host Israeli mayors at London’s City Hall if he wins the London Mayoralty in 2016. In the interview with Jewish News the controversial Respect Party leader also insisted that there is
The U.S. State Department said in a press release Wednesday that it is “deeply concerned” that Israel continues to build apartments in disputed areas of Jerusalem and the West Bank.
Israel’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Tzipi Hotovely has told European foreign ministers, their deputies and several European ambassadors that their governments, including the UK’s, provide financial assistance to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) that “actively blacken Israel’s name around the world.” The European Jewish Press reports Hotovely (below
One of Israel’s most experienced and respected diplomats has attacked the Norwegian media for its “one-sided” pro-Palestine “activist journalism.” Raphael Schultz, who was sent to Norway last year, wrote in an open letter citing what he called “a large selection
President Barack Obama hosted two radical anti-Israel activists, Riham Osman and Batoul Abuharb of Houston, Texas, on Tuesday night. They both had the honor of sitting at Mr. Obama’s exclusive “President’s Table” at the annual White House Iftar dinner. Both have publicly stated that they consider Israel and its leadership to be sponsors of terroristic acts.
Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday released a short ‘South Park’ style video that mocks the way foreign journalists covered last summer’s conflict in the Gaza Strip. The 50 second clip (see below) shows a series of everyday scenes in Gaza being reported incorrectly
Outgoing Anti-Defamation League chief Abe Foxman has reportedly panicked over what he calls declining U.S. support for Israel, and blamed Israel for taking Americans, and American Jews, for granted. Foxman’s claims contradict polls showing that American support for Israel is near an all-time high. The real reason for his freakout: liberals support Israel less, which means that American Jews support Israel less, because of President Barack Obama’s confrontational policy toward Israel.
Prominent British Muslim activist Asghar Bukhari came under fire yesterday for accusing “Zionist” spies of a psychological conspiracy against Muslims – including breaking into his house and stealing one of his shoes. Having been accused of sabotaging Iran’s nuclear programme, and conducting a campaign
Israel’s embassy in the Netherlands has highlighted passages in a state-mandated Dutch history textbook that provides false representations of Israel’s history in its pages.
The New York Times has published an extensive article documenting the fear felt by many Jewish students on American college campuses because of the large, well-funded, and aggressive anti-Israel movement.
Both Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin have declined a request to meet former Democratic President Jimmy Carter when he is due to visit Israel in the next few weeks.
George Galloway says Israelis will be “dancing in the streets” if he loses his re-election bid. Speaking at the launch of the campaign of Halima Afza for Heaton last Monday, the Respect Party MP followed up on Afza’s accusations that
Once, Robert Malley was too radical for the Obama campaign, or for the White House. The Middle East scholar, widely seen as anti-Israel, reportedly met with the terrorist group Hamas and encouraged the United States to do the same. Then, in February, President Barack Obama appointed Malley as a senior director at the National Security Council. Today, Malley is advising Secretary of State John Kerry in Lausanne, Switzerland as he negotiates with Iran over a nuclear deal.
Hoping to revive the sagging spirits of America’s dwindling pro-Israel Jewish community, pro-Israel icon William Kristol tries to reassure Weekly Standard readers this week that Jimmy Carter issued anti-Israel threats similar to those now made by President Obama, only to see American Jews and Israel emerge stronger.
On Tuesday night, Hollywood bully Harvey Weinstein received the Humanitarian Award at the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s National Tribute Dinner at the Beverly Hilton. There, he spoke forcefully about the need to fight anti-Semitism.
Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) has apologized for stating in a disparaging manner that Joel Pollak—her former opponent in a 2010 Congressional race, who now serves as Breitbart News’s Senior Editor-At-Large and Breitbart California Editor—is an “Orthodox” Jew.
Former Secretary of State James A. Baker III, a foreign policy adviser to former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, criticized Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday evening at the Washington gala dinner for J Street, a Soros-funded left-wing group that is devoted to disrupting the close U.S.-Israel alliance. Baker said that Netanyahu had been too forceful in his opposition to a nuclear deal with Iran, and that he had shown insufficient commitment to peace with the Palestinians.
