The parents of the Jerusalem bus bomber said they were shocked to learn that their son was both involved with the Hamas terror organization and that he was the perpetrator behind “such an act” against innocent people, but that nevertheless, Israel and the Jews were ultimately to blame.
The controversial election of Malia Bouattia to the leadership of the UK’s National Union of Students (NUS) is splitting the organization with a host of universities now saying they may leave and form their own alternative group.
TEL AVIV – Israel’s Interior Minister Aryeh Deri said on Monday that he may revoke the residency status of Omar Barghouti, founder of the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “The revoking of citizenship or residency is a tool that is hardly ever
JAFFA, Israel – An election for the parliamentary seat of an Egyptian lawmaker suspended for meeting with the Israeli ambassador has been set for April 15, with the campaign slated to kick off on Friday. Tawfiq Okasha (pictured), an anti-Islamist politician and
TEL AVIV – A barrage of rockets was fired at Israel over the weekend and another one was launched on Monday in what seems to be a power struggle between Hamas and Salafi movements. Salafi militants allied with the Islamic State fired the rockets in protest of Hamas’ clampdown on jihadi groups, the Gazan-based Salafi leader Abu Ayna Al-Ansari told Breitbart Jerusalem.
The Times of Israel reports: The US ambassador to the United Nations accused the world body of harboring a bias against Israel, while speaking in Tel Aviv on Monday night. Samantha Power (pictured), addressing a group of Model UN participants
United Nations (United States) (AFP) – Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday renewed his criticism of Israel’s “stifling occupation of Palestinian territories”, a day after similar hard-hitting remarks by the UN Secretary-General angered Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The UN chief made clear
TEL AVIV — The Association of American Universities (AAU) delivered another blow to the BDS movement when it issued a statement reaffirming its opposition to boycotts of Israeli academic institutions, the Jerusalem Post reported. The statement issued on Thursday discussed the resolution
Historians Against the War (HAW) will present its anti-Israel resolution at the American Historical Association’s annual meeting this Saturday, the Times of Israel reported. The four-day gathering of the American Historical Association (AHA), American’s largest and oldest such organization, will conclude
Masked militants fired at a group of dozens of Israeli tourists at the Barceló Three Pyramids hotel next to Cairo on Thursday, causing damage but no injuries.
Hillary Clinton, the frontrunner for the Democrats’ 2016 presidential nomination, expressed an interest in virulently a anti-Israel article written by a radical anti-Israel activist, and published in a Hezbollah-affiliated news site, while she was serving as Secretary of State.
A personnel change in the security agencies of Hamas in Gaza went into effect this week. Saleh Abu Sharkh, the commander of the security agencies — a kind of “chief of staff” of the official agencies (not of the military
TEL AVIV – A Christmas tree erected on the campus of a West Bank university is decorated with pictures of Palestinian terrorists in lieu of traditional ornaments.
An Islamic State (IS) attack in Israel is a matter of time, an Israeli official warned this week, pointing to the increasing global reach of the jihadist group. The senior defense official said that Russian and coalition airstrikes on IS
JAFFA, Israel – Hamas is diverting approximately 30 percent of the electricity flowing into the Gaza Strip in order to power the Islamist group’s newly constructed terror tunnels, a source in Gaza’s energy authority told Breitbart Jerusalem. Hamas is siphoning
There is a basis for coexistence, and also great deal of ordinary kindness between Muslims and Jews. But the problem of antisemitism is becoming impossible to ignore, and we need to address it before throwing the doors open.
TEL AVIV – The UN General Assembly adopted six resolutions against Israel in a single day on Tuesday, the NGO UN Watch reported, including a resolution calling for the return of the Golan Heights – together with its current inhabitants –to Syria. No resolutions
Boston (AFP) – US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Wednesday that the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians is at a “pivotal point” and could worsen beyond repair unless both sides make rapid compromises. “As you know, we’re very
A sniper shot at a parked car near the Cave of the Patriarchs located in the Hebron area of the West Bank on Wednesday. No injuries were reported in the incident. Security forces have opened an investigation into the incident and
An Israeli was seriously wounded in a stabbing attack at the Fawwar junction near Hebron shortly before noon on Wednesday.
The German government should take action against the KaDeWe department store in Berlin that over the weekend pulled Israeli products manufactured in the settlements from its shelves, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. Pointing
Berlin’s largest department store has pulled several Israeli goods from its shelves following a European Union rule outlawing “Made in Israel” tags on products made in West Bank Jewish settlements or in the Golan Heights. A spokesperson for KaDeWe (Kaufhaus
Israel produced 660 Kg of plutonium in its nuclear reactor in Dimona, and used it to make 115 nuclear warheads, which it holds in its arsenal today, a study by the Washington D.C.-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS)
A report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) watchdog group has found a significant rise in anti-Israel activity on US college campuses over the past academic year. The report also makes projections for the 2015-2016 academic year, which has begun with
JERUSALEM – Israel has decided that it will not stand idly by in the face of the European Union’s decision to label all goods produced in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, eastern Jerusalem and the Golan Heights. It will take measures against 16
A lone gunman opened fire on an Israeli car from inside his own vehicle in a West Bank attack today. The Israeli military said the driver fled the scene and “intentionally” rammed his vehicle into a group of pedestrians. The military said
Israel has issued an unusually blunt warning against proposals to restructure the U.S.-led peacekeeping force in the Egyptian Sinai next door, saying any drawdown of the foreign troops would “reward terrorism”. Installed to monitor the demilitarization of the Sinai under
An article published in The New York Times equates an Israeli anti-terror children’s game to Palestinian praise of a woman who attempted to murder an Israeli civilian.
India has warned of Islamic State (IS) using regional militant groups to mount strikes in the country, and has increased security around the diplomatic missions of the United States, France, Israel and Britain among others, a government advisory said. The
JERUSALEM — Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström generated outrage in Israel when she linked ISIS terrorism to Palestinian “despair.” “Of course we have cause for concern, not just in Sweden but throughout the world, because there are so many being
Remarks by Sweden’s foreign minister drawing a parallel between the Paris terrorist attacks and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict have been slammed as “appallingly impudent” by Israel. The diplomatic row went public on Monday but stemmed from comments made on Saturday, hours after Friday’s deadly
JERUSALEM – The Palestinian Authority and Fatah, headed by PA President Mahmoud Abbas, responded to the Paris terror attacks by comparing Israel to ISIS, using the slogan “Terror is terror.” The watchdog group Palestinian Media Watch also reported that Fatah
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has approved a new viciously anti-Israel ad that the state body had previously rejected. The poster, which showcases a picture of a child with the word “Violence” in bold print and large, capitalized letters,
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
