The British government has confirmed it will undertake a substantial review of Palestinian school textbooks amid concerns that aid money is funding a curriculum that is inciting violence against Jews and Israelis, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. The Department for International Development (DFID) said it had “successfully pushed” for the...

The State of Israel and Jewish organizations around the world expressed their sympathy to the families of those affected by the horrific massacres at two mosques that took the lives of at least 49 worshippers in Christchurch, New Zealand. “At least forty-nine people were killed and dozens injured in shootings at...

One of the most significant barriers to integration of Arab-Israeli women into the job market, as well as greater involvement in the public arena, is transportation. Bus service from Arab villages in the north of Israel is sporadic at best. Catching a ride with a stranger is also a non-starter....

Amnesty International, an NGO known for its hostility toward Israel, has come under fire after sending a press release to top British firms informing them that operating in the West Bank and East Jerusalem makes them complicit in “Israeli war crimes,” The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. Along with the press...

Rocket sirens were triggered in Tel Aviv, and residents reported hearing two explosions, as rockets targeted Israel’s second largest city, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. The IDF later confirmed that two projectiles had been launched from Gaza, the enclave to Israel’s south that is controlled politically and militarily by the terror...

The United States referred to the Golan Heights as an area “under Israeli control,” instead of “occupied territory,” for the first time in its latest annual human rights report, published on Wednesday by the State Department, Axios reported. Israel captured most of the Golan Heights from Syria during the June...

By appointing longtime adviser, Mohammad Shtayyeh, as the Palestinian Authority’s new prime minister, President Mahmoud Abbas has given the bureaucrat the “inside track” to succeed him, according to an analysis published Wednesday by David May, a research analyst at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies. It will be up to Shtayyeh...

The city of Jerusalem has raised the Syrian flag in honor of a Damascus-born athlete who registered to run in the city’s marathon, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. Syrian-born Hasan Aljijakli, who has also lived in the United Arab Emirates and the Netherlands, registered to run in Friday’s marathon. It...

The Islamic Republic of Iran, one of the worst human rights abusers in the world and top state sponsor of international terrorism, has been appointed a seat on the United Nations’ Women’s Rights Committee, Hillel Neuer of the watchdog group UN Watch reported Wednesday. Neuer described the appointment as sending...

A far-right newspaper with national distribution in Poland has made headlines after it ran an article on its front page instructing readers on “how to recognize a Jew,” JTA reported Wednesday. The Tylko Polska weekly, or “Only Poland,” listed categories which it said could be used to identify Jewish people....