Amnesty International is under fire for its recent campaign encouraging travel websites to boycott Israel, which denies the historical Jewish connection to the land of Israel, The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. A statement from the Board of Deputies of British Jews and Jewish Leadership Council blasted the human rights organization for...

In a blow to the anti-Israel boycott campaign, the BBC dismissed a call from supporters of the movement to ask for Eurovision to be moved out of Israel, saying it will broadcast the show because it is “not a political event,” The Jewish Chronicle reported Wednesday. The BBC said in...

The makeup of any future Palestinian government remains uncertain, as two factions of the PLO said they would not be part of a governing coalition that “solidifies divisions” among the Palestinians, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah...

British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has issued an apparent apology for Britain’s 1939 policy to cap immigration into Palestine, calling it a “black moment” in history, in what is believed to be the first such remarks by a British foreign secretary. Hunt made the comment in an address to the...

A Polish swimming star has rejected an offer to coach Malaysia’s swim team on account of the Asian nation’s refusal to allow Israeli athletes to compete, The Times of Israel reported Tuesday. “I was offered a very attractive coaching position from the Malaysian Swimming Federation,” Bartosz (Bart) Kizierowski, who represented Poland...

Israel informed the United Nations of the existence of additional “underground infrastructure” belonging to the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah along the Israeli-Lebanese border, The Times of Israel reported on Monday. The newly discovered infrastructure included tunnels heading towards Israel that were not destroyed in the IDF’s recent Operation Northern Shield,...

The Plant Production and Marketing Board of Israel plans a significant expansion of its Orri Jaffa mandarin orange exports to the United States and Canada this year because of increased demand for these easy-to-peel mandarins. The Jaffa Orri was developed by scientists at the Israeli Volcani Center Agricultural Research Organization....

Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has offered his resignation amid political turmoil in the PA’s ruling faction, The Jerusalem Post reported Tuesday. It has yet to be determined if PA President Mahmoud Abbas has accepted the resignation. Hamdallah’s offer of resignation comes after the Fatah Central Council recommended on Sunday...

German satellite manufacturer OHB System AG and Israeli government-owned defense contractor Israel Aerospace Industries Ltd. (IAI) announced on Tuesday a joint moon research program for the European Space Agency (ESA), Globes reported. Under the terms of the agreement, OHB will provide services for reaching the moon, using a lunar lander...

The United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said Monday that hatred of Jews is growing around the world, as he warned, “We must rise up against rising anti-Semitism,” The Times of Israel reported. “Inevitably, where there is anti-Semitism, no one else is safe,” Guterres said during the UN’s annual commemoration service...