Following the release of a European Union report showing that nearly 90% of European Jews believe that anti-Semitism has worsened in their countries over the past five years, Jewish organizations have called on European leaders to fight the hatred, The Times of Israel reported Monday. In response to the findings of...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israeli airliners have been given permission to fly over Sudan and Oman, as part of Israel’s drive to improve ties with the Muslim world, The Times of Israel reported. “At this time, we can overfly Egypt. We can overfly Chad, that...

The IDF announced the discovery of a third terror tunnel built by Hezbollah from Lebanon into Israel, and fired shots at suspected infiltrators, The Jerusalem Post reported Saturday. On Tuesday of last week, Israel announced the start of Operation Northern Shield, an effort to locate the many tunnels Hezbollah, the...

Doctors delivered a baby whose mother was critically wounded in a terror attack outside of the Jewish community of Ofra in the West Bank, The Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Six others, including the woman’s husband, were also injured in the attack. The 21-year-old mother is reported to be in stable...

Thanks to Netta “Toy” Barzilai winning the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest, Israel gets to host the 2019 contest. But can an Israeli singer earn the trophy again? The process of choosing Israel’s representative from a field of 60 hopefuls began the night of November 24 with the first group of...

Chile’s State Comptroller ruled that cities in Chile are prohibited from engaging in anti-Israel boycotts, The Jerusalem Post reported Thursday. The ruling was issued in response to complaints filed by Shai Agosin Weisz, president of the Chilean Jewish community, and members of the Chilean community in Israel, after the city of Valdivia...

A resolution introduced by outgoing United States Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley condemning Hamas garnered an unprecedented level of support — it was supported by 87 countries — in the General Assembly, The Times of Israel reported Thursday. However, due to a last-minute maneuver, the threshold for passage was...

Student leaders at Ohio State University on Wednesday took a clear stance against the anti-Semitic boycott movement and overwhelmingly rejected a pro-BDS resolution against Israel, Shiri Moshe reported for The Algemeiner. OSU’s Undergraduate Student Government (USG) voted down the anti-Israel legislation with a vote of 30 against, seven in favour,...

In a surprising public defense of Israel, the foreign minister of Bahrain said on Thursday that the Gulf state supported the Jewish State’s operation to expose and destroy Hezbollah’s cross-border tunnels, The Times of Israel reported. “Is Terrorist Hezbollah’s digging of the tunnels under Lebanon’s border not a flagrant threat...

It’s easy to see why a funny picture of a polar bear with sophisticated photography gear won Israeli photographer Roie Galitz  a “highly commended” spot in the 2018 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. But there’s a very serious story behind “Wildlife PhotograBear,” snapped in early April 2018 in Svalbard, an archipelago in the...