February 23, 2023

IFCJ ups aid to Jews in Ukraine

Jews in Ukraine in need of food, medical items and more receive aid from on-site volunteers supported by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, February 2023. Photo by Avishag Shaar-Yashuv. One year into the war in Ukraine, the International […]
February 22, 2023

American NGO’s funding blocked for support of terror organizations

by Simon Sherman (JNS) — The Alliance for Global Justice (AfGJ), a U.S.-based NGO, announced on Feb. 21 that they have been blocked from receiving credit card donations. These sanctions were introduced by multiple credit card companies due to AfGJ’s […]
February 22, 2023

Archbishops call on Christians to fight antisemitism

Archbishop Adolfo Tito Yllana, the apostolic nuncio (ambassador) to Israel and Cyprus. Source: combatantisemitism.org. (JNS) — Catholic archbishops from around the world on Feb. 21 urged Catholics to actively fight the rise of antisemitism. The clergymen issued their call during […]
February 20, 2023

Over 15,000 Ukrainians immigrated to Israel over past year

Jewish Agency chairman Doron Almog with refugee children in Warsaw. Credit: Maxim Dinshtein. (JNS) — More than 15,000 Ukrainians have immigrated to Israel since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine a year ago, according to government figures released on […]
February 19, 2023

Why is that town in Ohio named East Palestine?

by Rafael Medoff A toxic spill has drawn the nation’s attention to the little town of East Palestine, Ohio, just as another tragedy, the explosion of the space shuttle Columbia in 2003, turned the nation’s gaze upon the town of […]
February 17, 2023

Regarding Israel, can the whole world be wrong? Absolutely

A group of photo journalists in Tel Aviv on Nov. 14, 2015. Credit: Tomer Neuberg/Flash90. by Melanie Phillips (JNS) — One of the mysteries of the war against Israel is the extent to which a monstrously twisted narrative about Israel […]
February 16, 2023

Why do so many pretend that Jews building homes is preventing peace?

A view of Efrat’s Dagan (foreground) and Tamar (background) neighborhoods, near Bethlehem in Judea and Samaria, Nov. 10, 2020. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — When the spokespersons for the U.S. State Department and the foreign ministries of […]
February 16, 2023

With eye on Iran, Israel and U.S. signal unprecedented cooperation in military preparations

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi (left) with U.S. CENTCOM Commander Gen. Michael E. Kurilla during the “Juniper Oak” joint exercise in January 2023 in Israel. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. by Yaakov Lappin (JNS) — On Jan. 26, […]
February 14, 2023

Their ancestors were Nazis. They now organize marches supporting Israel, fighting antisemitism.

“Uprising against Antisemitism,” the banner reads at a March of Life event in Germany. Credit: courtesy. by Etgar Lefkovits (JNS) — A Germany-based evangelical organization that commemorates the memory of the Holocaust by organizing marches around the world against antisemitism […]
February 14, 2023

Assad drags feet on earthquake relief in Syria for political advantage

Collapsed buildings in Kahramanmaraş Turkey, following a deadly 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit the country in the early morning hours of Feb. 6, 2023. Source: Screenshot. by Yoni Ben Menachem (JCPA) — Syrian President Bashar Assad and his wife Asma lowered […]
February 10, 2023

Israel filling the void in forgotten part of Asia

An agreement to cooperate in the field of tourism was signed by the chairman of the State Tourism Agency of Azerbaijan Fuad Naghiyev and Israel’s Minister of Tourism Yoel Razvozov on March 30, 2022. Source: Twitter. by Dmitri Shufutinsky (JNS) […]