The News

March 23, 2023

Israeli bill to prevent proselytizing killed, but hard feelings remain

by Jonathan Feldstein On March 19, a story broke on All Israel News about a bill that was introduced in Israel’s Knesset that was complicated, controversial, and confusing. From there, the story was picked up by others and created a […]
March 22, 2023

Bnei Menashe immigrant from India becomes Israel’s kickboxing champion

Obed Hrangchal (right), a recent immigrant to Israel from India, becomes the Jewish state’s kickboxing champion in the 57-kilogram (125-pounds) division in Kfar Yasif in the Galilee, March 17, 2023. Credit: Ramon Gym Club. (JNS) — Obed Hrangchal, a recent […]
March 17, 2023

“Innovation Embassy” established between New Orleans, Ashdod ports

Participants in the July 2022 Israel trade mission An Innovation Embassy has been established between the Port of Ashdod in Israel and five business organizations in New Orleans, a result of last summer’s Louisiana trade mission to Israel. A letter […]
March 15, 2023

IFCJ donates security vehicle to Ma’ale Adumim

The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (IFCJ) donates an $80,000 security vehicle to the Israeli municipality of Ma’ale Adumim, March 2023. Credit: IFCJ. (JNS) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews has donated an $80,000 security vehicle to […]
March 13, 2023

Israel art contest for Christian youth announced

To commemorate Israel’s 75th anniversary, the Genesis 123 Foundation has launched a unique art contest for Christian children to connect with Israel Biblically, through their own eyes. “What Israel Means to Me” provides children ages 5 to 17 the opportunity […]
March 8, 2023

Why is judicial reform needed? An architect of the proposal explains

The Knesset in Jerusalem, Feb. 22, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90. by David Isaac (JNS) — Professor Moshe Koppel, one of the architects of the Netanyahu government’s judicial reform program, spoke to JNS last week about why the reform is […]
February 28, 2023

Antisemitism as the new form of “human rights”

An anti-Israel protest in London in June 2021. Credit: Loredana Sangiuliano/Shutterstock. by Fiamma Nirenstein (JNS) — Those who lament a recent incident in which a kippa-wearing Jewish boy in Turin, Italy was told by his classmates that, in an earlier […]
February 27, 2023

Papua New Guinea to open embassy in Jerusalem

A view of Port Moresby “Town” from Touaguba Hill. MSchlauch via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — The Oceana nation of Papua New Guinea will open its first embassy in Israel in Jerusalem this year, Israel’s Ministry for Foreign Affairs announced on […]
February 24, 2023

Israel’s Supreme Court debate: What are the facts behind the friction?

Israeli Supreme Court building in Jerusalem. Credit: Israel Tourism via Wikimedia Commons. by Jerome Marcus (JNS) — Writing in the Tablet on Feb. 22, an Israeli scholar of the American political system claims that the proposed judicial reforms in Israel […]
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 […]