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November 8, 2022

Christian students train in confronting antisemitism

Participants at the RISE Conference held by the organization Passages Israel. Photo: Mattanah DeWitt via Passages. Confronting antisemitism on college campuses was a key topic at the recent RISE Conference, an annual gathering of alumni of Passages Israel trips. Passages […]
November 8, 2022

Lies and unapologetic antisemitism from the UN ‘Commission of Inquiry’ on Israel

Navi Pillay, chair of the “United Nations Commission of Inquiry on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem, and Israel,” addresses a press conference. Credit: U.N. Photo/Jean-Marc Ferré. by Anne Bayefsky (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) — Antisemitism at the […]
November 4, 2022

Victory in fifth election gives Netanyahu chance to form strong, right-wing government

Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu addresses supporters at party headquarters in Jerusalem on election night, Nov. 2, 2022. Credit: Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — Apparently in Israel, the fifth time is the charm. After repeated attempts by the opposition, […]
October 31, 2022

Morningstar announces substantive changes to how it rates Israeli companies

Morningstar financial-services building in downtown Chicago. Credit: Adriana.Macias/Shutterstock. by Mike Wagenheim (JNS) — Following an extended period of wrangling, the investment firm Morningstar reached an agreement on Oct. 31 with pro-Israel organizations to alter its methodology in rating the risk […]
October 27, 2022

Geomagnetic data used by researchers match Biblical accounts

A researcher takes measurements at an archaeological site in Israel. Credit: Tel Aviv University. (JNS) — An Israeli scientific breakthrough has enabled researchers to verify biblical accounts of wars between ancient Jewish kingdoms and their enemies, according to a statement […]
October 26, 2022

Newark School District adds anti-Israel book to sixth-grade curriculum

by Susan Eisensten (JNS) — The school board of Newark, N.J., is drawing attention from Israel advocacy and education organizations as well as parents for adding an anti-Israel book to its mandatory curriculum. The book “A Little Piece Of Ground” […]
October 26, 2022

Why Itamar Ben-Gvir is gaining popularity, and why the left calls him a racist

Knesset member Itamar Ben-Gvir. Source: Twitter. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — The rise of Itamar Ben-Gvir is one of the major storylines of Israel’s fifth election cycle in little more than three years. The political firebrand from the right flank […]
October 25, 2022

There should be no controversy over “Western” Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

by Eric Mandel (JNS) — This month, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong reversed the previous government’s decision to recognize western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The question that should be asked is why that recognition was controversial at all. No fair-minded […]
October 22, 2022

IAF honors former Canadian Prime Minister Harper

Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper receives the Israel Allies Award. Credit: Israel Allies Foundation. (JNS) — Former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper received the Israel Allies Award at a gala dinner on Oct. 20 in Whitby, Canada. The award […]
October 19, 2022

Australia backtracks on western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital

The national flag of Australia flies above the Sydney Harbor and the Opera House in. Credit: ChameleonsEye/Shutterstock. (JNS) — The Labor Party-led Australian government on Oct. 18 officially revoked the country’s recognition of western Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, confirming a […]
October 12, 2022

Israeli MK to Christian parliamentarians: ‘Demand your governments sanction Iran’

Israeli parliamentarian Sharren Haskel cuts her hair in solidarity with Iranian women protesting state-sanctioned oppression, at the annual Feast of Tabernacles in Jerusalem on October 11, 2022. Credit: Maayan Hoffman. by Maayan Hoffman (JNS) — Israeli lawmaker Sharren Haskel on […]