Greenblatt Tells UN Security Council Hamas, Islamic Jihad to Blame for Gaza Crisis

Greenblatt urged the Security Council to “stop pretending that UNRWA and UN resolutions will somehow solve the conflict."

Israel Slams UN Envoy Who Met with Hezbollah Leader

Jan Kubis, the UN’s Special Coordinator for Lebanon, said Monday that he met with Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Naim Qassem and even got a copy of his book.

European Jewish Group Calls on Europeans to Reject Extremism Ahead of Elections

”We remain deeply concerned that anti-Semitism and the attacks on religious rights are used and abused for political gain."

Israeli Aid Group Delivering Urgent Aid to Venezuelan Refugees

Around 5,000 Venezuelans arrive daily in Columbia, adding to more than 3.4 million Venezuelan refugees, asylum seekers, and migrants already there.

Knesset Speaker: ‘Polish Leadership is Again Trying to Distort History’

Poland is the only European Union country that has failed to pass a law that restores the property to Holocaust survivors and to others dispossessed during World War II or Communism.

Report: Israeli Academics Tried to Kill German Anti-BDS Law

"Contrary to NGO claims that they are engaging in 'legitimate criticism' of Israel, the NGO rhetoric, publications, and activities often violate accepted standards."

President Zelensky on Inauguration Day Seeks Israel’s Help to Rebuild Bridge to Russia

Meanwhile, Zelensky has learned his first lesson as president-elect in grownup politics.

Arabs Enraged by Germany’s ‘Fascist’ Resolution Branding BDS as Anti-Semitic

BDS supporters were enraged by the resolution, Israel warmly welcomed it.

Eurovision Mega-Festival Fizzed Out, But We Hear Great Things about Lag B’Omer

On Sunday morning, Ha'aretz ran an op-ed calling for the cancellation of Lag B'Omer.

Romania ‘Remains Committed to Relocating Embassy to Jerusalem’

“I stand behind what I said in the past. There is no change in policy,” said Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă.
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Watch Ambassador Danon’s History Lesson at the UNSC

Danon explains the eternal and historic connection between the Jewish people and the Land of Israel.

Bar-Ilan, Paris V, Sign Academic Cooperation Agreement

Paris Descartes University, a.k.a. Paris V, is one of the inheritors of the Sorbonne, which was split into multiple separate institutions in 1970.

EU to Investigate Palestinian Authority Textbooks for Hate

IMPACT-se: "The PA takes hundreds of millions of euros and in return educates millions of children to violence, hatred and Jihad."

Barred from Inquiring about Restitution, Israeli Man Spits on Polish Ambassador in Tel Aviv

"The suspect was walking in the middle of the street with his hands folded behind his back, very slowly, especially when an embassy car came up behind him and honked for him to get off the road – he did not like it."

US Secy Pompeo Meets Russia’s Putin in Sochi

Secretary Pompeo told Minister Lavrov: “We fundamentally don’t seek a war with Iran.”

Pompeo Cancels Putin Meeting, Holds Talks in Brussels on Iran with EU

Mogherini: The Secretary "heard very clearly from us . . . the most responsible attitude to take . . . should be that of maximum restraint, avoiding escalation on the military side."

Poles Call off Israeli Delegation Visit Citing Restitution for Stolen Property

The Polish government's struggle to shirk the Polish people's responsibility for their share in the industrialized mass murder of Jews is now hitting the phase where the crimes of Polish collaborators start costing Poland a lot of money.

6.2-Magnitude Quake in Panama, Costa Rica

Although buildings were damaged and a woman was injured, there were no initial reports of deaths.

Pompeo to Meet with Putin in Russia

"It is no secret that we have many areas of disagreement with the Russian government."

Mideast Envoy Jason Greenblatt Blasts ‘Baffling’ UN Meeting on Settlements after Rockets

“Let’s stop pretending that settlements are what is keeping the sides from a negotiated peaceful solution,” said U.S. special envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt. “This farce and obsessive focus on one aspect of this complicated conflict helps no one.”

Corbyn Rallies for Freeze on Arms Sales to Israel, with Ahed Tamimi Looking On

"The Labour Party is united in condemning the ongoing human rights abuses by Israeli forces."

North Korea Test Fires 2 Short-Range Missiles as US Tests Minuteman III ICBM

The missile fire came five days after a test-fire by Pyongyang of a barrage of short-range projectiles from the east coast.

US Seizes North Korean Ship for Sanctions Violations

“I don’t think they’re ready to negotiate,” President Trump said Thursday after the ship’s seizure was announced. “No one is happy about this.”

Iran No Longer Committed to Restrictions on Enriched Uranium, Heavy Water

“We currently have 1,044 centrifuges in [the Fordo nuclear facility], and if the establishment wants, we will restart 20% uranium enrichment in Fordo.”

Quran Burning Lawyer Leads ‘Hard Line’ Party in Danish Elections

Denmark's justice minister, Søren Pape Poulsen, who leads the Conservative People’s party, argued against exclusing the new party from a future government coalition

Ukraine’s President-elect Meets with Chabad Rabbis

The delegation presented Zelensky with a Torah translated into Russian, and wished him success in his new position.

Eurovision 2019: The Show Must Go On!

Occupancy rates in nearly all the hotels are already near capacity – and we’re only at the start of May.

11 German Christians Return to Jerusalem Replica of Gold Menorah Stolen by Romans

On the 70th year of the founding of the state of Israel – we want to bring a precious replica of the stolen Menorah back to Jerusalem. Off by one year, but who's counting.

Dozens Killed in Moscow Airport Disaster

There were 78 passengers and five crew members aboard the Sukhoi SSJ100 aircraft.

UN Envoy Condemns Rocket Fire

“Enough Palestinian and Israeli lives have been lost, people injured, houses damaged and destroyed!"

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