Algemeiner Staff
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff
Leading US Jewish Group Praises Egyptian President’s Decision to Restore Cairo Cemetery
The American Jewish Committee (AJC) on Friday gave a warm endorsement of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's decision earlier this week to clean and protect...
German Jewish Leader Calls for Country’s Military to Employ Rabbis
The president of the Central Council of Jews in Germany is calling the country’s military to employ rabbis, Deutsche Welle reported. The report quoted a column Josef...
Top US Official Visits Hezbollah Tunnel Dug Under Israel-Lebanon Border
A top US official visited on Wednesday a Hezbollah tunnel recently uncovered by the IDF on the Israel-Lebanon border. “Stood ankle deep in mud today inside...
Human Rights NGO Urges UN Secretary-General Guterres to Condemn Palestine Rapporteur’s Association With Antisemites
A leading Geneva-based human rights organization on Tuesday urged the UN Secretary-General to condemn Michael Lynk, the UN Human Rights Council's "Special Rapporteur on Palestine," for...
Ex-Top Israeli Diplomat: Despite Cooperation in Syria, Russia and Iran ‘Not Natural Allies’
Despite their cooperation in Syria to bolster the Assad regime, Russia and Iran are “not natural allies,” an ex-top Israeli diplomatic official said last week. Speaking...
Comparing Corbyn to Trump, Eighth UK Labour MP Announces Resignation Over Antisemitism Scandals
The eighth parliamentarian to quit the British Labour Party this week announced her resignation on Wednesday, as she accused hard-left leader Jeremy Corbyn of posing an "existential threat...
Columbia Grad Union Reps to Call for BDS in Negotiations With Administration
As Columbia University prepares to negotiate with its graduate student union on Monday, members of the union's bargaining committee are looking to urge support for...
ACLU Official Urged Support for Rep. Ilhan Omar as Jewish Community Condemned Her Antisemitic Comments
A leading official with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) urged support for Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar last week, while major Jewish communal leaders and party...
Israeli PM on Desecration of Jewish Cemetery in France: Antisemitism Is a ‘Plague That Endangers Everyone’
Following the desecration of dozens of graves at a Jewish cemetery near the eastern French city of Strasbourg on Tuesday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu...
Polish Parliament’s Deputy Speaker Urges State Ban on Acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz
The ultranationalist deputy speaker of the Polish parliament has called for Israel's acting foreign minister to be barred from entering the country, following his comment that...
UK and Israel Sign Post-Brexit Free Trade Deal
The United Kingdom and Israel finalized a post-Brexit free trade agreement on Monday. British Secretary of State for International Trade Liam Fox flew to Israel for...
Netanyahu: Arab Countries Know Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Can’t Be Resolved Before Iran’s Regional Aggression Is Rolled Back
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Monday in Jerusalem with a visiting Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations leadership delegation. Commenting on the...
Appearing With Holocaust Denier at Saviours’ Day Event, Farrakhan Unleashes ‘Torrent of Attacks on Jews’
The remarks of Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan and another speaker at Sunday’s Saviours’ Day event at the United Center in Chicago were rife...
Norwegian Newspaper Apologizes for Evoking Nazi Occupation by Using Phrase ‘the Jewish Question’
Norway's largest newspaper apologized on Monday for using the phrase "the Jewish question" in a recent article on left-wing political attitudes toward Jews. Afternposten issued the apology...
