Posts Tagged: Jewish people
UK Prime Minister Cameron Pledges to Close Islamic Schools That Teach Conspiracy Theories About Jews
U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron vowed on Wednesday to shut down madrassas, or Islamic primary schools, which teach their students intolerance and spread antisemitism. During a comprehensive policy speech at the...
UN Chief to Knesset Speaker: ‘Iran Deal Is Not Perfect’
JNS.org - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon met in New York on Friday with visiting Israeli Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein and told him that while...
Israel Blasts UNESCO ‘Hypocrisy’ Over Jerusalem Holy Sites
JNS.org - Israel slammed what it called a “hypocritical” United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) resolution that expresses “deep concern” over Israeli activity in...
Dershowitz: Obama is Neither Anti-Israel Nor Anti-Jewish
I have been a strident critic of President Obama's policy toward Iran, especially how he and his team have been negotiating with that belligerent regime...
Full Transcript: Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Speech at the Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, 2015 (VIDEO)
Below is the full transcript of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's remarks at the 5th annual Global Forum for Combating Antisemitism, May 12th, 2015....
New Birthright-Inspired Program Set to Bring Young Christians to Israel
JNS.org - The Covenant Journey, a new initiative inspired by the popular Taglit-Birthright Israel program, is set to bring young Christians to Israel this...
The Human Stain of Moral Preening
Nicholas Kristof of The New York Times is everyone's favorite bleeding-heart columnist. His focus on human rights abuses, especially in Darfur, won him a Pulitzer...
When is an Illegal Settlement Legal?
Everyone knows that Jewish settlements are illegal under international law. This is one of the endlessly repeated mantras that reinforce the denigration of Israel as...
Searching for Signs of Intelligent Life Among Israel’s Leaders
Israeli leaders are overfond of vowing that Israel's enemies will "pay a price." Is Israel a retailer? Are Israel's enemies a bunch of inveterate shoplifters? The same...
Netanyahu Says Palestinian Incitement Makes ‘Your Hair Stand on End’
Israel's Prime Minister Netanyahu on Sunday said the Palestinian leadership is not ready to confront extremism in the way that is necessary for a peace...
Maureen Lipman: Why is Ed Miliband Pandering to Anti-Semitism Masking as Anti-Zionism
The following statement from the British Jewish actress Maureen Lipman was read out tonight at a pro-Israel demonstration outside the conference center where Ed Miliband,...
Israeli Cabinet Approves Bill to Define Country as Nation State of Jewish People
JNS.org - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday voted in favor of "Basic Law: Israel as the Nation-State of the Jewish People," legislation that cements Israel's...
Dershowitz: Amnesty International Has Become an Apologist for Terrorism and Enemy of Democracy
Last month the Columbia chapter of Amnesty International invited me to deliver a talk on human rights in the Middle East. I accepted the invitation,...
Arab Violence Prompts Tel Aviv Schools to Cancel Trips to Jerusalem
JNS.org - Amid the recent spate of Arab violence in Jerusalem, the Tel Aviv municipality decided to cancel several school field trips to the...
