ADL survey: 25% of Europeans anti-Semitic, East European bigotry rises sharply
A global poll of 9,000 adults in 18 countries shows significant numbers believe age-old tropes about Jews, including that they seek world domination Roughly one in four Europeans harbors strongly negative attitudes toward Jews, according to a worldwide 2019 poll on anti-Semitism commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League. While the report reflects little change in Western Europe, respondents from countries in Central and Eastern Europe showed a marked increase in anti-Semitic
Iran's Palestinian Proxies: United Against Israel
Hamas is hardly on its way to transforming itself into a non-violent movement that would uphold Israel's right to exist. Its decision to refrain, this time, from pounding Israel with rockets is in no way a sign of moderation or pragmatism. Instead, the terror group needs a break from the fighting in order to prepare better for its main goal: to take down Israel down, once and for all. Hamas leaders – like their PIJ counterparts – are motivated for their own well-being; the we
European Court Applies Double Standard against Israeli Products
The Court of Justice ruling, which effectively encourages the strict French labelling requirements to be applied across the European Union, has been roundly condemned as reflecting the EU's anti-Israel bias. Many commentators noted that of all the world's many territorial conflicts — from Crimea to Northern Cyprus to Tibet to Western Sahara — the EU has singled out Israel as the only country subject to special labelling requirements. "There are over 200 ongoing territorial di
US announcement on Jewish settlements does not ‘close door’ on peace, says legal expert
It means that negotiations “will no longer begin from the premise that Israel has no claim to this land or stole it from the Palestinians. That false legal theory only served to harden Palestinian positions and make successful negotiations impossible,” said Eugene Kontorovich, director of the Center for International Law in the Middle East at George Mason University’s School of Law. (November 18, 2019 / JNS) Experts weighed in on the U.S. State Department’s announcement on Mo
IDF launches fresh strikes in Gaza in response to rocket attacks
Military says it targeted Islamic Jihad facilities in the Strip after terrorists violated ceasefire deal four times on Thursday The Israel Defense Forces said it launched fresh airstrikes on Palestinian Islamic Jihad targets in the Gaza Strip in the predawn hours of Friday morning, in response to four rocket attacks from the coastal enclave which violated a ceasefire agreement announced the day before. Palestinian media reported that Israeli drones and fighter jets conducted
The Palestinian Christmas Show
"The Palestinian Authority has been offering us money to remain silent. They are trying to bribe us so we would remain silent about the crimes of the police." — Marian al-Hajal, video on Facebook, October 2019. "We want a civil and humane state based on the rule of law and justice." — Palestinian Professor Jamal Harfoush, who currently lives in Latin America. As far as Marian is concerned, the PA police version is nothing but an attempt to cover up for their criminal behavior
