The 2016 global Shabbat Project – now in its third year – outdid its predecessors on all fronts, reaching 1,150 cities in 94 countries around the world, attracting a record numbers of participants.
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) welcomed the appointment of Stephen Bannon as chief strategist by Presiden-elect Donald Trump and urged Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt ‘’to apologize’’ for accusing the new appointee and Breibart Media to be anti-Semitic.
Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructures, Energy and Water Resources Yuval Steinitz announced the first bid round that includes 24 areas for searching oil and natural gas in the economic water of Israel.
European countries are funding a network of NGOs with ties to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), a recognized terrorist organization, according to a unique research report published by Jerusalem-based NGO Monitor.
The World Jewish Congress has acquired a security alert system to enable Jewish communities around the world to communicate efficiently and immediately in the event of emergency anti-Semitic or terror situations.
This week, a five-Member Knesset Delegation, headed by Chair of the Knesset Delegation for relations with the European Union MK Ya’acov Perry, will visit the European Parliament in Brussels.
Officials and the media in Israel are assessing what Donald Trump’s election as the next Presient of the United States will mean for Israel and the region.
Despite Donald Trump’s electoral campaign pledge that he would tear up the nuclear agreement with Iran, the European Union stressed on Monday its ‘’resolute commitment’’ to the so-called Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed by the world powers and Tehran in July 2015.
