1+ week, 3+ day ago   (603+ words) The image of violent settlers has become a powerful weapon in the campaign to portray Israel as a colonial aggressor, while the larger reality of Palestinian terrorism is pushed aside. (JNS) Settlers. Colonists. By now, there is hardly any need…...

4+ day, 7+ hour ago   (592+ words) The United Kingdom is mollifying the Corbynite antisemites that are Labor’s base, as well as showing that NATO and the “special relationship” with the United States are obsolete. (JNS) There was a time when any policy announcement from the foreign…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (816+ words) Israel will close the British consulate in Jerusalem and remove British representatives from the International Gaza Support Center, among other actions. (JNS) Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar declared “countermeasures” against the United Kingdom following Tuesday’s announcement by his British counterpart,…...

5+ day, 9+ hour ago   (918+ words) “You know, the British Mandate of Palestine is over,” Israel’s UN ambassador told reporters at a press briefing at the United Nations headquarters. (JNS) The “so-called sanctions” that British foreign secretary Ed Miliband announced on Tuesday banning products from Judea…...

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (109+ words) Naftali Bennett warns of a “collapse” of Israel’s international standing and announces a diplomatic offensive for a future government. “Diplomatic strength abroad rests first and foremost on inner strength. What Netanyahu did this week is a blood libel – I cannot…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (550+ words) Europe “cannot allow products from illegal settlements in the West Bank to illegally enter the territory of the European Union,” said Jean-Noel Barrot. (JNS) France’s foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot, on Wednesday said his country would push for fresh sanctions on…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (128+ words) The debate over “settler violence” in Judea and Samaria is more complex than many headlines would suggest. It is precisely leading figures of the settlement movement who are now condemning the Jewish rioters with unusual sharpness and calling on police…...

2+ week, 5+ hour ago   (634+ words) From its earliest days, the movement brought together people who differed sharply over religion, economics, politics, culture and the best path toward Jewish national renewal. (JNS) In 1897, more than 200 Jewish delegates from 17 countries (including five Americans) gathered in Basel, Switzerland,…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (505+ words) Janez Janša had defended blocking an EU condemnation of E1 plans, drawing criticism from President Nataša Pirc Musar. (JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday backed his Slovenian counterpart, Janez Janša, amid a public row between Janša and Slovenia’s president…...

2+ week, 7+ hour ago   (795+ words) Farmers say the attacks are intended to drive them and their herd from the area, as local officials warn of a growing security threat. (JNS) A herd of goats at a Jewish farm in the Binyamin region of southern Samaria…...