At the graduation ceremony of the Al-Hoda kindergarten in Gaza, pre-schoolers carrying mock guns and rifles simulated Islamic Jihad militants storming an Israeli building on “Al-Quds Street,” capturing a child dressed in stereotypical garb as an Orthodox Jew and killing an “Israeli soldier.” To the sounds of loud explosions and gunfire, the children, dressed in […]

“Airbnb is not welcome in Beverly Hills as long as its policies are based on anti-Jewish double standards,” said Vice Mayor Jon Mirisch. By World Israel News Staff The Beverly Hills City Council has unanimously passed a resolution condemning Airbnb’s decision to remove listings of rentals in Israeli settlements in Judea and Samaria and is […]

Russia would be ready to host a meeting between Israeli and Palestinian officials and act as a peace mediator, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday. Lavrov was speaking to reporters during a two-day trip to Rome. “It is impossible to create stability in the Middle East, including in Libya and Iraq, without a solution […]

PARIS – The Governing Board of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), comprising nearly 150 presidents of Jewish communities worldwide, held an unprecedented gathering at the headquarters of the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in Paris on Monday. During their meeting, the first of its kind at UNESCO, the WJC delegates signed a […]

David Littman, before his untimely death from leukemia in 2012, had intended this book on the Maghreb to be the first in a series that would cover the social condition of the Jews in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Yemen, Iran and Turkey — an ambitious project that he was unable to tackle in […]

The Trump administration may have closed the PLO’s Mission in Washington, D.C., but its Morningside Heights Mission is open for business. I refer to Columbia University’s Center for Palestine Studies (CPS), an Ivy League clearinghouse for PLO propaganda and the demonization of Israel. Call it the PLO’s American academic wing. When the CPS opened more […]

Join students from AEPi, B’nai Brith Canada & Hasbara Fellowships Canada in denouncing BDS OTTAWA – Last Friday, the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) voted in favour of a resolution endorsing the discriminatory boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) movement, which has had a damaging effect on Jewish and pro-Israel students across Canada – and the […]

On Monday, home-rental company Airbnb announced that it was removing Israeli West Bank property listings. The decision follows years of pressure from the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, which tirelessly advocates for boycotts and other unlawful discriminatory business practices targeting Israelis. Today, The Lawfare Project sent an email to Airbnb’s CEO, Brian Chesky […]

Following a 2016 racial discrimination scan-dal, the popular peer-to-peer lodging app announced it would ban Israelis based on the location of their homes within the Jewish state. By Ebin Sandler, World Israel News On Monday, Airbnb announced it is removing lodging listings placed by Israelis who live in communities in Judea and Samaria. The leading […]

A prominent Israeli official is calling for a boycott of Airbnb after the home-renting company announced on Monday it would remove listings in West Bank settlements. “Airbnb blacklists Jewish apartments in Judea and Samaria — not Palestinian apartments, not apartments in Turkish occupied Cyprus, in Moroccan occupied Sahara, not in Tibet or the Crimea,” Michael […]