JERUSALEM — A U.S. software company said Friday it blocked the fundraising account of the Palestinian-led boycott movement against Israel following a complaint by a pro-Israel group that the campaign has links to militant organizations. Donorbox, which makes fundraising management software, confirmed that the BDS campaign’s account was temporarily blocked while it investigates the allegations. […]

Amnesty International activists delivered a “special Christmas gift ” to the UK Foreign Office earlier this month, to highlight campaigners’ demand for a ban on Israeli settlement produce. The gift was stocked with olive oil, wine, dates, and oranges marked with “Delicious but tainted” stickers. According to Amnesty, “these items are just some of the […]

According to the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), “legal prohibitions persist on access for Palestinian refugees to 36 liberal or syndicated professions (including in medicine, farming, fishery, and public transportation)… In order to work, Palestinian refugees in Lebanon are required to obtain an annual work permit. Following a change in the […]

Operating within Israeli borders, the IDF has neutralized tunnels exposed thus far with explosives, but clearly intends further action Earlier this week, on Sunday, IDF Chief of Staff, Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot, had a chat with Maj. Gen. Stefano Del Col, the head of the UN peacekeeping force in southern Lebanon, United Nations Interim Force […]

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The on-campus boycott, divest, and sanctions movement (BDS) has benefited greatly from the normalizing of anti-Semitism in the US and around the world. The American university is now in many instances a toxic environment for both students and faculty who have an open mind about Israel. Those faculty who risk their jobs, tenure, […]

Last weekend’s edition of the New Times Book Review featured an interview with the author and Israel-hater Alice Walker, in which she was asked what books are currently on her nightstand. Among the four she named was And the Truth Shall Set You Free by David Icke, a longstanding peddler of anti-Semitic conspiracy theories; the […]

Over the past several weeks, we have seen a resurgence of antisemitism. Here are a few examples from the news. The number of antisemitic and hate crimes perpetrated against Jews has risen over the past couple of years precipitously. Within the last few weeks alone, we have seen murderous attacks on Jews gathered for Shabbat […]

Despite being a victim of sex trafficking, the Tennessee Supreme Court has ruled that Cyntoia Brown must spend 51 years behind bars for killing a man who tried to have sex with her, fearing he was going to kill her. The ruling has sparked outrage, with many of Brown’s supporters now calling on Tennessee Governor […]

The two Israeli soldiers who were killed in Thursday’s Palestinian shooting attack in the West Bank — 20-year-old Yovel Mor Yosef of Ashkelon and 19-year-old Yosef Cohen of Beit Shemesh — were laid to rest on Friday. Mor Yosef was buried in the military cemetery in his hometown. His father, Mordechai, eulogized his son, remembering […]

This week alone, anti-Zionists have killed multiple Israelis in a series of attacks; these follow the revelations that Hizballah succeeded in digging multiple attack tunnels from Lebanon into northern Israel. Simultaneously, some recent news stories in the U.S. have occasioned pious reminders that anti-Zionism should not be conflated with anti-Semitism. Bret Stephens notes that it […]