The High Court of Justice in Asturias last week confirmed that a city council’s policy of boycotting Israel was unconstitutional. The City Council of Castrillon in Northern Spain passed a motion effectively boycotting Israel, Israeli businesses, and companies doing business with Israel in August last year. The Court declared, however, that this policy was in […]

The Palestinian Authority government in Ramallah blames Hamas for controlling the Gaza Strip and exploiting its resources for its own private ends and abusing Palestinian residents, while taking advantage of their difficult situation. Human rights organizations in Israel and around the world repeatedly claim that Israel is still an “occupying power” in the region and […]

Invited to speak at Hebrew Union College’s commencement ceremony, the novelist Michael Chabon took the opportunity not only to attack Zionism—and especially the Jewish residents of Hebron—but also to advocate for intermarriage and to express his dissatisfaction with Judaism itself, which strikes him as a “giant interlocking system of distinctions and divisions.” Nothing, Chabon began […]

The Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) was founded in the 1920s and currently is supported by 15 separate church groups as “the relief, development and service arm” of the Mennonite and Brethren in Christ churches in the United States and Canada. They are closely related to that other, better known group of Anabaptists, the Amish. According […]

List ranks world countries according to amount of violence against Christians and Jews. North Korea came out top for the 16th year running followed by Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan and Pakistan. Causes were radical Islam and governments using religious persecution to prop up their power, report said. The list was put together by Christian organisation Open […]

Banner was “too controversial” because it resembled the Israeli flag, principal says TORONTO – B’nai Brith Canada is expressing its outrage after the principal of a Toronto public school removed a banner made by students for Jewish Heritage Month, in a decision upheld by officials at the Toronto District School Board (TDSB). The banner had […]

Dear friends, I cannot express the depths of my sadness at the tragic incident that shook Willowdale on Monday, April 23rd. Those killed and injured are etched in our thoughts, and our hearts go out to all their loved ones. This monstrous act cut short the lives of people with bright futures and has interrupted […]

It’s laughable to think a woman whose identity is redacted by a black shroud could spray on some perfume and become unforgettable March 8 is International Women’s Day, the day we should be talking about women fighting for their rights around the world. From Iran to India, there are some big fights underway. In Saudi […]

Brooke Goldstein: “The Court looked under the mask of the so-called BDS movement and found illegal discrimination against Israelis.” ALICANTE, SPAIN — A court in Alicante yesterday ruled that the adoption of an anti-Israel boycott by a local municipality was illegal and in violation of anti-discrimination laws. The City Council of Pedreguer passed a decision […]