What sort of relationship does New Zealand want with Israel?…asks Shalom.Kiwi
May 15, 2017 by Agencies
Both New Zealand’s Prime Minister Bill English and new Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee have said they want to repair the relationship with Israel in the wake of New Zealand co-sponsoring anti-Israel UNSC Resolution 2334. However, they seem to disagree on what that relationship might look like and how to go about it. Read more
NZ Sunday Star Times publishes vile Sharon Murdoch cartoon
May 14, 2017 by Agencies
Fairfax’s Sunday Star Times has printed a vile cartoon suggesting new New Zealand Foreign Minister, Gerry Brownlee, is being controlled by a bloodthirsty Israel. Read more
Lancet tells the world of Israel’s health care
May 12, 2017 by Agencies
President Reuven Rivlin has been presented with a copy of the medical journal, The Lancet, dedicated to Israel’s healthcare system and medical innovations in Israel. Read more
Mini Mondial in Israel
May 11, 2017 by Agencies
In memory of the late Ninth President Shimon Peres, the Peres Center for Peace and Innovation has held the annual soccer Mini Mondial for Peace in Herzliya. Read more
Record number of tourists visited Israel in April
May 11, 2017 by Agencies
April 2017 was Israel’s busiest month for incoming tourism ever, with nearly 350,000 tourists – an increase of almost 40% on April 2015. Read more
Abbas says he is ready to meet with Netanyahu ‘to make peace’
Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas said Tuesday he is ready to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as part of President Donald Trump’s renewed peace efforts. Read more
WJC President Ronald S. Lauder welcomes FIFA Council’s move to defer decision on Israel’s football association
May 10, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has commended the executive council of the international football association, FIFA, for deferring its decision on the standing of the Israeli Football Association. Read more
Palestinian terrorist prisoner Barghouti caught secretly eating during hunger strike
May 9, 2017 by Agencies
Israeli Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan revealed Sunday that convicted Palestinian terrorist Marwan Barghouti, who has led a hunger strike in Israeli prisons, has been caught secretly eating. Read more
96 percent of French Israelis vote for Macron, envoy says
May 9, 2017 by Agencies
French Ambassador to Israel Helene Le Gal said that French Israelis who voted in the final round of France’s presidential election Sunday overwhelmingly supported the winner, Emmanuel Macron. Read more
WJC congratulates Emmanuel Macron
May 8, 2017 by Agencies
World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has congratulated Emmanuel Macron on his election as French president. Read more
A plan to recover property stolen from Jews during the Holocaust
May 7, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed a meeting on the issue of returning the properties stolen by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Read more
World Jewish Congress urges football associations worldwide to reject anti-Israel vote in FIFA
The World Jewish Congress and dozens of its affiliated communities around the world are urging national football associations to reject a forthcoming vote regarding the standing of the Israeli Football Association (IFA) within Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), set to take place at the international football body’s upcoming Congress in Bahrain. Read more
Goldstein Prize for Jack Smorgon
May 4, 2017 by Agencies
The Goldstein Prize for Exceptional Leadership has been presented by Israel’s President Rivlin to Australian philanthropist and communal leader Jack Smorgon. Read more
Netanyahu and Rivlin answer UNESCO
May 3, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Reuven Rivlin had hosted Independence Day diplomatic receptions and slammed recent decisions by UNESCO. Read more
Yom Ha’azmaut: A message from Israel
May 3, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s video message on the 69th anniversary of Israel’s independence. Read more
Yom Ha’atzmaut – a message from Israel’s president
May 2, 2017 by Agencies
A special video greeting from President Reuven Rivlin, to Israel’s friends around the world on the occasion of Israel’s 69th Independence Day. Read more
UNESCO plans anti-Israel vote on Israel’s Independence Day
May 2, 2017 by Agencies
The cultural body of the United Nations is expected to adopt a resolution Tuesday, on Israel’s Independence Day, classifying Israel as an “occupying power” in Jerusalem. Read more
President Rivlin addresses opening ceremony for Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has addressed the opening ceremony for Remembrance Day for the Fallen of Israel’s Wars and Victims of Terrorism. Read more
Palestinian terrorist who murdered British student to receive monthly PA stipend
April 27, 2017 by Agencies
A Palestinian terrorist who murdered a British student in Jerusalem in mid-April will receive a stipend of approximately $1,000 per month from the Palestinian Authority (PA). Read more
A clampdown on cyberhate
April 27, 2017 by Agencies
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) Plenary Assembly has passed several resolutions dealing with major issues facing the Jewish world, including antisemitism, extremist political parties, the Middle East peace process, and combating hatred on the internet. Read more
NIS 100 Million in Exposing Caesarea’s Hidden Treasures
The Edmond de Rothschild Foundation, Caesarea Development Corporation, Israel Antiquities Authority and Israel Nature and Parks Authority have announced cooperation on an unprecedented scale in exposing, conserving and making accessible the important public buildings of ancient Caesarea in Caesarea National Park, and developing and making the settlement’s beaches accessible. Read more
A new day for Israel
April 26, 2017 by Agencies
United States Ambassador Nikki Haley spoke before the World Jewish Congress’ Plenary Assembly in New York, telling the 600 delegates from more than 90 countries, “I can safely say that it’s a new day for Israel at the United Nations. I know it’s a new day for Israel at the U.S. Mission to the United Nations.” Read more
Yom HaShaoh: Israel in shutdown for two minutes
April 25, 2017 by Agencies
Israel stops for two minutes in response to sirens wailing across the country to remember the Shoah. A video report. Read more
Israeli Holocaust survivors: a quality of life
April 24, 2017 by Agencies
Before his speech at Yad Vashem to mark the start of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke of new arrangements for Israel’s Holocaust survivors. Read more
Netanyahu full of praise for the ISA
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has praised the members of the Israel Security Agency also known as Shin Bet at an event ahead of Independence Day.
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Auschwitz survivor hosted by President Rivlin and the First Lady
April 21, 2017 by Agencies
“I am deeply moved,” said 87-year-old Auschwitz survivor Miriam Eshel, to Israel’s President Reuven and First Lady Nechama Rivlin at an event at the President’s Residence, of “Zikaron BaSalon” (Remembering in the Salon), a social initiative now running for 7 years, bringing together Holocaust survivors with younger generations in people’s homes to tell of their experiences. Read more
UN: Allies knew of Jewish Holocaust years earlier than previously known
April 19, 2017 by Agencies
Newly released United Nations documents reveal that the Allied powers knew about the Jewish Holocaust carried out by Hitler’s Nazi regime at least two-and-a-half years earlier than previously thought. Read more
The Hebrew University shares the sorrow
April 16, 2017 by Agencies
A 21-yr-old British student on an exchange program at the Hebrew University was fatally stabbed while travelling on Jerusalem’s light rail. Read more
Maccabiah torch on the bridge climb
When Tom York attended the eighth Maccabiah in 1969 with Barry Smorgon, could either of them have imagined a friendship spanning four decades, that would see them top of the iconic Sydney Harbour House on a crisp, pristine Sydney day, waving the Maccabiah torch in a message to be beamed back to friends in Israel and across the Maccabi world? Read more
Rivlin visits Israeli medical centre treating Syrians
April 10, 2017 by Agencies
Israel’s President Reuven Rivlin has visited the Western Galilee Medical Centre in Naharia, where met with the medical staff and patients. Read more
