WJC praises U.S. UNHRC envoy remarks on Israel

The World Jewish Congress has praised the United States’ envoy to the United Nations Human Rights Council for her remarks rejecting the body’s one-sided discrimination against Israel. Read more

Israeli Citizen Linked to Islamic State Arrested and Charged

The Israel Security Agency (ISA), in cooperation with the Israel Police has arrested an Israeli citizen following receipt of intelligence information that he had tried recently to go to Syria in order to join the fighting as a member of Islamic State. Read more

Israel carries out evictions in Ofra settlement

Some 100 Israeli security officers arrived Tuesday in the Samaria community of Ofra to carry out the court-ordered eviction of nine homes that were illegally built on private Palestinian land. Read more

1,800 years Hebrew inscriptions discovered

An 1,800 year old limestone capital dating to the Roman period that is engraved with two Hebrew inscriptions was discovered during the course of restoration and conservation work being carried out in the ancient synagogue and neighbouring Beit Zinati visitor centre at Peqiʽin, in the Western Galilee. Read more

Anti-Semitism on the rise in the U.S.

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has warned that antisemitism in the United States was on the rise and called on the authorities on all levels to take appropriate measures to combat it. Read more

Welcome Bibi

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has arrived in Australia. It is not his first visit to the land Down Under but it is his first time as Israel’s prime minister and the first visit a sitting Israeli prime minister since the establishment of the State of Israel in 1948. Read more

Hezbollah’s Nasrallah boasts about hitting Israel’s nuclear facilities

Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah took to the Lebanese terror group’s airwaves Thursday to boast about being able to target Israel’s nuclear facilities in Dimona, while chiding Israel for being afraid of Hezbollah’s “might.” Read more

Netanyahu at the White House

At a media conference at The White House,  Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has told President Donald Trump that “the United States has no better ally than Israel”. Read more

Disney severs ties with YouTube star over antisemitic videos

The Walt Disney Company severed ties with the world’s biggest YouTube star Tuesday following a series of antisemitic videos. Read more

Hamas elects radical new political leader in Gaza Strip

Hamas has elected a new political leader in the Gaza Strip to replace Ismail Haniyeh, Palestinian media reported Monday. Haniyeh, meanwhile, is slated to replace Khaled Mashaal as the terrorist organisation’s political bureau chief. Read more

US silent on outpost bill as international community condemns Israel’s move

The U.S. has remained mum on the historic, yet controversial passage of an Israeli bill that retroactively legalises settlement outposts in Judea and Samaria. Read more

‘Proud’ SodaStream to feature Israeli flag on all its products

The Israel-based beverage carbonation company SodaStream has decided to feature an Israeli flag on all its products, which are sold in 45 countries. Read more

WJC welcomes new U.S. sanctions against Iran

The World Jewish Congress has welcomed the U.S. Treasury Department’s decision to announce new sanctions against Iran following its recent ballistic missile test, calling it a “firm and appropriate” stance against the Islamic Republic’s continued aggression against Israel, the United States, and their allies. Read more

Current Lord Balfour makes 1st public statement on historic Balfour Declaration

A century after the U.K. declared its support for the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Israel, the current Lord Balfour expressed pride in his great-grandfather’s “humanitarian act,” as Jewish leaders from around the world and some 700 Russian-speaking Jews from 18 European countries gathered in Windsor this weekend for the first-ever Limmud FSU (former Soviet Union) Europe regional conference in the U.K. Read more

WJC: Antisemitism rise in the UK “alarming and shocking”

Ronald S. Lauder, the president of the World Jewish Congress, has reacted to the last report on antisemitism in Britain compiled by the Community Security Trust (CST), which registered a record level of antisemitism in the country. Read more

USA: WJC calls for a sensitive and responsible immigration policy

The World Jewish Congress has called on the government to support a “sensitive and responsible immigration policy that adheres to the noblest American tradition of helping those seeking peace and freedom” while “ensuring the safety and security” of all of its citizens against the threat of terror. Read more

IDF gives residents of Amona outpost eviction orders

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) ordered residents of the Amona outpost in Judea and Samaria to evacuate the area within two days. Read more

UN chief Antonio Guterres: ‘clear’ that Temple Mount was home to Jewish temple

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, has said it is “completely clear” that Jerusalem’s Temple Mount was home to the ancient Jewish Temple. Read more

Indifference has not gone away

World Jewish Congress Ronald S. Lauder has addressed an official Holocaust commemoration ceremony in the Greek capital Athens, and in recalling the tragedy that nearly destroyed the Jewish community in Greece, asked whether the world has really learnt the lessons of the Holocaust. Read more

WJC criticises ADL reaction to Trump statement on Holocaust Remembrance Day

The World Jewish Congress has responded to the Anti-Defamation League’s criticism of a statement made by US President Donald Trump on the occasion of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Read more

Netanyahu: “We will never allow another Holocaust to take place”

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has  addressed the International Holocaust Remembrance Day at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. Read more

#WeRemember

The Auschwitz Museum in Poland will join forces with the World Jewish Congress (WJC) this week to project thousands of photographs of people holding signs bearing the words “We Remember”, as part of the WJC’s global social media campaign to raise awareness of the Holocaust. Read more

Palestinians claim they will cancel ‘recognition’ of Israel if US embassy moves

Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas has promised to “cancel” the Palestinians’ “recognition” of Israel if President-elect Donald Trump goes forward with moving America’s Israeli embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. Read more

Official from anti-IDF group Breaking the Silence: shooting Israeli soldiers ‘not terrorism’

An official from Breaking the Silence (BtS), a left-wing NGO that publicises the testimonies of former Israel Defence Forces (IDF) soldiers in order to spread criticism of the Israeli military, was reportedly caught saying that he does not consider shooting IDF soldiers to be terrorism. Read more

Bar-Ilan University study reveals manifestations of antisemitism in Australian public schools

Jewish students in Australian public schools are exposed to antisemitic, racist bullying, according to the findings of a new study presented Monday at an international conference on antisemitism at Bar-Ilan University.    Read more

Who was Karoline Cohn? Did she know Anne Frank?

Recent archeological digs at the site of the former Nazi extermination camp, Sobibór, have unearthed personal effects belonging to victims of the Holocaust. Read more

WJC President Lauder: Paris summit ‘meaningless and misguided’, ignores reality on the ground

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Sunday decried the Paris peace summit, a gathering of top-level officials from more than 70 countries aimed at jump-starting Israeli-Palestinian talks, as “meaningless and misguided”. Read more

WJC President Lauder rejects France peace summit

World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder has called France’s plan to convene officials from more than 70 countries in Paris for talks on Middle East peace a “subversive attempt to impose a settlement on the Israelis and Palestinians without the explicit agreement or participation of both sides.” Read more

Poll: majority of Israelis support settlement building, believe Obama ‘unfriendly’ to Israel

 A new survey published in the aftermath of the United Nations Security Council resolution against Israeli settlements, which passed after the Obama administration refused to veto the measure, says that 62 percent of Israeli Jews support continued settlement building and 57 percent believe President Barack Obama was “unfriendly” to Israel during his two terms. Read more

#WeRemember: Stand with the WJC. Remember the Six Million who died

Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, join the World Jewish Congress for what we hope will be the largest commemoration ever on-line.​ Read more

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