Egypt’s reformed school curriculum is now teaching a more positive representation of Israel and peaceful coexistence, according to a report by the Institute for Monitoring Peace and Cultural Tolerance in School Education (IMPACT-SE), published in December. The report by IMPACT-se, a research and policy institute based in London and Tel Aviv, analyzed 350 textbooks … Read more
The United Arab Emirates foreign ministry announced on Tuesday that Turkish authorities assisted in the arrest of the suspects accused of murdering an Israeli rabbi in the UAE. In a statement carried by the state news agency, the ministry thanked Turkish authorities for “their cooperation in arresting the perpetrators” without providing further details. Emirati … Read more
Authorities in the City of Milano issued an expulsion order against Mohammad Hannoun, a designated Hamas official blacklisted by the US and Israel. The banning order was issued following comments he made during a pro-Palestinian protest, in which he called to applaud the “youth in Amsterdam” for “teaching (Israelis) a lesson,” referring to the … Read more
“The Protocols of the Elders of Zion… is a leaked document whose authenticity has been disputed between those who say it is a true document and those who say it is a fake document.” Thus reads the first paragraph of Arabic Wikipedia’s entry of one of the most famous and vile blood libels of … Read more
Republican lawmakers stepped up their campaign to pressure colleges including Harvard, Northwestern and Columbia to take a stronger stance against antisemitism with a report that scrutinizes their responses to protests that erupted after the Hamas attack on Israel last year. The report painted a picture of Harvard’s difficulty crafting a statement after Hamas fighters killed … Read more
German national carrier Lufthansa on Tuesday was slapped with a $4 million fine by the US Department of Transportation for booting 128 Jewish passengers from a flight after an airline staffer reportedly fumed that “everyone has to pay” for the mistakes of a few. The airline allegedly discriminated against the group of Orthodox Jewish passengers … Read more
Amazon invited controversial rapper and pro-Palestinian supporter Macklemore to speak at a internal meeting, but allegedly vetoed a talk by a pro-Israel speaker – even as one of its workers continues to be held hostage in Gaza. Samantha Ettus, a Harvard-educated self-help author who has taken up activism on behalf of Jewish causes since the … Read more
In a departure from tradition, President Isaac Herzog did not host a Rosh Hashanah reception for the foreign diplomatic corps this year, but on Tuesday, he did receive the credentials of five new ambassadors, the last of whom, Henry Mokono from Papua New Guinea, is his country’s first resident ambassador to Israel. In the … Read more
Several members of Meta’s Oversight Board – which faced intense criticism after it determined the anti-Israel phrase “from the river to the sea” doesn’t constitute hate speech – have espoused views critical of Israel’s actions in Gaza. The advisory board, which claims to be independent from Meta, determined that Facebook and Instagram users can use … Read more
In the first seven months of 2024, over 300 people have been executed in Iran, according to a Monday Iran International report. In 2023, in total, 834 people were executed, according to a report issued by NGO Iran Human Rights and Together Against Death Penalty, an increase of 43% from 2022’s total of 582 … Read more
