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What is flydubai and will it continue to link Israel and the UAE?

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) — TEL AVIV – The apparent hijacking attempt aboard flydubai Flight 1073 has put a spotlight on the Emirati airline, which has become a main air link connecting Israelis to the rest of the world.

The incident...

Israel-bound flight diverted to Saudi Arabia after terror attack on board

By TOMER ALMAGOR

(JTA) – A Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia after passengers reported that an altercation broke out between two pilots. Israeli officials are describing the incident as a...

Far-right Israel critic James Fishback likens abortion to the Holocaust in Ole Miss speech

By SHARON UDASIN

(JTA) — James Fishback, a fierce critic of Israel and a far-right politician, offered scathing remarks about the Jewish state and likened abortion to the Holocaust during an address at the University of Mississippi on Tuesday evening.

Fishback,...

UK foreign secretary: The threats to Israel don’t justify its treatment of Palestinians

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

(JTA) — British Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband called Palestinian suffering in Gaza and the West Bank a “stain on the conscience of the world” at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, his most blistering attack on Benjamin...

Figures who once defined Jewish establishment line up behind J Street

By RON KAMPEAS

(JTA) — J Street, the Jewish advocacy group that calls itself pro-Israel and pro-peace, has sought a seat at the Jewish establishment table since its inception in 2008 – and has been repeatedly rebuffed. 

Now it is building...

IDF troops hold fire as Gazan child carries weapon down street for terrorist

By JNS STAFF

 (JNS.org) – Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted video on Sunday of footage from the Israel Defense Forces showing a terrorist using a Gazan child as a human shield to move weapons to a civilian home. The IDF refrained from...

German city bans stumbling stone memorials to Nazi victims

By TOBY AXELROD

(JTA) — A decision to bar the “stumbling stone” memorials to victims of the Nazis has touched a nerve in one small German town, and beyond.

At issue is a motion – passed Sept. 25 by the city...

NY Jewish Democrats defend Mamdani after Netanyahu calls him a Hamas supporter

By JOSEPH STRAUSS

(New York Jewish Week via JTA) — Some top New York Jewish Democrats are defending New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called him an “antisemite” and said he is “buddies” with...

More than 350 cultural figures slam Spanish festival for canceling a Jewish novelist for her Israel views

By SHIRA LI BARTOV

(JTA) — MADRID — More than 350 writers and other cultural figures have signed a petition defending the author Ariana Harwicz, who was disinvited from a literary festival in Spain over her support for Israel. 

The Jewish-Argentinian...

Police label shooting in Belleville, Ontario, a hate-motivated attack against the Jewish community

By EMMA PAIDRA

(JTA) — TORONTO – The shooter who opened fire on a Belleville, Ontario, synagogue Sunday evening committed an anti-Jewish hate-motivated offense, according to the city’s police chief.

“This was a deliberate attack directed at members of the Jewish...