(JTA) — The Illinois state body that sets investment policy gave Airbnb 90 days to explain why it will not list properties in West Bank settlements.
At the request of Gov. Bruce Rauner, the outgoing Republican governor, the Illinois Investment Policy Board on Wednesday unanimously voted to... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — Natalie Portman isn’t a fan of Israel’s controversial nation-state law, which defines Israel as the nation-state of the Jewish people.
The Jerusalem-born actress slammed the law, which was criticized as it was debated and adopted over the summer, in an interview with BBC’s Arabic language channel published Sunday.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — An Ashdod mall put up a Christmas tree for the first time — that’s not sitting too well with the northern Israeli city’s haredi Orthodox deputy mayor.
“This is something intended to hurt anyone who identifies as Jewish,” Avi Amsalem said in a post... Continue Reading ⇒
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Canadian authorities, acting on a U.S. request, arrested a major Chinese tech mogul in Vancouver between flights on Dec. 1.
The arrest of Meng Wanzhou has already rattled U.S.-China, China-Canada and U.S.-Canada relations. China has demanded from the United States and Canada the release... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — An Israeli special operations force caught last month in a firefight with Hamas had been in Gaza for about two months before their cover was blown.
The team, which entered both through the Erez border crossing and through a breach in the security fence, had... Continue Reading ⇒
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Hezbollah is building tunnels “with direct support and funding from Iran” in an effort to capture northern Israel’s Galilee region, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
“Capturing parts of the Galilee by Hezbollah is a concrete threat,” Netanyahu said in a televised news conference from the country’s defense... Continue Reading ⇒
(JTA) — The United Nations General Assembly approved six anti-Israel resolutions including two that reject Jewish ties to the Temple Mount and Jerusalem.
The resolutions were passed on Friday.
The resolution on Jerusalem, which refers to the Temple Mount only by its Arab name of Haram al-Sharif and states that... Continue Reading ⇒
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Israeli army will demolish the family home of the Palestinian teen who fatally stabbed American-Israeli activist Ari Fuld outside a West Bank shopping mall.
The family of Khalil Jabarin, 17, lives in a third-floor apartment in the West Bank village of Yatta, near Hebron. The family, which was told... Continue Reading ⇒
