ILLINOIS (JNS) — A Palestinian student at the Catholic Benedictine University, about 30 miles west of Chicago, called on a Holocaust survivor to compare the murder of 6 million Jews to Israel’s alleged treatment of the Palestinians, followed by her walking out on his speech after he declined to do so. After a speech last […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – Israel’s prime minister says he is establishing a committee to address violence and crime in Israel’s Arab community after a spike in deadly violence this year. The committee is set to create a policy within 90 days that aims to “eradicate violence and crime in Arab society.” That’s according to a statement […]

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders earned cheers at J Street’s annual conference when he said some of the money Israel receives from the United States for defense assistance should go to humanitarian relief in the Gaza Strip. The liberal Jewish Middle East policy group as one of its conference themes this year […]

WASHINGTON (JNS) — U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that former Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s replacement has also been killed by U.S. troops. “Just confirmed that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s number one replacement has been terminated by American troops,” tweeted Trump. “Most likely would have taken the top spot. Now he is also […]

CUPERTINO (AP) — Apple is resuming the use of humans to review Siri commands and dictation with the latest iPhone software update. In August, Apple suspended the practice and apologized for the way it used people, rather than just machines, to review the audio. While common in the tech industry, the practice undermined Apple’s attempts […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – The Israeli military says it has shot down an unmanned aircraft flying at “an unusual altitude” over the Gaza Strip. The army said Tuesday that Israeli fighter jets were scrambled to intercept the drone. The military declined further comment on the incident. Gaza’s ruling Islamic militant group Hamas has a drone program […]

JERUSALEM (JNS) — Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz said on Monday that “unfortunately no tangible progress was made” in coalition talks with Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu at their Sunday meeting. While Gantz called the meeting “businesslike,” he insinuated that Netanyahu was attempting to “dictate the entire public agenda.” Blue and White No. 2 […]

JERUSALEM (AP) – The man who is trying to become Israel’s next prime minister says he would implement a long-stalled plan for an egalitarian section at a key Jewish prayer site in Jerusalem if he takes power. Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz told a gathering of overseas Jewish leaders Tuesday that “the Western […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The National Park Service has withdrawn a proposal that critics complained was designed to stifle protests near the White House and on the National Mall. The Park Service said in a statement Monday that it received more than 140,000 comments on its proposed changes, which included opening the door to charging protest […]

MELBOURNE (JTA) — The Australian man who raped and murdered an Israeli woman studying in Melbourne was sentenced on Tuesday to 36 years in prison. Codey Herrmann, 21, pleaded guilty to the January attack on Aiia Maasarwe, also 21, in Melbourne. Maasarwe, from the central Israeli city of Baqa al-Gharbiyye, was an exchange student at […]