Saudi Arabia Agrees to Allow Israeli Planes to Cross Its Airspace
Saudi Arabia agreed on Monday to let Israeli airliners cross its airspace en route to the United Arab Emirates after talks between Saudi officials and White House senior adviser Jared...
Kushner and Team Heading to Saudi Arabia, Qatar
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner and his team are headed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar this week for talks in a region simmering with tension after the killing...
Assassins Kill Father of Iran’s Nuclear Program
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Assassins shot to death Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, the nuclear scientist that western intelligence agencies believe to be behind Iran’s nuclear weapons program.
The assassination came two years after...
Irwin Cotler Named Canada’s First Envoy in Antisemitism Fight
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — Irwin Cotler, a former Canadian justice minister and a human rights activist, is Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s choice as his nation’s first envoy to combat anti-Semitism.
Cotler,...
From the Editor: Jonathan Pollard Is Free at Last
Jonathan Pollard is finally free to go to Israel and live in the land for which he literally gave so much of his life.
Over all these decades, the attitude...
Netanyahu, Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
JNS.org – Former First Minister of Northern Ireland Lord David Trimble has nominated Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan for...
Where Secretary of State Pick Tony Blinken Stands on Jewish Issues
(JTA) — Tony Blinken, President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for secretary of state, is the stepson of a Holocaust survivor whose stories shaped his worldview and subsequently his policy decisions,...
Report: Netanyahu Met With Saudi Crown Prince in Saudi Arabia
BY RON KAMPEAS
(JTA) — In what would be a first, the Israeli media is reporting that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu traveled to Saudi Arabia for a meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed Bin...
Jonathan Pollard Freed of Restrictions, May Travel to Israel
BY RON KAMPEAS
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Almost 35 years to the day after his arrest outside the Israeli embassy in Washington D.C., Jonathan Pollard was granted the freedom to do what...
Pompeo Makes Historic Visits to West Bank, Golan Heights
BY GABE FRIEDMAN
(JTA) — Mike Pompeo became the first U.S. secretary of state to visit both an Israeli settlement in the West Bank and the Golan Heights, a disputed area...