West Bank settlement growth fastest in Israel
Israel’s population in West Bank settlements is fastest growing in the country according to official figures.
And it is thanks to US President Donald Trump’s administration.
Baruch Gordon, West Bank Jewish Population Stats director,...
Brazilian cartoonist slated for anti-Israel slur
Israeli comic book artist Uri Fink has slated a Brazilian cartoonist for portraying IDF soldiers as murderers when they arrived in Brazil to aid efforts in the aftermath of a collapsed...
Labour general secretary refuses to publish anti-Semitic data at “stormy” PLP meeting
The Labour Party is again embroiled in a bitter row over its inadequacy in tackling anti-Semitism within its ranks.
Labour MPs unanimously passed a motion urging the party leadership to do...
ISRAEL ELECTION APRIL 2019
Political analyst JAMES MARLOW brings The Jewish Weekly his election report and latest news briefs. An updated poll table will be published next week.
REPORT:
The party that registered up to...
Labour treats Jewish community with contempt says BoD President
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has accused the Labour Party of treating the Jewish community with contempt.
The scathing assessment came after...
Malaysia stripped of hosting Para Swimming Championships
Board of Deputies President Marie van der Zyl has backed the International Paralympic Committee’s decision to strip Malaysia of the World Para Swimming Championships...
Burglary at Kiryat Yovel Synagogue in Jerusalem
Police are investigating a burglary at Kiryat Yovel Synagogue in Jerusalem where Sefer Torah’s were damaged earlier this week.
Interior Minister Aryeh Deri of Shas visited the site on Tuesday morning.
President...
King David pupil death “not suspicious” say police
Greater Manchester Police are no longer treating the death of a 16-year-old King David High School pupil on Monday morning as murder.
A 41-year-old man arrested on suspicion of...
Israel aided search following dam burst in Brazil
Israel helped search for survivors and location of fatalities in the aftermath of the collapse of the Corrego de Feijao iron mine dam near the south eastern town of Brumadinho, Brazil last Friday.
Fifty-eight people were confirmed dead earlier...
212,000 Holocaust survivors live in Israel
Over 200,000 Holocaust survivors were living in Israel according to an Israel Central Bureau of Statistics report at the end of last year.
Statistics recorded 212,000 survivors down from 221,000 over...
