3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (515+ words) Three sources, including a former Conservative minister said that official advice was that such measures were ‘unworkable’ The government is facing questions over suggestions it has ignored longstanding official advice in pursuit of sanctions against Israeli settlements. Ed Miliband, the…...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (908+ words) Rabbi Jonathan Wittenberg and Progressive leaders release statements offering differing view on government measures to Chief Rabbi Mirvis The co-leaders of Progressive Judaism and the senior rabbi of the Masorti movement have condemned settler violence in the West Bank, with…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago   (316+ words) We must condemn acts of violence, but we must also demand accurate, nuanced reporting, scrutinise malevolent actors and refuse to assume that antizionists are neutral critics As an anthropologist, I study taboos, their origins, and the biases that lie behind…...

5+ day, 2+ hour ago   (584+ words) A further nine nations, including the Nordic countries, Poland and Ireland have also joined the mass sanctioning effort Canada and France are among a group of 11 nations that have announced a ban on importing West Bank settlement products alongside the…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (336+ words) Canada and France are expected to announce a ban on importing West Bank settlement products alongside the UK. The French decision is said to follow the failure of a Franco-Swedish push to set up a European Union trade ban. The…...

5+ day, 10+ hour ago   (298+ words) The assailant fled after carrying out the attack, according to authorities A Palestinian attacker has been shot dead by Israeli troops after stabbing and seriously wounding a young Israeli man at a farming outpost in the West Bank. The Israeli,…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago   (350+ words) The president’s comments came after the IDF confirmed it had sacked a reservist commander after his unit was filmed praying with settlers besieging a Palestinian town Israeli President Isaac Herzog has condemned a surge in violence in the West Bank,…...

1+ week, 6+ hour ago   (339+ words) Board president Phil Rosenberg said the body recognised political diversity in the community The president of the Board of Deputies Phil Rosenberg has rejected action against left-wing group Jewish Yachad over its support for a proposed UK ban on trade…...

1+ week, 10+ hour ago   (441+ words) Israel’s Security Council issued the warning ahead of Rosh Hashanah, which begins on Friday evening Iran and its terrorist proxies, including Hezbollah and Hamas, are intensifying efforts to attack Israelis and Jews abroad, according to a threat assessment issued ahead…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (687+ words) Communal figures warned the prime minister that planned West Bank measures could lead to a wholesale boycott that ‘marginalises and stigmatises British Jews’ Jewish communal leaders warned Prime Minister Andy Burnham that proposed sanctions against Israeli settlements in the West…...