Israel arrested on Thursday a Jewish teenager accused of making dozens of anti-Semitic bomb threats in the United States and elsewhere, and one to a major airline, following a wide-ranging investigation involving the FBI. The arrest comes after a wave of bomb threats to American Jewish institutions since the start of the year spread concern … Read more
On Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn, a mixed community where Jews and Muslims interact with ease, sits a Jewish center for the elderly. Last week, the center was the victim of a bomb threat — one of more than 150 targeting American Jewish institutions since the start of the year. Swastikas have appeared on walls: … Read more
Israeli settlers celebrating a Jewish holiday in the occupied West Bank Sunday paid tribute to a soldier who shot dead a wounded Palestinian assailant, with some even dressing up as him. A parade in the city of Hebron for Purim, which sees participants dress up, began at the spot where the shooting which deeply divided … Read more
The management of Hebron Financial Investment Limited has responded to the Bank of Ghana’s statement announcing it has closed their operations for not having a license. In a rejoinder, the Chief Executive of Hebron, Mr Ebo Eshun said the BoG , “do not understand the new emerging trend [online forex trading] and rather than work … Read more
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo began a whirlwind visit to Israel on Sunday, pledging solidarity with Jews as the United States sees a surge in anti-Semitic incidents. There have been more than 100 bomb threats against US Jewish organisations since the beginning of the year and three Jewish cemeteries have been vandalised, with some analysts … Read more
Five tombstones were overturned in an historic Jewish cemetery in Brooklyn, the latest in a spate of apparently anti-Semitic incidents across the United States, media reports said Sunday. CNN reported that the act of vandalism at Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn and was being investigated by a hate-crime task force of the New York City Police … Read more
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant who lay on the ground, sparking criticism from rights groups. Defence lawyers announced an appeal and right-wing Israeli ministers immediately called for a pardon, while the Palestinian government and the victim’s family condemned the … Read more
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead a wounded Palestinian assailant who lay on the ground, sparking criticism from rights groups. Defence lawyers announced an appeal and right-wing Israeli ministers immediately called for a pardon, while the Palestinian government and the victim’s family condemned the … Read more
The court dismissed Azaria’s claim that he thought the wounded victim presented a threat An Israeli soldier who killed a wounded Palestinian attacker in a high-profile case that split opinion across the country has been jailed for 18 months. Elor Azaria was found guilty of manslaughter for shooting dead 21-year-old Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in Hebron, … Read more
An Israeli military court on Tuesday sentenced a soldier to 18 months in prison for shooting dead an injured Palestinian assailant. Judge Maya Heller handed down the sentence a month after Elor Azaria, 21, was found guilty of manslaughter for killing Abdul Fatah al-Sharif as he lay on the ground in the southern occupied West … Read more