Trump reimposes ‘maximum pressure’ on Iran, withdraws from UNRWA, UNHRC “It’s very tough on Iran,” the president said of the order. “Hopefully we are not going to have to use it very much.” Andrew Bernard Feb. 4, 2025
Trump is right about letting Palestinians leave Gaza Keeping descendants of the 1948 refugees in place is about perpetuating a futile war on Israel. They should be allowed to flee Hamas rule and seek better lives elsewhere. Jonathan S. Tobin Jan. 27, 2025
UNESCO mum on whether it will offer its fact-checking training to UN officials A source familiar with the Israeli mission to the United Nations wasn’t aware of the U.N. agency offering the course to officials at the global body. Mike Wagenheim Dec. 8, 2024
The United Nations and ICC are at war with Israel If defending your country and its citizens from sexual violence, beheadings and kidnapping is now considered a war crime, then the term means nothing. Jake Donnelly Nov. 28, 2024
WJC announces new tech institute and report on AI-fueled Holocaust denial “We’ll provide strategic guidance, research insights and a moral voice rooted in Jewish perspectives,” Yfat Barak-Cheney, the project’s inaugural director, told JNS. David Swindle June 20, 2024
Christians more interested than Jews in location of Mount Sinai, at center of Shavuot holiday “Mount Sinai loses its meaning after the revelation,” said Rabbi Chaim Steinmetz of Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun on New York City’s Upper East Side. “There’s no religious value attached to it.” Sarah Ogince June 5, 2024
UNESCO lists several medieval Jewish sites in Erfurt, Germany The sites are the second Jewish ones in Germany to be designated on the Wold Heritage List, which recognizes places of “outstanding universal value.” Oct. 5, 2023
UNESCO: Jericho ruins a ‘World Heritage Site in Palestine’ The Tell es-Sultan site contains prehistoric ruins dating back to the ninth millennium BCE. Sept. 18, 2023
UNESCO vote highlights continued UN bias against Israel Biden should reconsider his decision to rejoin the U.N. cultural organization, and Congress should block funding. Peter Hoekstra Sept. 12, 2023
