BY ROBERT A. COHN, Editor-in-Chief Emeritus
• Published July 27, 2016
To describe Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as “mercurial” is akin to describing the weather in Antarctica as “chilly.” At the moment, Erdogan is in the midst of an extremely violent purge of every segment of civil society: judges, journalists,...
There are seemingly as many takes on the implications of Great Britain’s departure from the European Union as there are stars in the sky.From our corner of the universe, though, we consider a couple different questions than those being asked by most:...
SYDNEY – An article on illegal boat people by the publisher of Australia’s main Jewish newspaper has ignited a storm of protest, with some critics savaging it for “vilifying Muslims” and promoting “xenophobic, Islamophobic and heartless sentiments.”...
PRETORIA, South Africa — Israel’s Foreign Ministry summoned the South African ambassador to Israel over the publication of a notice announcing a ban on labeling as Israeli products that originate from the West Bank. Ismail Coovadia was scheduled to...
BRUSSELS -- Jihadist websites eat up a fair share of Bart Olmer’s workday. He even has passwords to some closed hate forums. “Reading hate speech is part of the job,” says Olmer, who reports on intelligence services for Holland’s largest circulation...
E.U. foreign ministers are slapping new sanctions on the wife of Syrian President Bashar Assad, three other Assad family members, and eight Syrian government ministers, according to reports. The new restrictions, which are slated to go into effect on...
JERUSALEM -- Israeli leaders condemned remarks by European Union foreign policy chief which appeared to compare the Toulouse victims to deaths in Gaza. At a conference Monday in Brussels on Palestinian refugees, Ashton reportedly said: "When we think...
WASHINGTON -- The American Israel Public Affairs Committee praised the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication's compliance with sanctions on Iranian banks. SWIFT, which serves as the final entry point for electronic transactions...
WASHINGTON -- The banking entity responsible for processing electronic bank transfers is cutting ties with Iranian banks sanctioned by the European Union. In response to European Union sanctions, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication...
NEW YORK -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton welcomed Iran's stated willingness to restart negotiations and called it an "important step." In comments to reporters after a meeting Friday at the State Department with Catherine Ashton, the European...
By Toby Axelrod, JTA
• Published February 14, 2012
BERLIN -- A new European Jewish parliament is set to open in Brussels this week, the brainchild of two businessmen philanthropists on a mission to shake up the status quo. Igor Kolomoisky and Vadim Rabinovich, the Ukrainian Jewish moguls behind the body,...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders of the Peace NGO Forum urged Argentina's president and foreign minister to take a larger role in the Middle East peace process. President Cristina Fernandez and Foreign Minister Hector Timerman...
