Tag Archives: World News
Next UN Leader Must Clean up Antisemitism, World Jewish Communities Tell Global Body
Mike Wagenheim | JNSThe Argentinian, Australian, Canadian, French, German, British and American Jewish communities, known as the J7-Large Communities’ Task Force Against Antisemitism, asked United Nations member states to take combating Jew-hatred into account when they chose the next U.N. secretary-general. Read more » »
Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities tell global body
Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities tell global body September 29, 2026 Secretary General of the UN Antonio Guterres (AP/Matt Dunham)(AP/Matt Dunham)Next UN leader must clean up antisemitism, world Jewish communities Read more » »
Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference
Record number of states boycott UN event for 25th anniversary of anti-Israel Durban conference September 29, 2026 Anti-Israel protesters at the World Conference Against Racism in Durban, South Africa, Aug. 31, 2001. Read more » »
Latin American Forum on Antisemitism focuses on collective action
Latin American political, religious and grassroots leaders participated in the fifth annual Latin American Forum Against Antisemitism this week, days after the ceasefire between Israel and Hamas went into effect.“On Oct. Read more » »
Woman running for Wikimedia board reportedly said Oct. 7 rapes ‘fake news,’ accused Israel of ‘hundreds of genocides’
Ravan Al-Taie, who is based in Iraq and works for an oilfield services company, states on her page as a candidate for the board of the Wikimedia Foundation that she thinks “it’s time for more voices from underrepresented communities” to shape the Read more » »
UK Plans to Recognize Palestinian State Absent ‘Substantive’ Israeli Steps
Keir Starmer, the prime minister of the United Kingdom, told reporters on Tuesday that he intends to recognize a Palestinian state in September, before the U.N. Read more » »
After meeting pope, US Jewish leaders do not expect substantial changes from Vatican on Israel
American Jewish leaders, who attended Pope Leo XIV’s inaugural Mass in Rome on Sunday and met with the pontiff at the Vatican the following day, are optimistic about the future of Jewish-Catholic relations. Read more » »
Pope Francis walks back Gaza ‘genocide’ comments
Pope Francis meets with religious leaders during interfaith gathering, November 25th, 2024. (Vatican)VaticanPope Francis walks back Gaza ‘genocide’ commentsThe Roman Catholic Church’s top pontiff claims his call for a probe into allegations of Read more » »
UN General Assembly passes resolution calling for Jerusalem Old City to be Jew-free
Argentina, Czechia, Fiji, Hungary, Malawi, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Tonga, Tuvalu and the United States joined Israel in opposing the resolution. By Mike Wagenheim, JNS Jerusalem’s Old City and Jude and Samaria must be judenrein within a year, according to a Palestinian-drafted resolution, which the U.N. Read more » »
