Our own, up-to-the-minute, weekly brief on Israel by Jackie Congedo, Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). It's a five-minute-read; our goals are insight, objectivity, and careful curation of the most important, relevant, and current news.
In response to the tragic shooting attack in Orlando this week, Prime Minister Netanyahu released a statement naming regimes and terrorist organizations around the world that ruthlessly persecute the LGBT community. "In Syria, ISIS throws gays off rooftops. In Iran, the regime hangs gays…
Four people were killed and 16 others wounded in a shooting attack at the Sarona food and shopping center in Tel Aviv Wednesday after two Palestinian gunmen opened fire. The gunmen were cousins from the West Bank village of Yatta. One of the shooters was captured by police and taken in for…
Ambassador Dennis Ross to keynote JCRC Annual Meeting; BDS dealt blow in Spain; presidential candidates talk Israel: Israel Update
We are excited to be able to present Ambassador Dennis Ross as our keynote speaker at JCRC's 77th Annual Meeting on June 21st. Ambassador Ross led the Middle…
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip landed in an open field near the Sha’ar Hanegev Regional Council in southern Israel late Wednesday night. Israel responded before dawn Thursday with airstrikes that “targeted two Hamas sites in the southern Gaza Strip,” the IDF said. A radical…
The Iron Dome is headed out to sea. The "Iron Dome" is set to expand to protect offshore oil and gas facilities. Israeli defense officials fear an attack by Hamas or the Shiite Lebanese group, Hezbollah, could significantly disrupt gas supply to Israeli homes and businesses... More >
