Yad Vashem

August 9, 2024 | Ben Cohen |

An open call to murder Jews in a Belgian magazine

The pain caused by contemporary antisemitism is partly rooted in the fact that we can’t ignore it.

July 22, 2024 | Megan Eckstein, Enia Krivine

After Hamas is gone, how will Israel deradicalize Palestinians in Gaza?

Most Gazans approve of Hamas’s decision to launch the war on October 7 and would prefer Hamas rule over the US-backed Palestinian Authority

June 1, 2024 | |

Amid Tensions With Israel, Brazil Withdraws Ambassador

Brazil recalled its ambassador to Israel, the government announced in its official gazette on May 29. In February, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, also known as Lula, compared Israel’s actions against Hamas to those of the Nazis, claiming that the only historical parallel for the current fighting was “when Hitler decided to kill the Jews.” ...

April 13, 2022 | Jonathan Schanzer |

‘Caught Between a Hammer and an Anvil’

Israel’s in a difficult position when it comes to the war in Ukraine

April 9, 2021 | Bradley Bowman |

Austin Makes First Trip to Israel as Defense Secretary

The Pentagon announced Thursday that Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will visit Israel next week. Austin likely wants to reassure Israel as the White House seeks to re-enter the deeply flawed Iran nuclear...

February 10, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

German president mistakenly congratulates Iran’s regime for its revolution

The office of German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier announced it would not send the Iranian regime a congratulatory email on the anniversary of the revolution - then accidentally sent it anyway.

February 8, 2020 | Benjamin Weinthal |

US envoy urges Germany not to celebrate Iran’s Holocaust-denying regime

The US government and the Anti-Defamation League have concluded that Iran’s regime is the leading international state-sponsor of terrorism, antisemitism and Holocaust denial.

May 11, 2019 | Benjamin Weinthal |

After ‘Post’ report, German bank will not close Israeli website’s account

Israel Today states on its website that it “is a Jerusalem news agency that brings local news from a biblical and objective perspective.

February 7, 2017 | Benjamin Weinthal |

Anti-Israel German Politician Compares Jewish Facebook Head with Nazi

The deputy head of Germany’s Social Democratic Party equated the Jewish Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg with a neo-Nazi terrorist on Sunday for her attendance at a Trump administration hi-tech...

May 13, 2014 | Jonathan Kay

The Politics of Genocide

Spring is a season for black memories. April 24 marked the beginning of the Armenian Genocide in 1915. April 27 was Yom HaShoah, a day for Holocaust remembrance. The Rwandan Genocide, in which Hu...

March 19, 2012 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jerusalem Post |

Austria, Iran, and the Holocaust

The United Kingdom is widely considered to be the central hub of efforts to delegitimize Israel’s right to exist, largely because of anti-Israel trade unions, the loony extremist British...

March 9, 2012 | Clifford D. May Moment Magazine |

Are We Too Fair-minded to Take Our Own Side?

In the 20th century, a war was waged against the Jews of Europe. It culminated in the Holocaust. In the 21st century, a war is being waged against the Jews of the Middle East. How that turns out...

February 24, 2012 |

Pat Buchanan and His Enablers

Last week, MSNBC fired Pat Buchanan following a four-month suspension. The proximate cause of his dismissal was the publishing of his latest book, Suicide of a Superpower: Will America Survive...

August 2, 2011 |

Once Again, the Jewish Question

If money could buy peace, this would be a golden era for Middle East peacemaking. Notwithstanding activists' much-hyped "boycott, divestment and sanctions" campaign, Israel's economy is...

July 1, 2010 | |

Why Europe Loathes Israel

The widespread condemnation Europeans have expressed toward Israel after its commandos boarded the so-called peace flotilla on May 31 - and used force only when threatened with death - signals a...

June 30, 2010 | Benjamin Weinthal The Jewish Press |

Europe Will Never Forgive Israel For The Holocaust

As an Israeli psychoanalyst once noted with bitter irony, the Germans will never forgive the Jews for Auschwitz. The corollary to this observation is that Europeans will never forgive the Israeli...