Israel

Mila Kunis on a film set in New York City

Mila Kunis, Neil Patrick Harris, Helen Mirren and over 200 other celebrities sign letter denouncing cultural boycott of Israel

The letter defends the Tel Aviv International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, which protesters have called on celebrities and directors to boycott for years.

Israel declines to sign UN statement on China’s treatment of Uighurs

While the U.S., U.K., Germany and Australia were among the group of 43 countries that signed the statement, an Israeli diplomatic official said the Israeli government had “other interests that it has to balance.”

Israel designates 6 Palestinian rights groups as terrorist organizations, irking US and infuriating human rights orgs

The decision prompted the new Israeli government’s first public spat with the Biden administration.

Israel set to permit vaccinated tourists starting Nov. 1, but questions remain around children and boosters

United Arab Emirates to join Israel in moon shot

American victims of the Second Intifada want the Supreme Court to review their case that sues a British bank

Sweden’s foreign minister visits Israel, ending 7-year diplomatic freeze

Shushani mysterious scholar library notebooks

Israel’s National Library to display notebooks of mysterious scholar who taught Elie Wiesel, Emmanuel Levinas

How offshore accounts turned the British Virgin Islands into an east Jerusalem landlord

US rejoins UN Human Rights Council 3 years after Trump left over Israel concerns

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