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The United States slaps new sanctions on Iran’s drone program and restrictions on the access to technologies by the Islamic Republic

In response to Iran’s unprecedented attack on Israel, the US is taking sweeping actions against several actors involved in Iran’s unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program.

Erdogan compares Israel to Nazi Germany

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan compared Israel's actions in Gaza to the Holocaust and provided a show and tell presentation, similar to the ones favoured by Israeli leaders, condemning what he described is an Israeli occupation of Palestine.

Israel and US urge Berlin to cancel Palestinian rappers who glorify terrorism

Israel's ambassador to Germany Jeremy Issacharoff and his counterpart US ambassador Richard Grenell urged Berlin authorities to ban a slated event with two Palestinian rappers who glorify terrorism against the Jewish state.

Final Israeli election results

Official results released by Israel's Central Election Committee show that Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's Likud party won 32 Knesset seats in the last election, taking it up a seat compared to first results released.

Unearthed Gandhi WWII letter wishes Jews “era of peace”

On the same day World War II broke out in Europe, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a short Jewish New Year greeting to a local Indian Jewish official, offering ominous good wishes to his “afflicted people.”

Israelis hold most negative view of UN in Pew poll of countries

Israelis have the most negative view of the United Nations by a large margin among countries polled in a new survey.

Shofar that survived Auschwitz shown for first time in New York exhibition

A shofar hidden and blown behind the barbed wire of Auschwitz was shown publicly for the first time in New York, where it will be included in an exhibition.

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European Jewish Congress expresses solidarity with Israel and condemns Iranian attack on Jewish State

We urge the European Union and its member states to totally isolate Iran economically and politically from the international family of nations by strongly enforcing and extending sanctions against the Islamic Republic.