January 23, 2020 Pence calls for world to 'stand strong' against anti-Semitism at Auschwitz liberation commemoration in Israel Vice President Pence delivered a stirring speech in Jerusalem before an audience that included world leaders and Holocaust survivors, vowing that never again shall the world allow the atrocities committed by the Nazis to be repeated.
January 23, 2020 French President Macron caught on video berating Israeli security guard A new video shows French President Emmanuel Macron berating an Israeli security guard during a visit to a church in Jerusalem.
January 22, 2020 Putin to meet mother of American-born Israeli woman jailed in Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin is set to meet the mother of American-born Israeli backpacker Naama Issachar, jailed in Russia for carrying a few grams of cannabis in her luggage, the Kremlin said Wednesday.
January 21, 2020 UN Security Council must recognize Iran as the real Mideast aggressor, Kelly Craft says Kelly Craft, the United States ambassador to the United Nations, called out the Security Council in a speech Tuesday, saying the world body continued to criticize Israel but failed to work toward keeping Iran in check.
January 21, 2020 Texas woman, 20, dies from flu after traveling overseas A 20-year-old Crosby, Texas woman has died from complications related to the flu, her family says.
January 21, 2020 Birthright Israel celebrates 20 years of strengthening Jewish identity for the next generation Birthright Israel, a travel organization that offers Jewish young adults a free 10-day trip to the Holy Land, has become a rite of passage for many Jews around the world.
January 21, 2020 20,000 participate in ceremony where Jesus was baptized in the Jordan River Over 20,000 Christians flocked to the banks of the Jordan River over the weekend to be baptized in the same location believed to be where Jesus Christ was baptized by John the Baptist.
January 15, 2020 'Jeopardy!' walks back 'Nativity' clue after 'Israel,' 'Palestine' responses spark controversy "Jeopardy!" offered a rare "correction" this week following the controversy surrounding a clue it gave about the location of a world-famous church where the Nativity scene took place.
January 15, 2020 Israel intercepts rockets launched by Palestinian militants Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a series of rockets at Israel Wednesday – two of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome air defense system, officials say.
January 15, 2020 Israel's unlikely Olympic baseball team dreams big for Japan As a baseball-crazed kid growing up in Miami, Danny Valencia dreamed of playing in the Major Leagues. The thought of heading to the Olympics, for a foreign country no less, never crossed his mind.
