International

Every 83 seconds: Anti-Semitic post uploaded to social media

Over the course of 2016, a World Jewish Congress survey finds, more than 382,000 anti-Semitic posts were uploaded to Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, blogs and other social media forums. The research, conducted together with Vigo Social Intelligence, showed that an overwhelming 63 percent of all anti-Semitic content online can be found on Twitter. More than

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International, Jewish History

State poll marks test of ‘Schulz effect’ in German election year

Berlin (dpa) – Voters in the south-western German state of Saarland were casting their ballots on Sunday in a poll seen as the first test of the newly-resurgent Social Democrats (SPD) against Chancellor Angela Merkel’s Christian Democrats (CDU). The SPD – currently the junior partner in a coalition led by the CDU in the sparsely

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International

Hong Kong gets a new leader

A Beijing-backed civil servant has been chosen as the next leader of Hong Kong. Carrie Lam’s appointment comes amid accusations that Beijing is meddling and denying the financial hub a more populist leader. Lam will become Hong Kong’s first female chief executive when she takes office on July 1. The results: 777 votes – Carrie

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International

Pleasing Trump, Charter promises $25B broadband investment on top of 20,000 new US jobs

The chief executive of Charter Communications committed in a meeting with President Trump on Friday to invest $25 billion on broadband infrastructure while joining a trend of business leaders touting previously announced job creation at the White House. In the case of Charter, Chief Executive Thomas Rutledge said he expected to hire 20,000 new U.S.

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USA

Police to recommend criminal probe of Jewish Home MK on sexual harassment claims

Source say enough evidence accumulated for formal investigation of Nissan Slomiansky By Times of Israel staff Jewish Home MK Nissam Slomiansky seen during a vote on the so-called Regulation Bill, a controversial bill that seeks to legitimize illegal West Bank outposts, in the Israeli parliament on December 7, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) Police are set to

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Middle East

After UNHRC adopts 5 anti-Israel resolutions, UK vows to oppose all future such moves

London supports 2 of the votes, but slams bias and ‘selective focus’ on Israel, puts council ‘on notice’ that it had better change By Times of Israel staff The Human Rights Council during an interactive dialogue with the Independent Commission of Inquiry on the 2014 Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip on June 29, 2015

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International, Middle East, USA

Middle East – Arab airlines beat Trump’s electronics ban with sarcasm and jokes

US President Donald Trump’s controversial ban on electronic devices on flights from Muslim-majority countries began Saturday. But instead of condemning the move, Arab carriers took advantage of it as a fun PR boost and to promote their products… The US announced, to much fanfare on March 21, a ban on electronic devices for passengers on

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Middle East, USA

IDF chief said to promise rabbis increased gender separation

Eisenkot reportedly vows separate bathrooms, sleeping quarters by end of 2017; army says he only seeks to enforce existing policies By Times of Israel staff IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot attends a Defense and Foreign Affairs Committee meeting at the Knesset, on February 22, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90) IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot has

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Middle East

US-led coalition says it may be responsible for airstrike that killed more than 200 Iraqi civilians

MOSUL, Iraq — The U.S.-led military coalition fighting to dislodge the Islamic State from the Iraqi city of Mosul said Saturday it may have been responsible for an airstrike that killed more than 200 civilians in the western part of the city. The U.S. Central Command, which oversees military operations in the Middle East, said

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Middle East, USA

Thousands attend funeral of slain Hamas terrorist as group vows revenge

Top official says killing of Mazen Faqha ‘has clear marks of Mossad’ as organization claims Israel is trying to ‘wage clandestine war’ By Times of Israel staff The body of Hamas official Mazen Faqha is carried by members of the Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, the military wing of Hamas, during his funeral in Gaza city on

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Middle East