Algemeiner Staff and Agencies
ARTICLES BY: Algemeiner Staff and Agencies
Germany Orders Shutdown of Iranian Consulates Over Execution: ‘Diplomatic Relations at More Than a Low Point’
Germany will close all three Iranian consulates on its soil in response to Iran's execution of a German-Iranian dual national, Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock announced on...
Spain’s Prime Minister Calls on Other Countries to Stop Arming Israel in Latest Salvo Against Jewish State
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Friday urged other countries to stop supplying weapons to Israel, continuing Spain's harsh rhetoric toward the Jewish state since...
US Calls Roger Waters Performance in Berlin ‘Deeply Offensive to Jewish People’
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday weighed in on a controversy over a performance by Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters, denouncing the show in Berlin...
Lebanon’s President: Total Energies Could Help Lebanon in Maritime Demarcation With Israel
Lebanon's President Michel Aoun said on Tuesday that France-based oil and gas company, Total Energies, could help his country solve maritime demarcation issues with Israel,...
Israel and Lebanon Remain ‘Far Apart’ in Sea Border Talks, Pompeo Says
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Tuesday that Israel and Lebanon were still "far apart" in the maritime border negotiations they had been...
Israel’s Netanyahu Expects Deal With Pfizer to Buy Covid-19 Vaccine
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on Wednesday with the CEO of Pfizer, Albert Bourla, about the pharmaceutical company's potential Covid-19 vaccine. On Monday, Pfizer announced...
Trump Edged Biden 50%-49% in Georgia Jewish Vote, Survey Shows
According to AP VoteCast, a survey conducted for The Associated Press by NORC at the University of Chicago, US President Donald Trump won the Jewish vote...
Newly-Reelected Congresswoman Ilhan Omar Accuses Israel of ‘Ethnic Cleansing’
Newly-reelected Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar of Minnesota has accused Israel of "ethnic cleansing" following the demolition earlier this week of illegal structures in a West...
Malawi Says It Will Be First African Nation to Open Embassy in Jerusalem
Malawi announced on Tuesday it would become the first African nation to open an embassy in Jerusalem. While visiting Israel, Malawi Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka described...
Jewish Congregations Challenge ‘Blatantly Antisemitic’ New York Coronavirus Restrictions
Three Jewish congregations on Thursday filed a lawsuit claiming that New York's coronavirus restrictions on public gatherings violated their First Amendment religious rights under the US Constitution. The...
Israel Urges World’s Democracies to Quit ‘Shameful and Antisemitic’ UN Human Rights Council
China and Russia were elected to the United Nations Human Rights Council on Tuesday, but support for Beijing dropped by more than 20 percent compared with a 2016 vote...
Netanyahu to Lebanese People: ‘Israel Means You No Harm, but Iran Does’
Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of storing weapons next to a gas company in a residential neighborhood of Beirut, urging...
US Blacklists Hezbollah Official, Two Lebanon-Based Companies
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on a Hezbollah official and two Lebanon-based companies as the country experiences a deep economic crisis, accusing them of being...
IDF Hits Hamas Targets in Gaza in Response to Rocket Barrages
Terrorists in the Gaza Strip launched rockets into Israel and Israeli aircraft hit targets in the Palestinian enclave in an explosive backdrop to the signing of pacts for...
