The war has forced Israel’s Arab citizens to explain that no, they are not Hamas
Haifa and Jerusalem CNN — When 20-year-old Aya Najame, an Arab Muslim, was a little girl growing up in the northern Israeli port city of Haifa, she would go on…
Security agency services investigating after two Molotov cocktails thrown at Berlin synagogue
Berlin CNN — German security services are investigating after two Molotov cocktails were thrown in the direction of a synagogue in Berlin during the early hours of Wednesday. Posting on…
France, UK and Germany step up security measures amid fears of attacks against Jewish community
CNN — The UK, France, and Germany have all pledged to step up security measures amid fears of attacks against members of the Jewish community after videos emerged of people…
Memorial from broken headstones unveiled for desecrated Jewish cemetery in Belarus
CNN — When a large Jewish cemetery was paved over last century to create a sports ground in Belarus, the headstones were used to make roads and buildings. Decades later,…
Tunisian leader sparks outrage by claiming ‘Zionist movement’ behind naming of storm that battered Libya
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN — Tunisian…
Wartime Pope Pius XII probably knew about Holocaust early on, letters show
CNN — Wartime Pope Pius XII knew details about the Nazi attempt to exterminate Jews in the Holocaust as early as 1942, according to a letter found in the Vatican…
Catholic Church honors Polish family persecuted for sheltering Jews in unprecedented beatification
CNN — The Catholic Church beatified on Sunday a Polish family of nine, including a new-born baby, who died at the hands of Nazi Germans during World War Two for…
Itamar Ben-Gvir: Divisive Israeli minister visits key Jerusalem holy site, drawing condemnation
Jerusalem CNN — Israel’s minister of national security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, on Thursday joined a group of Jewish Israelis in visiting what is known to Jews as the Temple Mount and…
Construction workers find remains of Munich’s main synagogue, destroyed by Nazis
CNN — Remnants of Munich’s main synagogue, which was demolished by the Nazis in June 1938, have resurfaced – much to the amazement of the city’s Jewish community. Construction workers…
Palestinian reporter breaks barriers by reporting in Hebrew on Israeli TV
Editor’s Note: A version of this story appears in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. Jerusalem CNN —…