A passenger on American Airlines has taken to Reddit to voice their outrage over allegedly receiving moldy and rancid kosher meals on a flight she recently took with the airline from Barcelona to New York's JFK airport, showing a picture of the meal. The reaction she received from the staff after complaining created an online firestorm. Israel Hayom could not confirm the accuracy of her claims and the authenticity of the picture. In a post to the r/americanairlines subreddit, the user claims that "every single kosher meal breakfast and dinner was moldy and rancid" on their recent flight ..read more

  The stock price of online health company Hims & Hers Inc. plunged 8% on Friday, just days after its CEO voiced eagerness to hire students disciplined for participating in anti-Israel protests on college campuses. The company's shares dropped from an opening price of $12.24 to $11.26 amid backlash over comments made by Palestinian-American CEO Andrew Dudum on Twitter. Moral courage > College degree If you're currently protesting against the genocide of the Palestinian people & for your university's divestment from Israel, keep going. It's working. There are plenty of companie ..read more

  1. The caveat to redemption of captives Part of the Israeli ethos is that Pidyon Shvuyim (release of captives) is a "supreme value" in the sense that it is a value that takes precedence over other values. Indeed, it is a very important value. A moment after Passover, we should reflect on the fact that our people were captives in the Egyptian House of Slavery and that our liberation was too a kind of release from captivity. But Pidyon Shvuyim derives from a higher value: human life. The commandment to achieve the release of captives derives from the value of human life, which overrides a ..read more

  Turkey has completely suspended imports and exports with Israel as of Thursday, according to two Turkish government officials with knowledge of the situation who spoke with Bloomberg. While Ankara has not issued any formal announcement regarding the trade halt, the move appears to be the latest escalation in deteriorating relations between the two nations over the ongoing conflict in Gaza. Trade ties at risk Just last month, Turkey had already implemented restrictions on exports headed to Israel in response to the flare-up of violence in the Palestinian territories. The ruptur ..read more

  The exact distance between the Lebanese border and the Druze village of Hurfeish is a matter of dispute, and its approximately 7,000 residents find themselves directly in the line of fire – refusing to evacuate, yet wishing for some form of compensation for their lost livelihoods and their role in safeguarding the Galilee region in the face of the enemy forces. At first glance, it seems implausible that the village is situated less than three kilometers from the Lebanese border. The streets are teeming with activity, cars emit their honking calls, and life appears to be proceeding as us ..read more

  Amid escalating tensions over the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, an Iranian university has sparked outrage by offering scholarships to American students expelled for participating in pro-Palestinian demonstrations on campuses across the United States. The provocative proposal comes from Mohammad Moazzeni, head of Shiraz University in Iran's southern Fars province. In a statement reported by Iranian state-owned media outlet Press TV, Moazzeni extended his invitation to "students and even professors who have been expelled or threatened with expulsion" for protesting Israel's a ..read more

  As the war between Israel and Hamas drags on, Saudi Arabia is intensifying arrests of citizens for social media posts criticizing Israel or expressing pro-Palestinian views, according to Bloomberg. EXCLUSIVE: #SaudiArabia has stepped up arrest of citizens & residents for social media posts deemed problematic by security services. The focus has been on those about #Israel & #Gaza war as Arab rulers worry about national security threats post Oct 7 https://t.co/mabqJERPBY — Sam Dagher (@samdagher) May 2, 2024 The report says the wave of detentions signals Riyadh's eagerness to pu ..read more

  Holocaust survivor Ruth Haran from Kibbutz Be'eri can barely sleep at night. Sometimes she has dreams in which she runs, running out of air and with no direction, not knowing from whom she is fleeing or why. Until a week ago, when something changed, and for the first time she dreamt of her firstborn son, Avshalom, who was murdered by Hamas terrorists on Oct. 7. "My son told me that he is not in the casket we buried him in, and I still can't understand the dream," Ruth says, her voice breaking. "When I woke up, I didn't eat or drink all day. The terrorists murdered Avshalom and desecrate ..read more

  Columbia University has announced that all final exams and academic assessments for schools on the Morningside Heights campus will be conducted remotely for the remainder of the semester due to an "evolving campus situation" involving pro-Palestinian protests. The move comes after violent clashes across US campuses over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including at UCLA where protesters and counter-protesters violently clashed on Wednesday according to local media reports. At Columbia itself, tensions have been rising with an encampment of pro-Palestinian student activists occupying th ..read more

  The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany has launched #CancelHate, a digital initiative in which Holocaust survivors worldwide read antisemitic comments that proliferate widely on social media and respond. Holocaust survivors are participating in the #CancelHate campaign to show hate will NOT win. Survivors who read the vile social media posts that deny the Holocaust are putting their discomfort aside to ensure generations understand the harm of unchecked hatred. #WordsMatter This… pic.twitter.com/Gyf01KrJKR — Claims Conference (@ClaimsCon) May 2, 2024 In stark videos ..read more