Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Yechiel Leiter will become the country's new ambassador to the United States just days after Donald Trump won re-election as president.

They hope a second term for Trump might attract more people and support.

Dutch authorities said they were tightening security to protect Jews and Jewish sites as they investigate an overnight wave of violence and as Israel begins to evacuate its citizens.

Shalom from what is now a different world! Oh my goodness! You cannot imagine the relief that most here in Israel feel after Tuesdays election. At the top of your ballots, you had a contrast in ideologies. True, there were some who liked one or the other more, and others who disliked them both to …

At least 100 Muslim men attacked Maccabi soccer fans on a scale unseen for decades

Yechiel Leiter's selection comes days after Trump election victory and presages expected US-Israel policy shift.

Israel is evacuating citizens from Amsterdam following hit-and-run scooter attacks on Israeli fans in the city following a soccer game, which authorities have condemned as antisemitic. Five people were treated in hospitals, with another 20 to 30 suffering light injuries, and at least 62 suspects were arrested, Dutch authorities told the Associated Press. Ten suspects...

Nearly 7 out of 10 of the deaths in Gaza amid the yearlong war in the region were women and children, the United Nations said in a sprawling report Friday that faulted Israel for a devastating attack on the coastal strip. The UN's Office of Human Rights Office examined the toll of Israel's war against...

Following a soccer match between Ajax Amsterdam and Maccabi Tel Aviv, a pro-Palestinian mob attacked Israeli citizens in Amsterdam, reportedly armed with knives and clubs. Described as a modern-day pogrom, the incident comes just before the 86th anniversary of Kristallnacht, drawing intense international condemnation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called for increased security for Dutc...

Israeli officials on Friday said their soldiers in southern Lebanon discovered an elaborate Hezbollah training center operating under the nose of a nearby U.N. outpost.

Dutch authorities are investigating what led to street violence following a soccer game in Amsterdam, where Israeli fans were chased down and beaten in what leaders of both countries called antisemitic attacks.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appointed a new Israeli ambassador to the U.S. this week. Netanyahu tapped U.S.-born Dr. Yechiel Leiter to succeed Michael Herzog as the Jewish State's next ambassador in Washington. The move follows President-elect Trump's decisive victory in the U.S. presidential election earlier this week. "Yechiel Leiter is a highly capable diplomat, an...

Justin Trudeau called the attacks 'horrifying' and a 'dark moment for our world' in a post on X