Anshel Pfeffer

Pope to visit Israel

Pope Benedict XVI is to visit Israel next year, in an attempt to end the recent period of tension over the beatification of former Pope Pius XII.

The Dirt to Come in Israel’s Elections

‘Generals row’ hits Peres visit

A diplomatic row is simmering behind this week's historic visit of President Shimon Peres.

Peres receives honorary knighthood from the Queen

Queen Elizabeth awarded an honorary knighthood this morning to President of Israel Shimon Peres.

Israeli leaders ‘satisfied’ with Miliband’s pressure on Syria

Israeli leaders have expressed their satisfaction with the results of Foreign Secretary David Miliband's visit to the Middle East this week.

Don’t ask America who holds the purse strings

Nearly one in five Americans think that Jews control the world's financial institutions.

Protestors fail to disrupt Peres talk

President Shimon Peres showed grace under fire on Tuesday night when he was heckled and barracked by Oxford students at the city's Sheldonian Theatre.

Expert doubts Auschwitz ‘plans’

Leading historian slams publication of Auschwitz death-camp blueprints in German tabloid Bild over the weekend.

Britain confirms its anti-settlement push

Foreign Office confirms that Britain's initiative against Israeli exports in the West Bank is just the start of a wider campaign against the settlements.

Keep new German Jews Jewish

A substantial Jewish community has emerged in Europe and it is being allowed to wither away.

No Peres visit to UK war plaque

President Peres drops war plaque visit from schedule on his official visit to Britain next week.

Cash crisis rocks Chabad

The world's biggest Jewish outreach group faces a cash crisis fuelled by fears that its biggest donor, billionaire diamond mogul Lev Leviev, may slash funding due to his own financial difficulties.