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A view from the public hearing at the International Court of Justice case on Israel's humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, the Hague, Netherlands, April 29, 2025. (Mouneb Taim / Middle East Images via AFP)
March 16, 2026, 5:38 pm
US formally defends Israel in International Court of Justice genocide case
The United States said the genocide charge was part of a broader campaign “to delegitimise the State of Israel and the Jewish people.”
By Shira Li Bartov (JTA)
The International Court of Justice. Photo: Wikipedia
From the WebMarch 13, 2026, 1:30 pm
Netherlands, Iceland join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ
Netherlands and Iceland filed intervention declarations at the ICJ case against Israel, arguing that forced displacement, starvation, blocked humanitarian aid, and harm to children may help establish genocidal intent, even if other motives existed
By JN Repoter
Israel's Yuval Raphael at the 2025 Eurovision Song Contest
December 11, 2025, 12:24 pm
The staggering hypocrisy of boycotting Eurovision
Boycotting musical performers because they happen to target ordinary citizens because of the country they happen to have been born in, or the passport they hold
By Ben Kentish
Yuval Raphael representing Israel in Eurovision in Switzerland. Credit: Jens Buttner/dpa/Alamy Live News
December 10, 2025, 6:57 pm
Iceland becomes fifth country to boycott Eurovision 2026
Iceland becomes the fifth nation to withdraw from Eurovision 2026 amid mounting protests over Israel’s continued participation
By Jewish News Reporter
Yuval Raphael representing Israel in Eurovision in Switzerland. Credit: Jens Buttner/dpa/Alamy Live News
December 4, 2025, 6:14 pm
Israel WILL participate in Eurovision 2026 – Netherlands, Spain and Ireland to boycott
Slovenia and Iceland are also expected to join a boycott of the international song competition after a secret ballot on Israel's participation was not held
By Daniel Sugarman
Eden Golan represented Israel in the 2024 Eurovision Song Contest. (Screenshot via Mako.co.il)
April 25, 2025, 1:59 pm
Calls for Eurovision to reconsider Israel’s participation over Gaza conflict
Icelandic foreign minister objects to the European Broadcasting Union, calling Israel’s inclusion “strange” in light of Gaza conflict
By Annabel Sinclair
Chabad-Lubavitch Rabbi Avi Feldman, left, Mushky Feldman, right, and their two daughters, Chana and Batsheva, celebrate Hanukkah in Reykjavik, Iceland, Dec. 17, 2017. Credit: Chabad.org
March 21, 2021, 3:28 pm
Iceland adds Judaism to list of state-recognised religions
Move means that Icelandic Jews may register themselves and their children as belonging to the country’s Jewish community
By JTA
Reykjavík (Wikipedia/Author Gerd Eichmann/Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) /https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
November 3, 2020, 4:14 pm
Book calling Holocaust a hoax to hit shops in Iceland
Icelandic-language translation of 'The Hoax of the Twentieth Century: The Case Against the Presumed Extermination of European Jewry' by Arthur Butz is being advertised online
By JTA
Lord Carlile, Dame Margaret Hodge, Lord Howard and Baroness Neville-Jones were key British signatories to the letter
June 24, 2020, 12:27 pm
More than 1,000 European parliamentarians sign letter against annexation
Lawmakers from 25 countries, including former Tory leader Lord Howard and ex-independent reviewer of terror legislation, Lord Carlile, flag 'serious concerns' over Israel's plans
By Jewish News Reporter
Iceland's Jewish community celebrates a new Torah scroll (Credit: Chabad. Photographer: Gabriel Rutenberg)
February 20, 2020, 11:17 am
Iceland welcomes its first permanent Torah scroll
The final letters of the Torah were written at a reception at the home of the U.S. ambassador to Iceland, Jeffrey Ross Gunter, who is Jewish
By Jewish News Reporter
Iceland's art school drop outs speak out.
September 23, 2019, 12:04 pm
Iceland fined for displaying Palestinian flags at Eurovision
Hatari reprimanded by European Broadcasting Union after band members protested against Israel during the songfest held in Tel Aviv this year
By JTA
Dutch winner Duncan Laurence
May 21, 2019, 4:05 pm
10 things we learned from Israel’s Eurovision Song Contest
By Richard Ferrer in Israel
Iceland's art school drop outs speak out.
May 19, 2019, 8:36 am
Iceland’s Eurovision act faces reprimand after displaying Palestine flags
Leather-clad bondage punk trio, Hatari, held up Palestinian flags while their public vote was being announced.
By Jewish News Reporter
Netta, Israel's Eurovision winner
May 6, 2019, 10:29 am
Eurovision on track in Tel Aviv despite threat of rockets
Rehearsals from contestants including Portugal, Greece Iceland and Australia were held as more than 600 rockets fired from Gaza landed in Israeli territory.
By JTA
Kosher slaughter
April 4, 2019, 12:38 pm
Belgian ban on kosher slaughter referred to European Court of Justice
Court sends controversial legislation to EU body to offer a non-binding view as to whether it's compatible with the law
By Jewish News Reporter
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