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An Israir plane (Creative Commons/Oyoyoy)
June 3, 2026, 3:54 pm
Outgoing Slovenian government reportedly blocks landing of Israel passenger plane
An Israir flight from Tel Aviv to Ljubljana was forced to land in Croatia after it was not given permission to land at its original destination
By JN Reporter
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 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
Slovenian singer Alenka Gotar
August 28, 2025, 5:22 pm
Slovenia undecided on Eurovision participation 2026
Former Slovenian entrant says her country won't take part if Israel still in contest
By Jenni Frazer
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
Boris Pahor, 108, was the oldest known survivor of the first Nazi extermination camp to be liberated
May 31, 2022, 10:55 am
Oldest Holocaust survivor, author Boris Pahor, dies aged 108
Pahor lived through spells at the Dachau, Mittelbau-Dora, Harzungen and Bergen-Belsen death camps, after being captured while fighting for the Slovene Partisans against the Nazi occupation in World War II.
By Toby Porter
October 13, 2020, 12:02 pm
Report stating 90 percent of EU oppose shechita ‘patronising and disingenuous’
Shechita UK accuses Eurogroup for Animals' survey of 23,000 people of promoting a 'misguided perception' about kosher and halal meat.
By Tali Fraser
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
Slovenian capital of Ljubljana. (Wikipedia /Mark Ahsmann/Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.)
January 16, 2020, 2:57 pm
Slovenian court voids Nazi collaborator’s treason conviction
Legal body nullified the 1946 conviction of Leon Rupnik last week with the Jewish community saying it is 'shocked and deeply concerned' by the decision
By JTA
Thousands of Charedim protest against construction work on the sabbath. Photo by: Reuven Kastro
July 19, 2019, 11:33 am
Report claims Israel has almost as many religious restrictions as Iran
Pew Research Centre study says the Jewish state is one of the top 20 most religiously restrictive countries in the world
By JTA
World News-roundup
January 25, 2016, 9:06 am
World news-roundup: Brazilian Jews remember Argentina’s Alberto Nisman
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