Media commentators slammed the US-based Freedom House NGO for downgrading its designation of the Israeli media from “free” to “partly free” in its 2016 Freedom of the Press report.

North American, pro-Israel organizations and philanthropists held a meeting to plan their fight against rising global anti-Semitism and delegitimization of Israel.

North American Jewish philanthropists and organizations, led by billionaire Sheldon Adelson, have declared war on BDS and are gathering to devise a strategy.