Yossi Lempkowicz

Jan 17, 2025 | ejpress.org | Yossi Lempkowicz

By JNSPresident-elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that Jon Voight, Sylvester Stallone and Mel Gibson “special ambassadors” to Hollywood, which he called “A great but very troubled place.”“They will serve as special envoys to me for the purpose of bringing Hollywood, which has lost much business over the last four years to foreign countries, back—bigger, better and stronger than ever before,” Trump stated.

Jan 17, 2025 | ejpress.org | Yossi Lempkowicz

Israel’s Security Cabinet met in Jerusalem on Friday and recommended that the full Cabinet approve the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas. The full Cabinet was set to convene for the final vote at 3:30 p.m.The accord’s first stage is to see the phased release of 33 hostages—alive or dead—over a six-week period starting on Sunday, in return for the release of about 1,000 Palestinian terrorists from Israeli prisons.

Jan 17, 2025 | ejpress.org | Yossi Lempkowicz

A case of apparent blatant antisemitism in Switzerland affecting a high profile Israeli businessman and his family who were on skiing holiday has been reported to the European Jewish Association (EJA), a Brussels-based organization representing hundreds of Jewish communities across Europe.

Jan 17, 2025 | ejpress.org | Yossi Lempkowicz

By JNS staffIsrael’s Security Cabinet was meeting on Friday morning to approve the Gaza ceasefire deal with Hamas. The accord, whose first phase is to see the phased release of 33 hostage—alive or dead—over a six-week period starting on Sunday, in return for the release of 1,000 terrorists from Israeli prisons, will then be brought to the full Cabinet for a vote on Saturday night.

Jan 16, 2025 | ejpress.org | Yossi Lempkowicz

By JNS staffThe Lufthansa Group announced Thursday that its airlines will be resuming flights to Israel next month. The widely-expected move by the global aviation group, which includes Lufthansa, Swiss International Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, ITA Airways and Eurowings, comes as an increasing number of foreign airlines are renewing flights to Tel Aviv as regional tensions begin to deescalate. British Airways and Air France are expected to follow suit.