How and why international law and strategy should be merged when engaging Middle Eastern...
ISRAEL, COUNTER-TERRORISM AND INTERNATIONAL LAW: ANALYTIC CHALLENGES OF SYSTEM
“The existence of `system’ in the world is obvious to every observer of nature, no matter whom.”
-- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Phenomenon of Man (1959)
Whether...
Israeli police push Netanyahu bribery indictment; he decries ‘slander’
Israeli police investigators have recommended that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be indicted in two corruption cases, increasing the pressure to step down on one of the longest-serving Israeli leaders in the country’s history.
After a...
Who speaks for the Jews, and why do we let them?
The confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh as the newest associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court was greeted by the organized Jewish world in the same manner as his nomination by U.S. President Donald Trump....
Following Pittsburgh and Poway, security has become a top priority at Jewish summer camps
In just a few weeks, tens of thousands of kids will be on the move, leaving home for Jewish overnight camps. This year though they’ll be doing so under the specter of heightened security...
Report: Netanyahu expresses reservations about possible West Bank-Gaza passage
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed reservations about a $5 billion proposal for a highway and railway between the West Bank and Gaza as part of the Trump administration’s Mideast peace deal for...
New Haven reviews anti-Israel city staffer who protested at rabbi’s home
The nation’s third-oldest independent school, which traces its history to 1660, suspended a member of its advancement team, as the city—home to Yale University—investigates his wife for yelling anti-Israel chants through a bullhorn outside a...
The isolated American Jews
Without knowing the results of the U.S. presidential elections, certain conclusions can already be drawn safely. For instance, we can say with certainty that between 70 and 80 percent of American Jews voted for...
What’s behind the obsession with US aid to Israel?
While Vice President Kamala Harris has been conspicuously absent from her alleged role in securing the nation’s border, she did find time recently for an impromptu visit with students at George Mason University in...
Northern Palm Beach community provides relief following Irma
The Jewish community in Northern Palm Beach is recovering and providing relief efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
According to Michael Hoffman, president/CEO of the West Palm Beach-based Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County, the Federation...
Second joint US-Israeli F-35 drill created ‘new level of learning’
A joint drill held by the Israeli and American air forces, held earlier this month, saw new levels of learning and cooperation achieved between F-35 jet pilots from both nations, a senior IDF official...