Daily Archives: July 25, 2017
How a 1929 dispute frames today’s Temple Mount conflict
Given the scale of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, it may seem strange that the latest round of violence was triggered by metal detectors. But the metal detectors in question were installed by Israel at the entrances to...
Tangled timelines on Temple Mount conflict
An Irish Times editorial seems to be trying to set a record with how many journalism errors can be made in one article.
It discusses the sensitivity of the Temple Mount, saying that the compound is “Known to Muslims...
France finally admits to its history of Jew hatred. What about the present?
July 16 marked the 75th anniversary of the infamous 1942 mass roundup of French Jews in Paris’s Velodrome d’Hiver (“Vel d’Hiv”), when 13,152 Jews were deported to Nazi death camps. Benjamin Netanyahu’s motorcade arrival at...
Palestinian Hamas member convicted in Austria over incitement to kill Israeli Jews
The defendant, who was raised in the Gaza Strip, was arrested at an asylum-seeker centre in Lower Austria last July. Prosecutors accused him of contacting two men in the Palestinian territories via social media apps...
Thousands attend funeral of family members slain in Halamish attack
Michal Salomon thanked her husband, Elad, for giving his life to save her and their five children from a terrorist with a knife.
The hot, late afternoon air hardly seemed to move as she stood...
State Department blames Israel for terrorism, praises PA
A new report published by the US State Department criticizing Israel and largely ignoring the Palestinian Authority’s financial support for terrorists sparked a bitter backlash, with some characterizing the document as “anti-Semitic”.
The State Department’s...
Serbia and Israel ink defense deal; Israel firm on Kosovo
Vulin, who is visiting Israel, added that he also received assurances the country would not vote in favor of Pristina's bid to join UNESCO.
Beta is reporting that he commented on his visit to Tel...
Nadia Murad urges Israeli lawmakers to recognize Yezidi genocide
The UN Goodwill Ambassador from Shingal visited the Israeli parliament to raise awareness of the shared atrocities faced by the Jewish and Yezidi peoples, as one outspoken parlimentarian is supporting recognition by her nation.
“My...
La saviduria del pasharo
Una demaniana un prens orgoyozo se estava arodeando en la guerta del palasio. Estava admirando los arvoles de sedro i de sipreso, ke paresian komo guardianos reales de los arvoles de olivo, de agranada...
Le petit garçon de 1944, sur les genoux du soldat américain, identifié
Les petites histoires font la grande. Comme c'est arrivé en ce mois de juin 1944, après le débarquement en Normandie. La commune de Trévières (Calvados) vient alors d'être libérée par l'armée américaine. Parmi les soldats,...