Daily Archives: August 23, 2017
When a US government official calls you a liar, you go on the offense.
Exactly two years ago, a senior official at the US State Department called me a liar, to my face. He informed me that all the work that we had done on the Palestinian Authority...
Love of soccer brings together Jewish and Arab kids
A quarter hour’s drive is all that separates Pardes Hana-Karkur from Kafr Kara, but the actual distance between these two communities is enormous and represents the growing rift between Jewish and Arab society in...
Community hopeful on Swiss Bill threatening kosher meat imports
The Swiss Jewish community expressed cautious optimism that a bill aimed at outlawing the importation of products made from animals that the legislation identifies as “mistreated” will not lead to a ban on bringing...
‘Time for Jews to leave Europe?’ Is Barcelona’s chief rabbi right?
The reaction of BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) Catalonia to the terrorist onslaughts in Barcelona and across Catalonia this past week was instructive. First, it offered lip-service condemnation of the Barcelona terrorist attacks. Then, with that out of the...
Netanyahu to Putin: Iran want to take over Syria
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday, during which Netanyahu stated that Iran's growing role in Syria poses a threat to Israel, the Middle East and the world. Following...
US remains concerned over freeze of Kotel egalitarian area plan
The United States remains concerned by an Israeli government decision to freeze a plan to build an egalitarian prayer area at the Western Wall, as is evident in the International Religious Freedom Report for...
Abbas reportedly disappointed with Trump administration
Days before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's meeting with US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoys Jared Kushner and Jason Greenblatt, Palestinian sources told the Al-Hayat newspaper Abbas has shown his disappointment with several international...
JAY-Z hits back at claims he penned anti-semitic lyrics
JAY-Z has responded to claims that he penned anti-semitic lyrics for track The Story of O.J., admitting it's hard for him to take the criticism seriously.
The 47-year-old rapper caused controversy with the tune on...
Anti-Semitic and racist flyers posted in Asbury Park
Racist and anti-Semitic flyers posted in the city over the past weekend have caused a stir on social media, prompting a police department investigation.
One of the flyers is headlined "Hate Facts with Hitler, Brought to...
Israel to strip ISIS fighters of citizenship
"I asked that the citizenship of 20 such Israelis be revoked," he told Israeli Army Radio.
The Shin Bet security service has in the past estimated that several dozen Israeli nationals had been fighting for...