Daily Archives: September 5, 2017
A textbook case
Two years ago, a senior U.S. State Department official called me a liar to my face. He informed me that all the work done by the Center for Near East Policy Research on the...
Mongolia and the Jews
In mid-August, at our regular fruit juice stand in Tel Aviv’s Carmel market, I made my order and went to buy a bouquet of flowers. On my return, the fruiterer noted that flowers are...
‘Birthright for Moms’ to lead trips for Spanish-speakers
Jewish Women’s Renaissance Project is meeting in Buenos Aires as part of its new focus on Spanish-speakers.
The group is set to announce during the meeting on Monday and Tuesday for 100 Spanish-speaking women from...
German national team repudiates fans’ Nazi chants
Germany’s national soccer team has forcefully repudiated fans who chanted “Seig Heil” during a World Cup qualifier match in Prague last Friday, deeming them “deplorable.” Friday, September 1, was the anniversary of the Nazi...
British soldiers arrested by terror police for allegedly being members of banned neo-Nazi group
Serving British soldiers are among four alleged members of National Action, the banned neo-Nazi group, arrested on suspicion of preparing acts of terrorism.
The men - a 22-year-old from Birmingham, a 32-year-old from Powys, a 24-year-old from...
The accidental Zionist
I was staunchly pro-Palestinian when I arrived at Georgetown University to begin studying for an MA in Arab Studies in the fall of 1995, or at least I thought so.
I had read Thomas Friedman’s From...
La militante égyptienne pour les droits des femmes Nawal El Saadawi : les femmes...
La militante égyptienne pour les droits des femmes Nawal El Saadawi s’est récemment exprimée au sujet de la tutelle masculine et a relaté sa propre expérience et ses trois divorces. “Mon esprit ne peut...
Le ministre de l’Investissement soudanais : la normalisation avec Israël n’est pas « si grave »...
Le ministre de l’Investissement soudanais, Moubarak Al-Fadil Al-Mahdi, a déclaré que les pays arabes « ont essayé de vendre la cause palestinienne ad nauseam » et que la normalisation des liens avec Israël devait être déterminée...