Daily Archives: February 9, 2018
Jewish Musician Paul Simon is Retiring
Paul Simon has announced he will be retiring from regular touring gigs. At 76-years-old, he has had a career of about 60 years. Simon, although Jewish, never highlighted his religion. His stance goes against...
The reasons why America needs to stop supporting UNRWA
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley made headlines on Jan. 2 by saying that President Donald Trump has decided to stop funding UNRWA, the United Nations Relief and Work Agency, until the...
Gunfire from Syria targets Israeli drone, hits Druze house
Gunshots were fired from Syria at an Israeli drone Thursday night and missed their target, instead hitting a house in the town of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, according to the Israel Defense Forces.
No injuries...
Trump: recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was pinnacle of my first year
Reflecting on his first year in office in an interview with the Israeli daily newspaper Israel Hayom, President Donald Trump said that his official recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel was the...
GCC and the Gulf Crisis: Is Yemen Part of the Real Reason for the...
Since the beginning of the standoff between Qatar and the anti-Terrorism Quartet (ATQ) (Saudi Arabia, UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt), the GCC council has been struggling to go on as if one of its members has not...
Chicago rabbis join multifaith effort to stand up for Dreamers
On a frigid Chicago morning, nearly 200 people of faith -- many of them clergy -- gathered at Federal Plaza to stand up for Dreamers. Rabbis from across Chicagoland joined the multifaith coalition to...
Despite reward for fugitive Palestinian terrorist, U.S. and Jordan remain slow to act
The Trump administration has offered a $5 million reward for the capture of a Palestinian terrorist in Jordan, but apparently has not asked the Jordanian government to hand her over. Relatives of the terrorist’s...
Poll: Israelis consider Trump policies pro-Israel, Obama policies pro-Palestinian
The poll published by the Israel Democracy Institute and Tel Aviv University on Wednesday reveals that most Israelis consider the Middle East policies of President Donald Trump to be pro-Israel, in sharp contrast to...
Trump thanks Guatemala’s Morales for Jerusalem embassy move
President Donald Trump thanked his Guatemalan counterpart, Jimmy Morales, for his announcement that he would move Guatemala’s embassy to Jerusalem.
“President Trump thanked President Morales for supporting the United States and Israel, and for his...