Daily Archives: March 19, 2018
Latest Palestinian textbooks show increased indoctrination to jihad and martyrdom, examination finds
By B. CHERNITSKY
In July 2017, the Palestinian Authority (PA) schoolbooks for the 2017-18 school year were published. Some of the books are new, and some remained unchanged. An examination of the middle-school books for Islamic Education,...
Twin perils for Israel: Iranian nuclear weapons and “Palestine”
"I think, therefore I am." - René Descartes, Discourse on Method
Although difficult to calibrate or measure, Iranian nuclearization and Palestinian statehood are likely progressing at roughly the same pace. To be sure, this coincident...
Virtual museum on Jewish-Canadian Holocaust refugees opens
The varying experiences of desperate European Jews who made their way to Canada between 1933 and 1955 are highlighted in a new online resource produced by the Montreal Holocaust Museum (MHM).
Building New Lives is a...
Robert F. Maguire Jr. (1911–2005)
There aren’t a lot of good reasons to risk your life day after day. But Robert F. Maguire Jr., the man who led Operation Magic Carpet, was inspired by one: the songs he heard...
Arab leaders pressure Abbas to accept Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
As time goes by, the Palestinian leadership in Ramallah is getting more frustrated. The date of the planned transfer of the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem on May 14, 2018, is drawing...
French consulate employees arrested for smuggling weapons from Gaza to Judea, Samaria
A driver and security guard employed by the French Consulate in eastern Jerusalem were arrested by Israeli police last month for allegedly smuggling weapons from Hamas in the Gaza Strip to Judea and Samaria,...
Taylor Force Act hits snag in Senate as pro-Israel groups urge passage
Amid never-ending speculation over the release of President Donald Trump’s much anticipated Israeli-Palestinian peace plan, a major piece of legislation making its way through Congress may have a profound impact on the already strained...
Prenatal vitamins markedly lower autism risk
A four-year study of tens of thousands of Israeli children has concluded that mothers who take folic acid and multivitamins prior to and during pregnancy are at a significantly lower risk of giving birth...
IDF razes two Gaza tunnels used for terror attacks
The Israeli Defense Forces destroyed two underground attack tunnels—one that entered into Israel and another inside central Gaza, said the IDF.
According to IDF spokesperson Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, the cross-border terror tunnel was a...
Tel Aviv ranked ninth most expensive city in the world
Tel Aviv has been ranked the ninth most expensive city in the world in The Economist’s Intelligence Unit annual report.
The White City’s cost of living skyrocketed from the 34th most expensive city on earth, a distinction it...