Daily Archives: March 23, 2018
XLNC’s departure from radio a big loss for San Diego
SAN DIEGO — XLNC, San Diego’s only classical radio station for many years, stopped operating on the air waves, as of the beginning of March. The station continues to transmit music on line at...
Team Israel’s inspiring World Baseball Classic run documented
The documentary "Heading Home: The Tale of Team Israel" tells a moving underdog story that should inspire people who attend an upcoming Miami Jewish Film Festival members screening.
The screening takes place at 7 p.m....
‘Israel is an example of a model state,’ Bulgarian president tells WJC forum
Bulgarian President Rumen Radev said Thursday at a breakfast meeting organized by the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress (WJC), that the Jewish community in Bulgaria...
Palestinians demand that US Ambassador to Israel be put on international terror list
The Palestinian Authority demanded on Thursday that U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman be added to a “global terror list,” a ramping up of condemnation against the American diplomat just days after P.A. leader...
Israeli officials praise Trump’s selection of John Bolton as new national security advisor
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced that John Bolton would become his next national security advisor, replacing Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster.
Bolton, who has served in various high-level capacities in the last three Republican administrations,...
Upcoming address by Jimmy Carter at Liberty U. raises concern among Christian Israel supporters
Just days after U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to inaugurate America’s embassy to Israel in Jerusalem on May 14, a former president with a less than stellar record on supporting Israel will address...
What Israel’s gun policies can teach Americans
As American society has become more polarized in recent years, the debate over gun control has reflected this reality, with leaders and lawmakers on both sides firmly entrenched in their positions. Yet the recent...
Are Palestinians in Gaza considering forms of nonviolent protest at Israel’s border?
In recent weeks, there have been reports of an initiative launched by social activists in Gaza, in collaboration with Hamas and the Palestinian factions, for Palestinian refugees in all areas bordering on Israel to...
Surviving Donald Trump: Israel’s Strategic Options
While Israel has always been determinedly self-reliant on core matters of national security, this posture needs to become even more explicit in the disjointed "Trump Era." In correctly acknowledging the unpredictability and possible incoherence...
Time to adjust your seat-belt to witness Trump’s Putsch?
He couldn't set on fire the House (until now anyway) but Trump's Putsch just started with the firing of Rex Tillerson, the change of his personal lawyers and the nomination of John Bolton as...