Daily Archives: March 24, 2018
Iran, Israel and Anticipatory Self-Defense: Applying Legal Standards
In the final analysis, of course, any Israeli judgments on launching a defensive first strike against Iran must be based upon entirely operational considerations. This means, inter alia, that even if certain appropriately supportive criteria could...
Poland’s President signs bill for Day of Remembrance of Poles who saved Jews
President Andrzej Duda on Wednesday signed into law a bill declaring March 24 as the National Day of Remembrance of Poles who saved Jews from the Holocaust during World War Two.
"In tribute to Polish...
Has Trump finally figured it out?
Donald Trump was elected president with no government experience or in-depth knowledge of foreign policy. That ignorance was reflected in some of his first choices to fill key administration positions. Yet after another shakeup...
Putin an anti-Semite? It really doesn’t matter
Among Sephardic Jews of my grandmother’s generation, there was a popular, if unproven, belief that Gen. Francisco Franco—the military dictator who ruled Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975—was of Jewish parentage, and...
PM Netanyahu meets with Bulgarian President Radev
March 22 in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, met with Bulgarian President Rumen Radev. The Prime Minister told him that today Iran threatens not only the Middle East but the entire world and added...
Air India to inaugurate new route to Israel
Air India launched its direct flight from New Delhi to Tel Aviv last Thursday, (22 March 2018), , with a grant from the Tourism Ministry. The route opened following the marketing efforts of the...