Daily Archives: June 13, 2018
Newest UNRWA School books presented for the first time… at the Swedish Parliament
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), fostered in 1948 to aid more than half a million Arabs refugees who left their homes in during Israel War of Independence, today serves more than...
In show of support, tens of thousands of Iranians tell Twitter: #WeStandWithIsrael
Following a video message to the Iranian people by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, thousands of Iranians took to Israel to express their support and love for the Jewish state.
According to Israel’s Foreign Ministry,...
Senior US official eyes Israel’s border fence with Egypt as model for Trump’s wall
U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visited Israel’s border fence with Egypt on Tuesday for ideas for U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall with Mexico.
“Border security is national security. Our Israeli partners know...
Following Jewish outcry, Paris suburb removes signs renaming street for ‘Nakba’
Less than a day after they were installed, the Parisian suburb of Bezons has removed signs renaming a central street “Nakba Lane,” following an outcry from Israel and local Jewish groups.
According to media reports,...
US negotiation team heads to Mideast to push peace plan
U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt and White House special adviser Jared Kushner will arrive in Israel as part of a Middle East tour next week to discuss previously undisclosed details of a peace...
Kuwaiti cleric Sheikh JIhad Al-‘Ayesh denies the Holocaust and the existence of gas chambers:...
Kuwaiti cleric Sheikh Jihad Al-‘Ayesh delivered a speech in which he said that the figure of six million Jews killed in the Holocaust was a “historical lie,” but that Hitler “knew the truth about...
Arab writers on renowned historian Bernard Lewis (1916-2018)
Following the death of preeminent historian and Middle East researcher Prof. Bernard Lewis of Princeton University, many articles were published in the Arab media about his activity and his attitude towards the Arab and...
Netanyahu commends Trump on North Korea summit, stance on Iranian nukes
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu commended U.S. President Donald Trump on his “historic” summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un on Tuesday.
“I commend U.S. President Donald Trump on the historic summit in Singapore. This...
Netanyahu thanks Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov for defending Israel in EU
At a meeting between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahuand Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, Netanyahu lauded the “wonderful friendship between Bulgaria and Israel,” which he said “goes back many, many years.”
Netanyahu thanked Borisov for Bulgaria’s...
WJC stands with French Jews in denouncing naming of street after Nakba, thanks government...
The World Jewish Congress stands with our affiliate community, CRIF, in denouncing the dedication of a street called ‘Nakba’, and thanks the French government for responding to its request to remove the plaque. Local authorities...