Daily Archives: June 25, 2018
Wanted: A Plan for Nuclear Diplomacy
Trump will have no remaining choice but to “live with” a nuclear North Korea, and the United States will finally have to focus on meaningfully tangible and authentically realistic goals.
It’s time to talk substance...
Countering the Islamic Republic’s Divisive Tactics: Freedom For Iran Rally in Paris As An...
One of the penchants of the Islamic Republic has been its widespread success in exploiting divisions between various ethnic, social, and political groups inside Iran (as well as their activists outside the country) to...
Documentary on wounded Israeli vets screens for PTSD Awareness Day, Tisha B’Av
The latest film produced by Jerusalem U, “When the Smoke Clears: A Story of Brotherhood, Resilience and Hope,” has screened in 50 Jewish communities around the United States this month, culminating in PTSD Awareness Day...
Turkey’s President Erdoğan wins re-election, cementing his firm grip on power
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) emerged victorious in the country’s first-ever dual presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, giving the Turkish leader sweeping executive powers and further...
Bill to exempt Israeli prime ministers from certain taxes passes its first reading
A bill that would exempt Israeli prime ministers from paying taxes on various personal assets passed its first plenum reading in the Knesset Finance Committee on Monday.
The legislation advanced as Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu...
Egyptian cleric: ‘Armenian genocide is a lie; Muslims never perpetrated a racial massacre’
Egyptian cleric Sheikh Sharif Abadi said that throughout history, the Muslims never fought peoples, never conquered in order to collect the jizya poll tax, never forced people to convert to Islam and never perpetrated a racial...
Trump on US embassy move: ‘I receive more praise from evangelicals than from Jews’
U.S. President Donald Trump has received tremendous support from Jews for his decision to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, but even more so from evangelical Christians, according to an interview...
New York City schools to provide kosher food as part of new pilot program
A $1 million pilot program has been included in New York City’s new budget to provide kosher and halal lunches in public schools for the upcoming academic year.
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens, N.Y.) hailed...
UK opposition leader Corbyn, says his government would recognize Palestinian state
The leader of the British government’s opposition Labour Party said a government under his control would recognize a Palestinian state.
Posting to Twitter during a visit to Jordanian refugee camps on the border with Syria,...
May terror attacks against Israelis highest in 2.5 years
May logged the highest number of terror attacks against Israelis in nearly three years, with an almost 40 percent hike in April, according to a monthly report by the Israel Security Agency.
Of the 365...