Monthly Archives: July 2018

Whoever said money can’t buy you happiness would have received resounding agreement from Jay Gladstone, the fictional philanthropist, real estate developer, and professional basketball team owner who is the protagonist of this novel.  This...

Who can we trust in the complexities of political issues? Politicians? Commentators? None of the above? For those Americans and Israelis reading this column, the examples of Donald Trump and Benyamin Netanyahu may be setting new standards...

According to Fox News prime-time star Tucker Carlson, the mainstream media is characteristically missing the big story. Carlson believes that the “real news” about American foreign policy in recent weeks isn’t U.S. President Donald...

Despite some Druze leaders’ vocal opposition to the controversial nation-state law, some in the community, as well as within other minorities, are voicing support for the legislation. The nation-state law defines Israel as the nation-state...

U.S. lawmakers have introduced a new piece of legislation that would drastically reduce U.S. funding for the United Nations relief agency for Palestinian refugees, known as UNRWA. The United States is UNRWA’s biggest contributor. In...

Four years ago, the world waited with bated breath to learn the fate of three Israeli boys—Gilad Shaar, 16; Naftali Fraenkel, 16; and Eyal Yifrach, 19—after they went missing just outside the Gush Etzion...

A documentary featuring Louis Farrakhan, leader of the Nation of Islam and noted anti-Semite, will be available to Netflix customers in August. The 2014 film, “The Honourable Minister Louis Farrakhan: My Life’s Journey Through Music,” was produced by...

For the first time, an incendiary “terror balloon” from Gaza landed in the ancient city of Beersheva on Monday, raising concerns that terrorists are attempting to cause arson fires deeper inside Israel and in...

The Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem, which represents the Roman Catholic Church in Israel, issued a statement on Monday blasting Israel’s new Nationality Law and called upon followers to protest it. The Church seemed to take...

A new poll by the Walla news website shows that most Israelis support the Nationality Law, with 58 percent agreeing with the current language and 34 percent opposed to it. While 85 percent of those...