Daily Archives: July 16, 2018
Why does UNRWA plead poverty?
In a feature interview that ran in YNET(1) , Israel’s largest news agency, Adnan Abu Hasna (2), UNRWA Media Adviser declared that UNRWA lacks basic food products and that the people of Gaza “have...
How to identify Jewish writers
I had heard on NPR that Steve Costa and Kate Levinson wanted to sell a bookstore they had owned since 2002 in this delightful Northern California coastal town, and get on with new life...
Why Israel wants Trump to get along with Putin
As far as much of the American public is concerned, the timing for U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin couldn’t be worse. The indictments of 12 Russian military intelligence officers...
As presidents meet in Helsinki, a look at Finland’s Jewish community
As the world’s eyes turn toward Helsinki’s hosting of U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in one of the Finnish capital’s traditional summit meeting places, the Presidential palace, Rabbi Benyamin Wolff...
Leading tech figures declare Israel the ‘epicenter of magic’
Why sit behind a desk all day when you can explore Israel and meet experts in your field at the same time? That’s where REALITY Experience, an initiative by the Charles and Lynn Schusterman...
Lawmaker draws fury for urging Arab families to move into Jewish communities
A report by Israel Hayom on Sunday that MK Ahmad Tibi (Joint Arab List) was calling on young Arab families to buy homes in Jewish communities like Afula, Nazareth Illit, Carmiel and the new development town...
Anti-Semitism the focus of conference in Guatemalan Congress
Guatemala City—The Israel education and advocacy group Israel Allies Foundation (IAF) recently hosted a conference in Guatemala on anti-Semitism.
Taking place in the Guatemalan Congress, the conference featured keynote speaker State Rep. Alan Clemmons (R-S.C.)....
Five years after the revolution: Is Egyptian President Al-Sisi winning the battle?
The last weeks have brought welcome news to Egypt. The fight against Islamic terror appears to be going well, and social and economic reforms are beginning to get results though the president’s high-handed rule...
IDF arrests terror suspects in Judea, finds submachine gun in Barbie backpack
Israeli security forces arrested 19 terror suspects and rock-throwers in raids across Judea and Samaria overnight on Sunday, confiscating multiple illegal guns in Hebron and confiscating thousands of shekels marked to fund terror acts.
Riots...
Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade unit head, teenage son killed in ‘mysterious explosion’
A mysterious explosion has killed the head of an Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade missile unit, according to reports by the Hamas-run Gaza health ministry.
The blast rocked central Gaza on Sunday morning, killing Ahmad Husan, head...