Daily Archives: August 13, 2018
Where has all the Flour Gone: The Fake Humanitarian UNRWA Crisis
Over that past month, members of the US House Middle East Subcommittee raised concerns that humanitarian aid does not reach the Palestinian population, especially in Gaza.
The Center for Near East Policy Research, CFNEPR, contacted...
Two children’s books for Jewish holidays
Author Sandra Feder notes that Judaism acknowledges a duality in life: with the bitter often will come the sweet, and vice versa. “Sweet wine or grape juice is used to welcome Shabbat on Friday...
Israel is not looking for war, but Gaza tensions make it highly likely
The latest flare-up on the Israel-Gaza Strip border appears to have calmed down dramatically since Thursday night, but everyone knows it is far from over. Barring an extreme turn of events, the next round...
PA agrees to provide cancer-related drugs to Gaza
Despite a year-long series of heavy sanctions on Gaza, the Palestinian Authority on Monday ordered vital chemotherapy medications to be sent to the Hamas-controlled region.
The terror-run region’s health officials reported that 700 cancer patients,...
Inaugural issue of ‘Columbus Jewish News’ rolls off presses
Columbus and Central Ohio have a new newspaper.
The Columbus Jewish News, which debuted with a 44-page full-color issue on Aug. 9, brings back a Jewish newspaper to central Ohio.
The new biweekly newspaper, which is being...
UK’s Corbyn admits he was ‘present’ at memorial honoring Munich terrorists
The United Kingdom’s Opposition and Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn admitted that he was present at a memorial ceremony in 2014 in Tunisia for the Palestinian terrorists behind the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre, but...
Three Israeli hospitals break newborn birth records in July
Massive numbers of births in Israeli hospitals are breaking records around the country, with departments reporting labor and delivery services being maxed above capacity.
Though Shaare Zedek Medical Center in Jerusalem has been delivering more...
Progress on Israeli oil field halted as State Comptroller studies security needs, environmental concerns
After a cacophony of protest has arisen from citizens’ groups, environmental NGOs, local authorities and environmental professors, Israel’s State Comptroller will investigate a project getting underway to locate the processing platform for Israel’s largest...
Massive ‘terror kite’ from Gaza successfully removed from Israeli power lines
A massive incendiary kite launched from Gaza, measured to be about 13 feet wide, landed on electric power lines near Kibbutz Sufa on Saturday, sparking an emergency operation by the Israel Electric Company to...
Herzog makes first visit to US as head of Jewish Agency
Beginning his tenure last week as the chairman of the executive of the Jewish Agency for Israel, Isaac Herzog has been seeking to bridge the divide between Jews in Israel and Jews outside of the...