Daily Archives: August 15, 2018
75th Aniversary of the Białystok Ghetto uprising
The Białystok Ghetto uprising against the Nazi German occupation authorities during World War II was launched on the night of August 16, 1943 and was the second-largest ghetto uprising organized in Nazi-occupied Poland after the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising of April–May 1943. It was led by the Anti-Fascist...
Protect Israel from terrorists, not its critics
When security breaches threaten airports, there’s not much doubt about who is usually called in to deal with the situation. Israel’s prowess in dealing with threats to its borders, and especially its air-transportation system,...
Is the International Criminal Court becoming a Palestinian propaganda engine?
The Palestinians have undertaken a regular mode of ceremonially issuing complaints to the International Criminal Court against Israeli leaders and military commanders regarding virtually everything Israel does.
These are clearly a series of public relations...
Israel issues official protest over ICC’s unusual appeal to ‘Palestinian victims’
Israel has lodged an official protest with the International Criminal Court concerning a recent campaign by the court that cast doubts on its impartiality regarding the Jewish state.
The protest was based on a press...
Two Israeli universities listed among global Top 100
Israel’s Technion Institute of Technology and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem were listed in the top 100 universities in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities, otherwise known as the Shanghai Ranking.
Technion, which...
White House reportedly to sanction Iranian ship behind Yemen terror attacks
The Trump administration is reportedly planning to reimpose a sanction this November on an Iranian ship stationed in the Red Sea for months that has allegedly provided significant military assistance to terrorist groups in...
Hamas’s fake Red Alert app used to hack Israeli phones, say cyber-security experts
Israeli cyber-intelligence firm ClearSky has warned that Hamas is attempting to implant spyware on the mobile phones of Israelis who download a fraudulent Red Alert rocket-siren app.
The company’s security researches said last week that...
Statistics show Israel’s lowest emigration figures in decade
Noting the lowest emigration figures in 10 years, the Central Bureau of Statistics on Tuesday published a new report this week indicating that only 15,200 residents left Israel in 2016 and stayed abroad consecutively...
New course at Tufts University advances Palestinian narrative, while shelving the Jews
A new course on the docket this fall at Tufts University outside Boston has caused a bit of blowback even before students enter the classroom.
Titled “Colonizing Palestine,” it’s being offered by the Colonialism Studies...
How an injured skateboarder became an Israel Navy submarine officer
When Lt. S (full name withheld), a professional skateboarder, slammed into a safety barrier while traveling at 60 kilometers an hour during a sports event—breaking his back, pelvis and shin a few years ago—he...