Daily Archives: August 20, 2018
“False Friend”
Published in Midstream Magazine, Herzl Press, January 1988
David Bedein
You can understand Uri Avneri any way that you like—as a quixotic Israeli journalist with an undaunted faith in the Palestinian Arab purpose, or as the...
On the 25th anniversary of the Oslo Accords
Monday will mark 25 years to the signing of the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization. The peace agreement was met with much enthusiasm both in Israel and around the world,...
Iranian foreign minister: ‘Syria will want Iranian forces to remain as long as the...
Former Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Sheikholislam, who serves as an adviser to Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, denied reports that Tehran would withdraw its forces from Syria if the situation there stabilizes.
In an Aug....
The emergence of a new class of Judaic scholars
Each December, the Association for Jewish Studies holds its annual meeting at a hotel somewhere in North America. 1200 professors typically attend, more than twice the number who come to meetings of the Reform...
Jewish ruins of the Rhine
In recent months, the Rhine city of Mainz captured worldwide headlines for the murder and rape of one of its Jewish members, 14-year-old Susanna Feldmann, allegedly at the hands of an Iraqi asylum-seeker, now in...
SodaStream sold to Pepsi for $3.2 billion in cash
Israel’s popular homemade seltzer company, SodaStream, has been sold to U.S.-based PepsiCo Inc for $3.2 billion in cash.
SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said the sale “is validation of our mission to bring healthy, convenient and...
Amid recent ethnic tensions, IDF chief meets with Druze and Bedouin leaders
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot visited the tomb of Sheikh Amin Tarif in the Druze village of Julis in Israel’s north on Friday, in honor of the upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday....
Iran’s IRGC commander Soleimani posts image of White House exploding
Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who since 1998 has commanded Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) extra-territorial special forces unit, the Qods Force, was designated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury in October 2011 for connection to...
Israeli gymnast breaks world record to take home the gold
Israeli gymnast Linoy Ashram broke a world gymnastics record at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Challenge Cup in Minsk, Belarus, on Saturday.
The 19-year-old from Tel Aviv scored a 20.65 for her clubs performance, beating 2018...
More than 2 million Muslims begin annual hajj to Mecca
The annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia began on Sunday, with more than 2 million Muslims from around the world expected to arrive to circle the black Kaaba rock.
The hajj—very similar to...