Daily Archives: August 24, 2018
Sfabrykowany kryzys humanitarny UNRWA
Przez ostatni miesiąc członkowie Podkomisji Izby Reprezentantów USA ds. Bliskiego Wschodu wyrażali niepokój, że pomoc humanitarna nie dociera do populacji palestyńskiej, szczególnie w Gazie.
Center for Near East Policy Research (CFNEPR) skontaktował się z 44...
FIFA suspends Palestinian soccer head for inciting hatred and violence
Jibril Rajoub, the president of the Palestinian Football Association (PFA), has been given a one-year suspension by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), effective on Aug. 24, for inciting hatred and violence against...
Ethiopian Bible contest participant’s family given permission to make aliyah
The family of Sintayehu Shafrao, a young Ethiopian who competed in Israel’s 2018 International Bible Contest but was told he was not allowed to remain, has been given the go-ahead to make aliyah.
Shafrao was allowed...
Longtime Boston Federation president Barry Shrage looks back, forges ahead
Barry Shrage has had a good run—a great one, actually. In fact, he says, “I’ve been lucky all my life.” This comes after the 71-year-old Bronx native and City College graduate wrapped up 30...
Al-Qaeda leader: ‘Hamas has betrayed the principles of its founders’
The Al-Qaeda (AQ) Media Arm, Al-Sahab, released an audio message on Aug. 19 from AQ leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri, in which he harshly criticizes the Hamas organization and labels it a traitor.
In the 33-minute recording...
British Airways, Air France end flights to Iran
Two major European air carriers, British Airways and Air France, announced on Thursday that they are terminating flights to Iran.
British Airways, which reinstated its London to Tehran route in 2015 following the implementation of...
UK’s Jeremy Corbyn says ‘Zionists’ don’t understand British culture
A video from 2013 has surfaced of the U.K.’s Jeremy Corbyn accusing British Zionists of having no understanding of British culture.
“Zionists … clearly have two problems. One is they don’t want to study history,...
Bolton: US sanctions could cause end of Iranian oil exports
U.S. National Security Advisor John Bolton said on Wednesday that U.S. sanctions against Iran could cause the regime to no longer export oil.
Bolton’s remark occurred as oil prices rose 3 percent on Wednesday to $74.78 per...
Muslim Zanzibar gets its first-ever Jewish center
Winding alleyways make their way past carved doors before spilling into crowded marketplaces. Zanzibar, today an autonomous part of the East African country of Tanzania, was once, not too long ago, a Sultanate. The...
Chesler’s memoir insightful into feminist movement
Possibly before, but especially after publication of Women and Madness, which exposed the practice of falsely committing women to insane asylums and the abuse of women within those institutions, author Phyllis Chesler has been among...