Daily Archives: September 27, 2018
Lobbing softball questions to UNRWA- letter published in the Jerusalem Post. Sept. 26, 2018
Your interview with UNRWA director general Pierre Krähenbühl (“UNRWA HEAD tells ‘Post’: You can’t just wish away a people and then hope the problem goes away” (September 12), http://jpost.newspaperdirect.com/epaper/viewer.aspx ) was flawed by questions...
PM Netanyahu addresses the UN General Assembly
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today (Thursday, 27 September 2018) addressed the United Nations General Assembly in New York. Following is his speech:
"Distinguished Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen,
When I spoke here, three years ago, Israel stood...
Remains of Jewish Korean War veteran come home
Nearly 70 years after dying during the Korean War, the remains of Army Cpl. Morris Meshulam arrived last Friday and were buried the following day in his home state of Indiana.
The U.S. military used...
Ignore the boycotters, and experience Israel for yourself
This week, news broke that John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the University of Michigan’s American Culture department, refused to write a letter of recommendation for a student who is seeking to study abroad...
The world laughed at Trump, but Iran and its enablers should not
The international community made no secret of its contempt for U.S. President Donald Trump when he spoke to the U.N. General Assembly this week. So it was little surprise that when the president uttered...
Pro-Israel groups weigh in on Trump’s UN speech
Addressing the annual U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, U.S. President Donald Trump touted the reversal of his predecessor’s policies, warning about the Iranian threat, in addition to bashing the U.N. Human Rights Council and...
University of Haifa to confer honorary doctorate upon German Chancellor Merkel
German Chancellor Angela Merkel will receive an honorary doctorate from the University of Haifa “in recognition of her leadership grounded in principles of equality, freedom and human rights; for serving as a model to...
Netanyahu slams UNESCO as being anti-Semitic, boycotts conference in New York
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Wednesday that Israel will indeed be withdrawing from the U.N. Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), skipping an event sponsored by the organization on the topic of...
Netanyahu confirms positive meeting with Trump, netting ‘all’ of Israel’s requests
Though U.S. President Donald Trump stated his preference for the creation of a Palestinian state as a solution to the ongoing conflict between the Palestinian Authority and Israel in a private meeting with Prime...
Chairing UN Security Council meeting, Trump calls out Iran
A day after calling out Iran and other American adversaries at the annual U.N. General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump continued where he left off, leading the U.N. Security Council.
“The Iranian regime exports violence,...