Daily Archives: October 18, 2018
US Consulate General in Jerusalem merges with US embassy five months later
The U.S. Embassy in Israel and U.S. Consulate General, both in Jerusalem, will merge to “achieve significant efficiencies and increase our effectiveness,” the State Department announced on Thursday.
The embassy moved from Tel Aviv to...
Palestinians do not have a parliament, and it’s an issue
In the absence of a parliament, the Palestinians have no address to express their grievances. They cannot write to or phone their elected legislators to complain about anything. All they can do is resort...
Meeting of U.S.-Israel army chiefs in DC exhibits strong military cooperation
The meeting between U.S. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford and Israeli Chief of the Israeli General Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot shows the “strong military-to-military relationship” enjoyed by the...
“About Jews”: Humanity in Action Poland’s Interactive Book against anti-Semitism
According to the recent census of Poland’s Bureau of Statistics, there are currently eight thousand Jews living in Poland. Although 90% of Poles have never met any Jew, 75% of the Poles express anti-Jewish...
Twitter says it’s ok to compare Jews to insects, for now
Minister Louis Farrakhan tweeted a video clip of one of his recent speeches with the comment, “I’m not an anti-Semite. I’m anti-Termite.” Twitter says it's letting the comment stand because its policy on dehumanizing...
Memo from the UN: Message of missiles fired from an UNRWA facility
On Wednesday, Ocefunetober 17th, The Center for Near East Policy Research provided a briefing at the UN Correspondents Association at the UN, followed by a confidential briefing for the officials of the UN Secretary...
Irish and Jewish questions – the chosen people’s history in Ireland
The first mention of Jews in Ireland dates from the Annals of Innisfallen in 1079; according to an entry for that year .
“Coicer Iudaide do thichtain dar muir agus aisceda leo do Thairdelbach, & a n-díchor...
Conspicuous irony: Lecturing to a Trump rally against ‘mob rule’
Since the Kavanaugh hearings and controversy, President Trump has lectured his rally audiences about dangers of mob rule. Ironically, from the standpoint of the Founding Fathers and their fears about "The People," these Trump rally audiences constitute the best...
British PM Theresa May calls on Israel not to go ahead with demolition of...
British Prime Minister Theresa May called the planned demolition of the Bedouin village of Khan Al-Ahmar in the West Bank by the Iraeli authorities ‘’ a major blow for the prospects of a two...
Developing northern Sinai – A new diplomatic paradigm
The withdrawal of PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from the peace process, his actions against the Hamas leadership, the worsening of the economic situation in Gaza to the point of a humanitarian crisis, the escalation...