Monthly Archives: October 2018
When Realism is Unrealistic: Trump’s Foreign Policy as Impediment to US and Allied Security
"You, created only a little lower than
The angels, have crouched too long in
The bruising darkness
Have lain too long
Face down in ignorance.
Your mouths spilling words
Armed for slaughter."
Maya Angelou, recited at US President Bill Clinton's inauguration,...
Egypt’s war on ISIS in the Sinai has been ‘largely successful’
With security threats to Israel from Iran and Hezbollah along the northern borders, and Hamas and other terror elements in the Gaza Strip to the south often receiving the lion’s share of public attention,...
Hundreds hear from experts, see film premiere on Gaucher disease at patient event
Timed to coincide with National Gaucher Awareness month, the National Gaucher Foundation hosted its annual event in New York City on Oct. 27. Attended by nearly 200 patients, family members and physicians, the event featured a question-and-answer session...
Nuclear Treaty Abrogation Imperils Global Security
LAFAYETTE: Donald Trump’s proposed abrogation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty reveals once again his dangerous lack of preparation for dealing with urgent strategic matters. There is no discernible logic to his argument that...
![By Frank Leslie's illustrated newspaper, , pp. 324-325. [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/1024px-Welcome_to_the_land_of_freedom-324x235.png "Is Diaspora Jewry coming to an end?")
Is Diaspora Jewry coming to an end?
We may be witnessing the beginning of the end of the Jewish Diaspora. While the anti-Semitic terrorist attack against a synagogue in Pittsburgh is a grave warning for American Jewry, the danger for Jews...
With Merkel’s decision to step down in 2021 comes the deconstruction of her tenure
For German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s opponents, defectors and even supporters, the announcement that she will not seek the chancellery in 2021 is not yet cause for either celebration or concern. Her exit as Chancellor...
President-elect of Brazil plans to close Palestinian embassy
In addition to moving his country’s embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, Brazilian president-elect Jair Bolsonaro plans to shut down the Palestinian embassy in Brasilia.
“Is Palestine a country? Palestine is not a country, so...
Natan Sharansky on the state of current political movements
Chess warrior. Former political prisoner. Longtime Israeli minister and head of the Jewish Agency for Israel. Always a Jewish inspiration.
Natan Sharansky has checked many boxes throughout his life, eight years of which were spent...
Abbas: ‘We will continue to pay the families of martyrs, prisoners and wounded’
Speaking at a PLO Central Council meeting, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas said that the Palestinian government will continue to pay salaries to the families of martyrs, prisoners, and wounded Palestinians, even if salaries...
Israelis across the country vote in municipal elections
Israelis headed to the polls on Tuesday to vote in municipal elections, with 863 candidates vying for mayoral positions and 3,400 people campaigning to be elected heads of regional councils.
Voting booths opened at 7...