Daily Archives: November 14, 2018
Donald Trump’s Accelerating War on Truth and Justice
For US President Donald Trump, policymaking by imposed chaos and deliberate incoherence has become the new normal. Again and again, we learn that this president’s seat-of-the-pants decisions are founded on contrivance; inevitably, these decisions...
An homage to Stan Lee
By now, you’ve probably heard about the passing of Stan Lee, former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics, at the age of 95. Born Stanley Martin Lieber to poor, working-class Jewish immigrants from Romania, he adopted...
Jews of the U.S. military honored at Veterans Museum
SAN DIEGO – A famous U.S. Navy admiral, two U.S. Air Force officers, and a U.S. Army major currently are being saluted in a display sponsored by the Jewish War Veterans of San Diego...
Upsurge in anti-Semitic crimes in America in 2017
The United States saw a significant upsurge in anti-Semitic crimes last year, and accounted for more than half of all religion-based hate crimes.
According to data released by the FBI on Tuesday, 58 percent of all...
Moshe Lion elected Jerusalem mayor in a tight runoff
Jerusalem City Councilman Moshe Lion narrowly defeated his opponent, fellow councilman Ofer Berkovitch, in the second round of municipal elections for the Jerusalem mayoralty on Tuesday. Lion won 51.5 percent of the votes against...
Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman resigns over opposition to Gaza ceasefire
Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman abruptly resigned his post and removed his Yisrael Beytenu Party from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition less than a day after Israel reportedly agreed to a ceasefire...
Jewish Voice for Peace anti-Israel narrative exposed in Canary Mission report
Since 1996, Jewish Voice for Peace has been a prominent anti-Israel group nationwide, especially on college campuses, advocating for the BDS movement and collaborating with similar groups such as IfNotNow, according to a new report from...
Danon to UN: There are no ‘two sides’ concerning Gaza
In advance of a closed emergency United Nations Security Council meeting, called by Kuwait and Bolivia, on the latest barrage of rockets fired by Hamas into Israel, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny...
State Department to reward up to $5 million for key Hamas, Hezbollah leaders
The U.S. Department of State announced on Tuesday rewards of up to $5 million each for information or identification leading to the capture of the following terrorist figures: Hamas leader Saleh al-Aruri, and Hezbollah...
State Department: Latest attacks from Gaza makes peace plan ‘more urgent‘
Despite the latest barrage of rockets being launched by Hamas against Israel, the State Department said on Tuesday that it should not affect the highly anticipated rollout of the peace plan between Israel and...