Daily Archives: November 22, 2018
Abbas spokesperson: PA to increase efforts to punish Arabs selling land to Jews
Despite an Israeli law banning the Palestinian Authority from engaging in political and diplomatic activities in Jerusalem and other areas of sovereign Israel, a Fatah spokesperson said Thursday that leader Mahmoud Abbas is intensifying...
Report: US postpones unveiling Mideast peace plan amid Israeli political crisis
U.S. President Donald Trump has decided to postpone the long-awaited unveiling of his Middle East peace plan at least until February, the Palestinian newspaper Al-Quds reported Wednesday, citing the recent political crisis in Israel as...
Did Israel-Hamas ceasefire strengthen Hamas for the next round of fighting?
The ongoing violence perpetrated by the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip and the recent barrage of rocket fire—more than 450 rockets and mortars in less than 48 hours—pointed at Israel’s south had an unintended consequence. In...
A Thanksgiving movie marathon with Jewish flavor
Why just watch the Macy’s parade when you can celebrate the holiday with flicks like “Fiddler on the Roof” and “The Ten Commandments?”
In addition to cooking all day and eating to your heart’s content...
The Jewish Origins of Thanksgiving
In 1621, colonists at Plymouth held a feast, expressing their gratitude to God for a good harvest. This is widely understood to be the original Thanksgiving celebration—but Moshe Sokolow points to an even earlier celebration and...
The NGOs and funders behind Airbnb’s BDS policy
On November 19, 2018, Airbnb issued a press release announcing it was “removing listings” in “Israeli settlements in the Occupied West Bank.” The company provided no details as to how it defines “Israeli settlements” or the...
Jerusalem chief rabbi orders Muslim who sold land to Jews be buried in Jewish...
Chief Rabbi of Jerusalem Rabbi Aryeh Stern authorized the burial of a Muslim inside Jerusalem’s Har HaMenuchot Jewish cemetery after Muslim religious authorities declared he could not be buried in a Muslim cemetery because...
US vice president confirms participation in major pro-Israel conference
For the first time, an incumbent vice president of the United States will speak at the annual conference of the Israeli-American Council, which this year begins Nov. 29 in Florida.
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence,...
Le cheikh syrien Bin Shams Al-Din : Un musulman pour qui les juifs et...
Le cheikh syrien Mohammed Bin Shams Al-Din a déclaré qu’il existe un consensus parmi tous les érudits musulmans selon lequel quiconque ne considère pas les chrétiens et les juifs comme des infidèles est lui-même...
Le chef du Hamas Yahya Sinwar : Gaza ne donnera à Israël que le...
Lors d’un discours prononcé à l’est de Khan Yunis, le chef du Hamas, Yahya Sinwar, a accueilli sur l’estrade le commandant de la branche Est des Brigades Izz Al-Din Al-Qassam, qui lui a remis...