Monthly Archives: December 2018
Tectonic shifts in attitudes toward Israel
As Arabs and Muslims warm to Israel, the Left grows colder. These shifts imply one great imperative for the Jewish state.
On the first shift: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently pointed out “a great change” in the...
Amos Oz and the centrality of Hebrew in Jewish life
For those who only know Israel as a field of political combat, Amos Oz was just a writer with a point of view about his country’s basic political and security dilemmas. Oz’s advocacy for...
Former IDF Chief Benny Gantz enters race to challenge Netanyahu
In the race to defeat reigning Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the ballots in April, polls show that to date, none of the current opposition party leaders can secure enough mandates to force...
Georges Loinger, who saved 350-plus Jewish children during the Shoah, dies at 108
Georges Loinger, a Jewish man with Aryan features who managed to save hundreds of Jewish children during the Holocaust, died on Friday at the age of 108.
Loinger became a member of the French Resistance...
Despite resignation reports, Danon staying on as Israel’s ambassador to UN
Despite reports of his quitting, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon announced on Saturday that he is staying at Turtle Bay and will not run for Knesset in the April 2019 elections.
“Under the leadership...
Opening up the world of audiobooks to kids with learning disabilities
Rashi Kuhr says that it would always take him a long time to read a book. But Kuhr, a 46-year-old immigrant to Israel from the United States who was born with a learning disability,...
Brazil’s president-elect blasts critics of Israel as Netanyahu visits country for first time
Ahead of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit Friday to Brazil—the first by an Israeli sitting prime minister—president-elect Jair Bolsonaro blasted critics of his outreach to Israel, The Times of Israel reported on Thursday.
Addressing Netanyahu’s visit, Bolsonaro wrote on...
Bennett, Shaked announce formation of ‘New Right’ Party, abandon Jewish Home
Education and Diaspora Affairs Minister Naftali Bennett and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked held a press conference Saturday night to announce they were leaving the religious, right-wing Jewish Home Party and starting a new party...
UAE reopens Syria embassy after seven-year absence
The United Arab Emirates announced on Thursday that its embassy in Damascus has reopened after closing due to the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, which has killed more than 400,000 people. In fact,...
Honduras reportedly in talks with Israel to relocate its embassy to Jerusalem
Honduras has been in discussions with Israel to move its embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to a report from Honduran news outlet Prensa Libre.
“There is a negotiation, discussions with the Honduran authorities, and...