Daily Archives: December 11, 2018
US -Saudi policy considerations?
As the following article indicates, senior White House official and son in law Jared Kushner has developed a full blown alliance with Saudi Arabia
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/world/middleeast/saudi-mbs-jared-kushner.html
Yet Saudi Arabia, which last week granted an unrestricted $50 million...
How do European countries differ in religious commitment? Use our interactive map to find...
Europeans generally are less religious than people in other parts of the world. But within Europe, there are sometimes sizable differences in levels of religious commitment, according to an analysis of recent Pew Research...
BDS has successes, but not so for P.A. and Gaza
From the looks and sounds of BDS it would seem that Palestine is on the verge of something big.
BDS prevails on a number of campuses, often with Jews as well as Palestinians and others...
‘Settling the score’ with terrorists won’t prevent subsequent attacks
On the last night of Hanukkah, a Palestinian terrorist wounded seven in a drive-by shooting at a bus stop outside the large Jewish community in Ofra, Samaria. Injured in the attack were Shira Ish-Ran,...
Despite new police recommendations to indict, Netanyahu has no intention or legal mandate to...
When Israeli police issued a third recommendation to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for suspected bribery, opposition leaders increased their calls for Israel’s second longest-serving leader to resign. Yet all indications point to Netanyahu...
Injured pregnant terror victim improves, newborn baby in critical condition
Shira Yael Ish-Ran, the 21-year-old pregnant woman who was shot by Palestinian terrorists along with her husband and five other people at a bus stop near the town of Ofra in Samaria, is reported...
On last day of Hanukkah, archaeologists find ancient wick in the Negev
A unique lamp wick dating back to the Byzantine period was uncovered by the Antiquities Authority at the Negev Desert Roman Empire settlement of Shivta, according to an announcement on the last day of...
Report: Australia to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital
The Australian government is expected to officially recognize Jerusalem or parts of it as Israel’s capital on Tuesday, Australian outlets reported on Tuesday.
According to the local TV station SBS, a national security committee gave...
At International Human Rights Day conference, Israeli minorities praise Jewish state
The Zionist organization Im Tirtzu held its sixth annual Zionist Conference for Human Rights last night in Tel Aviv.
During the conference, which takes place annually on international Human Rights Day, Im Tirtzu CEO Matan...
PBS to air ‘Tree of Life’ concert of unity and hope after Pittsburgh shooting
PBS will broadcast WQED’s locally produced “Tree of Life: A Concert for Peace and Unity,” presented and hosted by the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to honor the Tree of Life*Or L’Simcha Synagogue victims and first responders, in...