Daily Archives: January 3, 2019
Launching the “Inter-Parliamentary Lobby for UNRWA Reform”, based in Stockholm, Sweden.
Background
Nations of the world who help refugees from the 1948 Arab Israeli war deserve appreciation, since their governments do not forget those who bear the human consequences of that war.
Time has come to work...
Thank heaven we’re done with UNESCO
Thank God, it’s over. When 2018 ended, Israel’s withdrawal from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization took effect.
Don’t feel bad. Under existing conditions, there was no reason to keep our place at the table...
A rare kindness: Kidney donor rabbi now gives his liver
Adam Levitz, a 44-year-old married father of three, was in liver failure. Things were getting worse, and he knew it. On Dec. 20, he received a new liver and a new lease on life. His...
Five questions about Israel’s political musical chairs
The old expression is that for every two Jews, there are three political opinions. In Israel, that cliché can be extended to also include four or five political parties. That’s never been truer than...
Jewish-German author Edgar Hilsenrath dies at age 92
Jewish-German author Edgar Hilsenrath, who wrote a best-selling fictional account of the Holocaust from the viewpoint of a Nazi, died on Dec. 30 from pneumonia at the age of 92, the German news agency...
‘If we could, we would have removed Gabbay long ago,’ says Labor official
Labor Party leader Avi Gabbay on Tuesday named MK Shelly Yachimovich as head of the opposition, replacing Tzipi Livni. The nomination came just hours after Gabbay abruptly dissolved the Zionist Union faction, his party’s alliance...
Netanyahu heralds ‘new era in relations between Israel and Brazil’
Anyone who wants additional proof that Israel is a rising world power should see the great admiration for Israel in Brazil, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday.
Netanyahu arrived in Brazil last week...
Hebrew University lecturer under fire for scolding uniformed soldier
Hundreds of Israelis have signed a petition calling on the Hebrew University of Jerusalem to fire a lecturer who scolded a student serving in the military for attending class in her Israel Defense Forces’...
Report: Former Israeli defense minister reveals part of ‘deal of the century’
Former Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman shared with Palestinian officials key details of emerging U.S. peace plan and its vision for a two-state solution, the London-based Arabic daily Al-Hayat reported on Wednesday.
Lieberman (Yisrael Beytenu) served as...
Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon unveils new party name
Former Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon announced his new party name on Wednesday, called “Telem,” an acronym for “National Statesmanlike Movement.”
“This is a holiday for me in which the citizens of Israel are being...