Daily Archives: January 14, 2019
Russians may play role in Israeli elections
A cartoon in Ha’aretz (January 14) shows Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, in a room with his cyber hackers. One of them asks his president something to the effect: “Are we on the side of...
The ‘apartheid’ wall that isn’t
“Segregated Highway Opens in West Bank,” The Washington Post headline blared this week. “Israel Opens ‘Apartheid Road’ in Occupied West Bank,” announced Al Jazeera.
Apartheid? Segregation? Not even close. Like so much of what pretends to be news...
Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s claim that Iran does not seek Israel’s destruction is a...
In a December 23, 2018 interview with the French weekly Le Point, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that no Iranian leader had ever threatened to destroy Israel. When the interviewer responded by...
New York Reform synagogue distances itself from Women’s March leadership
The Stephen Wise Free Synagogue in New York City announced last week it has disassociated from the Women’s March amid accusations of anti-Semitism against a few of the movement’s leaders such as their association with Nation...
World Council of Churches trained 2,000 anti-Israel activists, funded by UNICEF
The World Council of Churches (WCC) has sent nearly 2,000 participants to Israel, and Judea and Samaria, since 2002 to train them in anti-Israel narratives and assign them to communities worldwide, according to a report from NGO...
Israeli pop star turns down Eurovision performance due to rehearsals on Shabbat
One of Israel’s most popular singers, Omer Adam, has rejected an offer to perform at the international singing competition Eurovision because rehearsals for the finale will be held on Shabbat.
According to a statement, he...
Israeli cloud computing company acquired by Amazon for $250 million
CloudEndure, an Israeli company, confirmed that it had been acquired by AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing unit, for $250 million, Globes reported on Thursday.
“CloudEndure is now an Amazon Web Services company. As an AWS Advanced Technology Partner since 2016,...
Israeli minister Regev: ‘The goal: 40 seats for Likud under Netanyahu’
The Likud Party was triumphant at the right-wing Leumiada event held this weekend in Eilat, and used the gathering as a chance to drive home its campaign messages.
Israel’s Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev...
Eizenkot: ‘Israel has attacked thousands of targets in Syria’
Israel has struck thousands of targets in Syria “without claiming responsibility or asking for credit,” outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eizenkot told The New York Times in an interview published this weekend.
Israel has...
Book Review: ‘Gittel’s Journey: An Ellis Island Story’
With immigration a hot topic heard on the news, this book personalizing the experience of our own Jewish ancestors immigrating from Eastern Europe to the United States via Ellis Island could not be more...