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Daily Archives: January 17, 2019

Centre islamique de New York : On ne bat sa femme qu’exceptionnellement, pour porter...

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Lors d’une conférence donnée le 9 décembre 2018 au Centre islamique de New York à Flushing, dans le Queens, Cheikh Yasser Nadeem Al-Wajdi a évoqué le fait de battre sa femme dans l’islam. Il...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressing leaders in Jerusalem from the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu: Most important event in 2018 was American withdrawal from Iran deal

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that the most important event in 2018 was the United States withdrawing from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal. “The most important thing that happened in the last...
Training by the Israel Defense Forces in the Judean Desert. From left: Dan Shomron former IDF Chief of Staff, Moshe Arens former Minister of Defense, Gen. Yitzhak Mordechai and Moshe Ya'alon. December 1991. Credit: Yossi Zamir.

The late Moshe Arens, the product of a ‘proud generation’

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Moshe Arens, the 1971 Israel Defense Prize winner, was an iconic figure in the creation of the military might of the Jewish state. But the journey there began on a tragic day in 1940. Arens...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Dec. 4, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Polls show Likud in lead, Gantz and Yesh Atid far behind

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party continues to lead in political polls ahead of the general Knesset election on April 9. A Channel 12 News poll projected 32 sets for the Likud, compared to 14...
A mega-celebration of Tu B’Shevat, sponsored by the Israeli-American Council, will take place beginning on Friday, Jan. 18, and ending on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Credit: IAC.

Israeli-American Council to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with families, students nationwide

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The Israeli-American Council (IAC) will put down new roots across America for a first-of-its-kind, national “Israeli-style” event this weekend marking Tu B’Shevat, also known as the “New Year for Trees.” This mega-celebration of the holiday...
At least 21 people were killed when terrorists stormed a luxury hotel complex in Nairobi on Tuesday. Credit: YouTube.

Al-Shabaab says Kenya attack ‘a response’ for Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem

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Somali terrorist group Al-Shabab said on Wednesday that it conducted a deadly attack on an upscale Dusit D2 hotel and business complex the day before in Nairobi, Kenya, “in response” to U.S. President Donald...
Former Clinton White House director of communications Ann Lewis. Credit: Karen Murphy/Flickr.

Former Clinton White House communications director on Tlaib, Omar, Ocasio-Cortez and Democratic agenda

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Prominent Democratic strategist and former Clinton White House communications director Ann Lewis appeared to sidestep the anti-Israel issues surrounding freshmen Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Alexandria Ocasio Cortez (D-N.Y.). Lewis was speaking at an...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) announced on Jan. 15, 2019, she has launched an exploratory committee to run for president. Credit: personaldemocracy/Flickr.

Record at a glance: New York Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand inches towards presidential run

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Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced on Tuesday that she has set up an exploratory committee as she entered the 2020 Democratic primary for president. From immigration to gun control and other issues, Gillibrand has flip-flopped on her stances. Some of...

Why is Israel provoking a war with Iran?

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It’s no secret that Israel has been banging away at Iranian targets in Syria for years. But just as there is a good reason for ambiguity about Israel’s nuclear weapons capabilities, there’s also good...
The Women’s March on Washington, Jan. 21, 2017. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The high price of ‘unity’ in the anti-Trump resistance

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It ought to be possible to dislike and even fervently oppose U.S. President Donald Trump without having to associate with supporters of hatemongers like the Nation of Islam’s Louis Farrakhan. Nor should it be...