Daily Archives: January 18, 2019
IDF starts to demolish home of terrorist who killed Fuld
Israeli Security Forces have begun the process of demolishing the home of terrorist Youssef Ali Jabarin in the town of Yatta near Hebron, the Palestinian news agency Maan reported on Friday.
Jabarin stabbed and murdered Israeli-American Ari...
Official warnings pending for anti- Israel disruptors
Organized disruptors—both students and non-students—who shut down a pro-Israel gathering at University of California Los Angeles in May 2018 might not be prosecuted, according to information from LA City Attorney Mike Feuer’s office. Instead,...
Book Review: Charles Krauthammer on politics, the Mideast, Judaism, sports and ‘The Point of...
One of the biggest media personalities who passed away in 2018 was Jewish conservative intellectual and pundit Charles Krauthammer.
Shortly before his death, he instructed his son, Daniel, to finish his second book that, like his...
Ahead of moon mission, SpaceIL transports first Israeli spacecraft to Florida
Israeli nonprofit SpaceIL and Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI)’s first lunar spacecraft began a historic journey to the moon on Jan. 17, when it was transported in a cargo plane from Ben-Gurion International Airport to...
Anti-Israel Democrat Ilhan Omar appointed to House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi appointed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to serve on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, despite anti-Israel statements made by the freshman Democrat, such as tweeting that “Israel has hypnotized the world,” and her support for...
‘Hello Dolly’ is a whirl of joy
The opening performance of Hello Dolly at the Civic Theatre was dedicated to the memory of belovéd Broadway icon, Carol Channing, who recently passed at the age of 97. I first saw Channing on The Muppet Show and...
Report: Hezbollah tunnel construction started before 2006 Lebanon war
Hezbollah began digging cross-border attack tunnels before the 2006 Second Lebanon War, as opposed to three or four years ago, as the Israel Defense Forces has said, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.
The IDF declined...
Inaugural Israeli Global Impact Awards given for humanitarianism
The first-ever “Global Impact Awards” were bestowed on Thursday at a gala event in Tel Aviv to those who have made a positive impact on society.
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin was in attendance.
“The winners here...
How Saving Israel from Terrorism Could Save the World
For Islamist and jihadist fighters around the world — ISIS, Hamas, it generally makes little actual difference — terrorism represents a sacred form of religious sacrifice. The underlying purpose of this murderous ethos is...
President Rivlin hosts 2019 Wolf Prize ceremony
President Reuven Rivlin today (Wednesday 16 January 2019), spoke at the ceremony announcing the winners of the 2019 Wolf Prizes. The Wolf Prizes are awarded every year for exceptional contribution to the sciences and...