Daily Archives: February 18, 2019
‘What must be said:’ An enduring anti-Semitic trope
When the late German writer Günter Grass decided, seven years ago, to publicly denounce Israel as the greatest threat to the planet’s existence, he chose the medium of poetry to do so. Starting from...
Will Likud finalize Netanyahu bid for P.M. again?
We’re now in a hot spot, a few days before the parties must finalize their existence and candidates prior to the April election.
And who knows how long before the announcement about Bibi’s indictment?
Each newscast...
Israel’s Security Cabinet approves law to deduct terror payments from PA
Israel’s Security Cabinet approved the implementation of a law on Sunday to deduct funds from tax revenue withheld from the Palestinian Authority over its payments to terrorists and their families.
The move would deduct funds...
Like rest of Venezuela, Jews wait and watch in midst of power struggle, economic...
The economic and political unrest currently taking place in Venezuela has left the country’s Jewish community in a “wait and see mode,” as residents hope for an end to the current political crisis that...
$55 million to be invested in Jewish Quarter of Old City of Jerusalem
The Company for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem has several projects underway at a total cost of 200 million shekels ($55 million).
The initiative seeks to...
Iran responds to accusations of anti-Semitism by Pence: ‘We are just against Zionists’
After being accused of anti-Semitism by U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, Iran’s Foreign Minister retorted that the claim was “laughable,” and that “Iran has always supported the Jews; we are just against Zionists.”
The incident occurred...
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MSNBC reporter apologizes for false characterization of Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, following demand for retraction...
MSNBC reporter Andrea Mitchell apologized Thursday for referring in her broadcast to the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising - in which Jewish resistance fighters fought the German Nazis on the eve of the ghetto’s liquidation in 1943...
In Warsaw, even the group seating shows how much has changed in Israel-Arab relations
A scene that would have seemed impossible just a few years ago took place this past week in Warsaw at the U.S.-led peace and security summit with 60 countries in attendance, including the United...
On combating campus BDS: Listen, reach out, stress facts, perspective
Tremayne Smith, 31, is a rising pro-Israel activist who went viral in 2017 for addressing George Washington’s student association against a resolution calling on the school to separate its interests in Israel.
The BDS resolution failed by...
Justice Ginsburg back at Supreme Court since surgery
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg returned to her office on Friday for the first time since undergoing surgery to remove cancerous nodules from her lungs.
The 85-year-old justice had been working at home for the...