Daily Archives: February 21, 2019
The growing pains of the Poland-Israel relationship
Perhaps it isn’t bad that sometimes when it comes to policy, the flag of historical truth is waving after all, and along with it, the strength of sentiments.
And yet, after raising the flag, everyone...
A terrorist too brutal even for the P.A.
The Palestinian Authority (PA) finally found a terrorist act committed by a Palestinian against an Israeli from which it wishes to disassociate. The horrific rape and knife murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher prompted Qadura...
Study: Polish local norms helped Nazis wipe out local Jewry
Large parts of the Polish population during the Holocaust believed helping Jews went against their local norms, a new study from the Polish Academy of Sciences shows.
The academy, a state-run institution, focused on a...
New Israeli centrist alliance, to be called ‘Blue and White,’ reveals party list
The new united centrist party headed by Yesh Atid’s Yair Lapid and Israel Resilience’s Benny Gantz will be called the Blue and White Party, announced the leaders on Thursday.
The new alliance, which seeks to...
Labor Party leader launches last-minute talks for merger with Meretz
After news early Thursday that Israel Resilience and Yesh Atid had worked out a rotating leadership deal and would be running as a joint list in the April 9 Knesset elections, Labor leader Avi Gabbay decided...
Yesh Atid Party and Israel Resilience form last-minute alliance against Likud
In a turbulent race to seal alliances and set lists before the Thursday night deadline heading up to the April 9 elections, Israeli centrist political parties Yesh Atid and Israel Resilience announced on Thursday...
Two months before elections, Netanyahu hits back after rival Gantz takes off gloves
Israel Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz took off his proverbial gloves on Tuesday, inexplicably deciding to attack Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on his military service, of all things.
In a conference in which he...
Kansas Treasurer introduces bill permitting the state to invest in Israel Bonds
Kansas State Treasurer Jake LaTurner has introduced a bill that would allow Kansas to invest in Israel Bonds.
“This legislation is an important step in diversifying our portfolio,” said LaTurner. “Twenty-eight other states across the country...
Moshe Feiglin says Zehut will be ‘surprise’ party in Israel’s upcoming elections
Zehut leader Moshe Feiglin believes that his party will be the dark horse, or the “surprise,” of the upcoming April 9 elections in Israel.
In an interview with Israel Hayom, Feiglin, who in the past ran...
Venezuela’s Guaidó appoints Jewish envoy to Argentina
Venezuela’s self-declared interim president, Juan Guaidó, has appointed Elisa Alejandra Trotta Gamus as the country’s envoy to Argentina.
A Venezuelan native, Gamus, 36—a lawyer and human-rights activist—was a one-time representative to the Latin American Jewish Congress.
Israeli...