Daily Archives: March 1, 2019
25 Years after the AMIA bombing, justice is again denied
This July, Argentina’s Jewish community will mark the 25th anniversary of the bombing of the AMIA Jewish Center in Buenos Aires, in which 85 people were murdered and hundreds more were seriously wounded. It...
Without peace education, you can’t have a peace process
US President Donald Trump has passionately called for the renewal of peace talks between Israel and Palestinian Authority. In that context, he is preparing to release his “deal of the century” after the Israeli...
Charges against Netanyahu upend his plans
Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to have elections next April and not in the Fall, when they were due, was an imaginative way of delaying, perhaps even evading, being indicted for bribery and related charges....
Yair Shamir: Why Yisrael Katz was wrong to quote my father about Poland
Acting Israeli Foreign Minister Yisrael Katz caused an uproar last week during an interview with Israeli TV, when he quoted former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Shamir as having said, “the Poles suckle anti-Semitism with...
Jewish ‘Bubbies’ do matchmaking, share their dating wisdom in new TV show
In each episode of “Bubbies Know Best,” which premiered Feb. 11 on JLTV, S.J. Mendelson, Linda Rich, and Bunny Gibson interview three potential suitors before picking one to go on a date with their...
Gantz, other left-wing leaders urge Netanyahu to resign
The head of the Blue and White Party Benny Gantz urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to resign following the indictments issued by Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit earlier.
“Mr. Netanyahu, this country is dear to...
Report: Mideast peace plan won’t create Palestine state, Jerusalem remains Israeli
A recent report by Al-Quds newspaper indicates that U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan, also known as the “deal of the century,” would not create a Palestinian state, and that Jerusalem would remain under Israeli control.
According...
Philanthropist, GOP donor Sheldon Adelson undergoing cancer treatment
Jewish philanthropist, Republican billionaire donor and Las Vegas Sands Corp. founder and CEO Sheldon Adelson has been undergoing cancer treatment and not been at his firm’s office since the end of December, said one...
Israelis and Palestinians unite to create economic viability
With so many new businesses sprouting up in Israeli and Palestinian communities in Judea and Samaria, isn’t it possible to create some form of collaboration between them to share resources and take advantage of...
Netanyahu dismisses indictment as ‘political persecution,’ touts his success in strengthening Israel
Speaking out for the first time since the attorney general’s announcement of indictments, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed the charges against him as “political persecution,” while touting his success in bolstering Israel’s security,...