Daily Archives: March 13, 2019
US immigrant to Israel works on frontlines of detecting terror tunnels
The Israeli military has recently gained the upper hand in its war against cross-border terror tunnels, which hostile organizations have dug into Israeli territory for the purpose of being able to inject killing and...
Justice minister appoints two more right-wing judges to Israel’s appeals court
Two new judges were appointed to Israel’s appeals court by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (New Right Party) on Wednesday, bringing the total number of judges chosen throughout Shaked’s tenure to 334.
That number comprises approximately...
Students stand together against anti-Israel bias at LA conference
“I support Israel not because Israel needs my support,” Egyptian-born Hussein Aboubakr, 29, proclaimed in front of 500 people, “but because I need to support Israel in order to the best version I can...
Does the Democratic Party really ‘hate’ Jewish people?
The Democratic Party has long been viewed by most Jewish Americans as its political home. Influenced by the Jewish people’s long history of persecution, urban lifestyle and generally liberal political outlook, American Jews are...
Hilma af Klint and the birth of abstract art
The Guggenheim’s strange and wonderful exhibition of Hilma af Klint’s groundbreaking, yet largely unknown body of abstract art is an important event – one that challenges us to not only rethink the early history...
Israeli victims of Ethiopian Airlines crash identified
Two Israelis killed in the March 10 crash of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 have been identified as Avraham Matzliah of Ma’ale Adumim and Shimon Re’em of Zichron Ya’akov.
Matzliah, 49, was identified on Monday as...
After eight years of civil war, the return of Syria to the Arab world
Nearly eight years into the civil war in Syria, the government forces led by Syrian President Bashar Assad—and supported by Russia, Iran and Hezbollah—have regained control of the majority of Syria. As the war appears...
AJC Delegation Meets Mexican President López Obrador
A delegation of American Jewish Committee (AJC) leaders — joined by representatives of the Mexican-American community from across the United States and leaders of the Mexican Jewish community — met with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López...
New PA prime minister praised mastermind of Munich Olympics massacre
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas recently appointed his longtime adviser, Muhammad Ishtayeh, to the position of prime minister of the Palestinian Authority.
In 2010, MEMRI TV released a clip of Ishtayeh’s interview on July 9...
SJP promotes Palestinian terror group’s imagery at two colleges
The local affiliates of Students for Justice in Palestine at Cornell and Binghamton universities in New York state have been promoting images created by a Palestinian terrorist organization on their respective social-media pages.
Ahead of...