Daily Archives: March 20, 2019
UNRWA transparency
UNRWA has issued its annual report in which it shows that it received $1.2 billion from donor governments and NGO’s/
https://www.unrwa.org/sites/default/files/overall_donor_ranking.pdf
Liad Yitzhak, a researcher from the Center for Near East Policy Research, We asked each...
Considerable Shared DNA Between Ashkenazi and Sephardic Populations
Many Eastern Europeans refer to their families as part Sephardic. Alexander Beider dismisses their claim in a Forward article without any citation or input from historians or geneticists. It’s also a bit insulting to...
Israelis shrug as America intervenes in their election
When U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo arrives in Israel this week, it won’t be interpreted as just another routine stop as America’s chief diplomat seeks to reaffirm ties with an ally or to...
Book Review: ‘kaddish.com’ by Nathan Englander
As a young man, Larry, bridles at having to sit shiva for his father and absolutely refuses to say kaddish for him for the year after his death. Instead, he arranged for someone in Jerusalem, whom...
IsraAID sending response team to Mozambique after devastating cyclone, flooding
The Israeli humanitarian-aid organization IsraAID announced on Wednesday that it is planning to send a response team to Mozambique this week after the African country was hit by Cyclone Idai on March 14 after days...
Conservative activist Charlie Kirk speaks of ‘eye-opening’ stint in Israel
“The Western media has become so good at lying about this country,” says Charlie Kirk, founder of the Conservative “Turning Point USA” organization, referring to Israel as he addressed a standing-room only crowd in...
Fragment of Persian-era clay jar depicting human face discovered in Jerusalem
A fragment of a clay jar decorated with a human face dating back to the Persian era (fourth yo fifth century C.E.) has been discovered in Jerusalem’s City of David National Park’s Givati parking...
Danon to ambassadors at UN: ‘Fight against anti-Semitism a struggle for future of Europe’
Amid the rise of anti-Semitism in Europe and the rest of the world, Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon met in New York City on Tuesday with ambassadors from the European Union...
Israeli forces kill shooter of IDF soldier, rabbi near Ariel
Israeli special units on Tuesday shot dead a Palestinian suspected of stabbing and killing 19-year-old Sgt. Gal Keidan, stealing his gun, and using it to fire at Israeli soldier Alexander Dvorsky and Rabbi Ahiad Ettinger outside...
IDF aircraft strikes groups of Gazans launching incendiary balloons towards border
Israeli military aircraft shot two groups of Palestinians who launched incendiary balloons from the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, announced the Israel Defense Forces.
This comes days after the IDF retaliated, hitting dozens of “terror sites” in...