Daily Archives: March 25, 2019
Removing funds from Hamas in order to fund Hamas through UNRWA
Jack Rosen, head of the AMERICAN JEWISH CONGRESS, authors an opinion piece in the JPOST of March 24, 2019, https://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Qatars-break-with-Hamas-shakes-up-Mideast-politics-584379, which asserts that QATAR broken off with Hamas and that it redirects its funds through UNRWA
Rosen...
The split between Israeli and U.S. Jews
Let’s leave the Israeli election to continue brewing. The voting is in two more weeks. Nastiness rampant.
Currently in the air are comments about US Jews. Where are they? What’s their interest in Israel?
That we’ve...
AIPAC’s gift from Hamas
This year, AIPAC awarded an official on-stage presence to a recognized representative of the almost half a million Jews currently residing in the areas of the heartland of the Jewish national homeland, Judea and Samaria. Not...
Spearheaded by Trump, US officially recognizes Israeli sovereignty over the Golan
On Monday, the United States officially recognized Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights, adding another accomplishment for an administration that has been lauded for its pro-Israel agenda that includes recognizing Jerusalem as the capital...
IDF positions hundreds of soldiers in Gaza border, calls up limited reserves
Reservists for air-defense units and two additional brigades of Israel Defense Forces were called to the Gaza border region following the launch of a long-range missile from Gaza, which destroyed a residential building and injured seven...
Poll reports that 57 percent of Israelis say they will definitely vote in April...
There is an inherent gap between the results of Israeli political polls and the upcoming elections. While polls use phone calls or the Internet to ask respondents how they plan to vote, on April...
At AIPAC conference, Romania announces goal of moving embassy to Jerusalem
Following the United States and Guatemala’s lead, Romania’s prime minister announced at the American Israel Public Affairs Committee’s annual policy conference on Sunday her intention to move the country’s embassy in Israel to Jerusalem.
“I,...
Ambassador Dermer to AIPAC: Israel will be most important ally for US in the...
Addressing 18,000 attendees at the AIPAC policy conference, Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer stated he believes that Israel continues to have strong bipartisan support in the United States.
He added that supporting...
Wiesenthal center asks Omar to condemn district imam who spoke on ‘Zio’ agenda
Simon Wiesenthal Center associate dean Rabbi Abraham Cooper called on Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) to condemn an imam in her district who preached against a “Zio-Crusader agenda” in a recent sermon.
The Middle East Media Research Institute...
Rafi Eitan, founder of Israeli intelligence community, passes away at 92
Former top Mossad spy Rafi Eitan, who led the team that captured Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann and was the personal handler of Jonathan Pollard, died on Saturday at the age of 92.
Eitan, who...