Daily Archives: April 1, 2019
Six Policy Challenges, to Guide UNRWA Policy Reform
Cancel the new UNRWA curriculum which incorporate principles of Jihad, martyrdom and an “right of return” by force of arms, in UN schools which are supposed to promote the UNRWA slogan of “Peace Starts...
Beyond Realpolitik: Israel’s Strategic Imperatives
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: For all nation-states, but especially the most powerful or influential, success must be measured along two separate dimensions: present and future. Although Israeli leaders may correctly calculate that their country is doing...
Israel inaugurates embassy in Rwanda
The Director-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Mr. Yuval Rotem today (Monday, 1 April 2019) inaugurated the Israeli embassy in Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. This is Israel’s 11th embassy in Africa; it...
Israeli spacecraft ‘Beresheet’ passes Earth one last time ahead of lunar landing
The Israeli spacecraft “Beresheet” passed Earth for the final time on Sunday as it is expected to enter the moon’s orbit on Thursday.
When the spacecraft enters the moon’s orbit, it will perform a complex...
Holocaust train car arrives in New York for Auschwitz exhibit in New York
A crane lowered a train car onto tracks on Sunday outside the Museum of Jewish Heritage in New York—a boxcar that carried Jews and others to their deaths at Auschwitz and other Nazi death...
In Israel, Netanyahu meets with Bolsonaro, who stops short of embassy promise
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday as the two began “a new era of partnership and cooperation in all areas,” said the former at his office in Jerusalem.
At...
Israel becomes a partisan football at AIPAC
The madness that penetrates Congress and the White House was smoothly transferred to the cavernous Walter E. Washington Convention Center that sheltered AIPAC’s yearly gathering in Washington D.C.
Vice President Mike Pence led the Republican...
Israeli rabbinical court tells airline crash victim families they can begin to sit ‘shiva’
The families of two Israeli men who were killed in the crash of Ethiopian Airlines flight 302 on March 10 may begin the traditional mourning process of shiva for their loved ones, thanks to a ruling...
Palestinian Authority prioritizes salaries to terrorists over medical care for ill Palestinians
Until now, Israel has been giving medical treatment in Israel to thousands of Palestinians every year. But this humanitarian program will now come to an end, as the Palestinian Authority has decided to stop...
Rare ancient seal of Jewish king’s officer discovered in City of David in Jerusalem
The Israel Antiquities Authority and Tel Aviv University discovered a 2,600 year old ancient bulla seal impression bearing the inscription “(belonging) to Nathan-Melech, Servant of the King” in the City of David just outside...