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Daily Archives: April 8, 2019

Former US State Dept official, now a lobbyist for UNRWA, writes a tendentious ...

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Elizabeth Campbell directs the UNRWA lobby in Washington, D.C. Prior to joining forces with UNRWA, Campbell acted as the “humanitarian policy adviser” in the Bureau of International Organization Affairs in the Department of State, where...
Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz speaks during an election campaign event in Tel Aviv held by the Blue and White Party on April 8, 2019. Photo by Flash90.

Benny Gantz: ‘We want to serve you’

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For 38 years, I was a soldier, a fighter and a commander. I made tough and courageous decisions. I led combat fighters beyond enemy lines and answered phone calls in the middle of the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv, Dec. 4, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Benjamin Netanyahu: ‘We have only ourselves to depend on’

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We are on the cusp of a historic election that will determine the path of the nation for the next few years. The right-wing government is in danger. Right now, Yair Lapid and Benny...

Strom to present Songs of Home and Exile April 9 in San Diego

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“Songs of Home and Exile” is the title of the program Yale Strom will present at Smith Recital Hall, SDSU, Tuesday evening, April 9 at 7 p.m. The multi-talented artist-in-residence at San Diego State...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu casts his vote at a polling station in Jerusalem on March 17, 2015, in the Israeli general elections for the 20th parliament. Photo by Marc israel Sellem/POOL/FLASH90

Election season wrapping up in Israel

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It’s Election Day in Israel on Tuesday. After a long campaign – not devoid of recriminations, fake news and accusations of real or imagined misdemeanors – we’ll finally be able to cast our votes....
Isaak Hayik. Credit: Facebook

Israeli goalie breaks Guinness World Record for age

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An Israeli goalkeeper has broken the Guinness World Record for oldest soccer player to take part in a professional soccer match. Isaak Hayik, who will turn 74 this week, managed to make some good saves...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a brief meeting with heads of local councils from Judea and Samaria from the Likud Party on April 7, 2019. Credit: Likud Party.

Netanyahu takes time to urge votes in brief meeting with Likud Party settler heads

Between his many interviews with the media ahead of Tuesday’s elections, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found 15 minutes on Sunday to meet with heads of local councils from Judea and Samaria from the...

WATCH: Iranian poet to Khamenei: ‘We will make the lives of the Jews miserable’

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Iranian poet Nader Javadi performed in the presence of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in a video that was uploaded to Khamenei’s website on February 26, 2019. He recited: “We will liberate the Al-Baqi ...
Beto O'Rourke, a former Democratic Texas congressman who announced on March 14, 2019 that he is running for president in 2020. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Beto O’Rourke: Netanyahu is ‘racist’ for stating his aim of annexing Judea, Samaria

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Former Texas representative and 2020 Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Roruke slammed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday as a “racist” in response to the latter saying on Saturday that he would annex parts of Judea...
Erel Margalit, Jerusalem Venture Partners founder and high-tech entrepreneur, addresses the “Forbes Under 30 Global Women's Summit.” Credit: Eliana Rudee.

Forbes looks to Israel as paragon of female leadership at ‘Under 30 Global Women’s...

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With a record number of women in U.S. Congress, starting companies, and sitting on the boards of directors of major businesses, academic and cultural institutions, editor of ForbesWomen Maggie McGrath defined the modern era...