Daily Archives: April 15, 2019
Election over, now jockeying begins
The election is over, but we’re still a way from the new government.
Official results look like a Likud victory, but it’s close, and the winning side is loaded with small parties that will be...
The next government must restore sovereignty to the people
This week, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will begin a round of consultations with representatives of the various parties before assigning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the responsibility of forming the next government. The prevailing belief is...
Assange’s anti-Semitism revisited
When the fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London seven years ago, “Brexit” was an unknown word, Donald Trump was still hosting “The Apprentice,” and the Iran...
Report: Trump warns Netanyahu about Sino-Israeli relations
U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit at the White House last month that Israel could jeopardize its security cooperation with the United States if it...
Uptick in measles cases causes everything from concern to closures in Jewish areas, institutions
In response to a measles outbreak that was pinpointed to an unvaccinated child contracting the disease while visiting Israel, causing New York City to declare a public health emergency last week, Jewish institutions are issuing warnings and...
Muhammad Shtayyeh sworn in as new PA prime minister
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas swore in the new P.A. government headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh on Sunday, replacing the previous so-called “national consensus” government of Rami Hamdallah that was appointed with the consent...
EU criticizes Israeli plans for housing units in ‘occupied’ West Bank
In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.”
The plans were announced last...
Secularism and Our Heritage: The Origins of Pesakh
THE TRADITIONAL explanation for the holiday of Pesakh is to be found in the twelfth chapter of Exodus: “Tell all the congregations of Israel,” God said to Moses, “that on the tenth day of this...
After lunar crashing, SpaceIL announces Beresheet 2.0
SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on Saturday that there will be a second Beresheet lunar spacecraft, following the first Israeli moon mission ending unsuccessfully last week when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface.
“I’ve decided that we are...
A combat officer’s Passover in the sands of Kuwait
U.S. Capt. Sanford Cohen counts down the end of his deployment in Kuwait by the number of Shabbats, rather than days.
“It’s a lot more manageable,” said Cohen, 38, from Staten Island, N.Y. “I’m going to...