Daily Archives: April 22, 2019
Peace Begins with Education: Open Letter to the Prime Minister of Israel
With the election campaign to the Knesset behind us and before forming a new government, while anticipating resumption of negotiations with the Palestinian Authority, I would like to raise an important point: without which...
The Pharaoh who spoke too soon
In his important book Power and Powerlessness in Jewish History, the historian David Biale noted that the very first ancient Egyptian reference to the nation of Israel was a brutal announcement of its destruction.
“In the...
Anticipating Trump’s ‘deal of the century’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s peace plan for the Palestinian-Israeli conflict surfaced two years ago and to this day—remarkably—only he and a handful of aides know its precise details. A stream of leaks, however, contains...
In a landslide vote, Ukraine elects first Jewish president
In a landslide vote on Sunday, Ukraine elected its first Jewish president, Volodymyr Zelensky, making the country the first outside of Israel that will have both a Jewish president and prime minister.
Zelensky, 41, a...
Israel to posthumously honor Jewish Indian general
Israel will posthumously honor Jewish Indian Gen. Jack Jacob on April 30 with a plaque at the Ammunition Hill memorial site, reported Indian media on Sunday.
Jacob, who died of pneumonia in 2016 at the...
Report: Saudis already pressuring Abbas to accept Trump’s Mideast plan
According to a report on the website Alkhaleej Online, a member of Fatah’s central committee revealed on April 20 that heavy Arab pressure was being applied to the Palestinian Authority leadership with regard to...
Israeli in Sri Lanka describes ‘total shock’ after bombings
More than 200 people were are reported killed and hundreds injured in a coordinated series of bombing attacks on multiple churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday. The attacks occurred as worshipers were...
Jewish leaders condemn pre-Passover arson attack on Moscow’s largest yeshivah
Following an arson and defacement attack on the biggest yeshivah in Moscow, Jewish organizations expressed their belief that Russian officials would succeed in bringing the perpetrators to justice and protecting the Jewish community.
“Over the next two...
Passover snow falls on Mount Hermon for first time in 22 years
Snow fell on Mount Hermon on Sunday during Passover for the first time in 22 years.
With approximately eight inches of snow already on the ground and accumulation set to continue throughout the day, the...
Canadian’s peace hopes for Mideast illusory
Robert Fulford, the distinguished Canadian journalist, recently devoted one of his regular columns in The National Post to some hopeful comments on the prospect of peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Noting that, by all accounts,...