Daily Archives: April 24, 2019
What would Begin do?
In the United States, we sometimes longingly remember past presidents, and envision how they would have responded to today’s challenges. The same is true in Israel, where these days Israelis across the spectrum are...
What will Trump’s new UN pick bring to the pro-Israel community?
With U.S. President Donald Trump nominating Acting U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Jonathan Cohen to be U.S. ambassador to Egypt, the nomination of Kelly Craft, announced in February, might finally be submitted to the Senate in...
In the cafes of Paris, French Jews open up on anti-Semitism and their future...
My trip to Paris to canvas the mood of French Jews began in the idyll of an Israeli-owned restaurant, Balagan, near the famed Louvre art museum. Emmanuelle Mary, a non-Jewish Parisian fashion and lifestyle...
Morocco’s Jewish community to hold first democratic elections in five decades
Morocco’s Jewish community will hold its first elections in half a century to select its communal representatives.
King Mohammed VI instructed the Minister of the Interior to supervise elections for the positions, which have been...
Islamists celebrate damage to France’s Notre Dame Cathedral
Islamists worldwide have been celebrating the destruction of large parts of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris in a devastating fire on April 15.
Reactions by jihadis on social media refer to the cathedral as...
Polish, Catholic and Jewish leaders denounce anti-Semitic effigy on Good Friday
Leaders from the Polish, Catholic and Jewish communities have denounced an anti-Semitic ritual on Good Friday in the small southeastern Polish town of Pruchnik, where residents hanged, burned and beaten a dummy of the...
New Legislation Proposed in the US to monitor PA/UNRWA education
A bipartisan bill has been proposed in US Congress that would require the US Secretary of state to submit annual reports reviewing the educational material used by Palestinian Authority and UNRWA schools in Palestinian...
Kushner: Mideast peace plan to seek ‘tough compromises’ from Israelis, Palestinians
White House senior adviser Jared Kushner said on Tuesday that the highly anticipated so-called “deal of the century” will “demand tough compromises from Israelis and Palestinians.”
“Normally they start with a process … what we’ve...
With UN supervision, Lebanon is ready to draw maritime borders with Israel
Lebanon announced on Tuesday that it is prepared to draw its maritime border with Israel under U.N. supervision, reported Lebanese media.
“We are ready to draw Lebanon’s maritime borders and those of the Exclusive Economic...
UNRWA schools continue to teach Palestinian children to wage war on Israel
Elizabeth Campbell, head of the Washington Representative Office for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) wrote a piece on April 5 in The New York Times in response to an April 2 article in the same newspaper by...