Monthly Archives: April 2019
UN-funded social-studies textbook says ‘Zionist occupation started in 1856’
A 2017 United Nations-funded school textbook for Arab students offers a revisionist history of Israel as part of its goal to incite violence against Israelis.
“Since the Zionist movement established in 1856 its first settlement,...
IsraAID provides relief to Mozambique, recovering slowly from Cyclone Idai
The Israeli humanitarian-aid organization IsraAID has been providing life-saving emergency support in Mozambique, after 746 people died in the region due to Cyclone Idai, the organization announced on Monday.
The aid group has provided assistance in the...
In Canada, Israel’s president thanks Trudeau for battling anti-Semitism, BDS
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin met on Monday with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in the Canadian capital of Ottawa.
Rivlin thanked Trudeau for fighting anti-Semitism and other forms of hatred, including the anti-Israel BDS movement,...
Netanyahu slams report by Israeli watchdog group on fake social-media accounts ahead of election
A network of hundreds of mostly fake social-media accounts has meant to boost Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and tarnish his opponents ahead of next week’s April 9 national elections, according to an Israeli...
IDF commander who saved the Golan Heights from the Syrians has a message for...
If ever there was a counterpart to the biblical story of young David facing Goliath, the Yom Kippur War was just that. Avigdor Kahalani, now 74 and a modern-day David, was commander of a...
No joke: Jewish comedian wins first round in Ukrainian presidential election
Despite a lack of political experience and policy specifics, Jewish comedian Volodymyr Zelenskiy won the first round of voting in Ukraine’s presidential election on Sunday, leading against incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, though he fell...
L’universitaire yéménite Arwa Al-Khattabi : L’EI représente l’islam – Nous devons assumer nos responsabilités
Le 16 mars 2019, BBC Arabic (Royaume-Uni) diffusait un débat sur l’extrémisme et l’islam. Dr Makram Khoury-Machool, directeur du Centre européen pour l’étude de l’extrémisme, situé à Cambridge, a déclaré que la plupart des...
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...