Daily Archives: May 28, 2019
Rethinking restitution: A case for Jewish dignity
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki recently asserted that his government would never agree to pay restitution for property stolen from Jews during the Holocaust. This is in stark contrast to other European Union states,...
Trump deal not likely to bring Mideast peace
U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Deal of the Century” keeps getting postponed, but it’s been revealed in pieces.
It seems to involve lots of money for Palestinians to be contributed by a number of Arab governments....
Israel bombs Syrian anti-aircraft battery following attack on Israeli warplane
The Israel Defense Forces has confirmed that it launched a strike against a Syrian anti-aircraft battery on Monday night, after the battery fired on an Israeli fighter jet flying a routine mission over northern...
Knesset approves first reading of bill to dissolve government
In a vote of 64-44, the Israeli Knesset on Monday night approved in its first reading a bill to disband the legislature.
Second and third readings will likely be held Wednesday night if Israeli Prime...
Krakow street to be named after rabbi and 300 orphans murdered in the Holocaust
The city council in Krakow, Poland, has announced that a municipal street will be named next month after Rabbi David Alter Kurzmann, a caretaker of the Krakow ghetto orphanage.
During the liquidation of the orphanage...
Foreign-policy adviser for Bernie Sanders meets with PLO official Hanan Ashwari
Hanan Ashrawi, longtime aide to Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, met on Monday with Matthew Duss, the foreign-policy adviser for the presidential campaign of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), according to a statement released...
Miss Iraq to receive Ambassador for Peace award in Geneva for promoting tolerance
Geneva-based non-governmental organization United Nations Watch has announced that Sarah Idan, who as Miss Iraq in 2017 faced death threats for posting a photo of herself with Miss Israel, will receive the Swiss organization’s Ambassador...
Abbas: Trump administration peace proposal can ‘go to hell’
“The ‘deal of the century,’ or the deal of disgrace, will go to hell,” said Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a ceremony in Ramallah on Monday.
Speaking of the U.S.-sponsored conference in Bahrain scheduled...
The problem in Germany is about more than a ‘kipah’
Who could really be surprised by the story that grabbed the attention of the Jewish world this past weekend? When Felix Klein, Germany’s first Commissioner for Jewish Life in Germany and the Fight Against...
Saudi writers: Israel ‘destined to disappear; accepting it is treason against ourselves’
In the past two years, Saudi media have published no few expressions of support for Israel, and for normalizing relations with it. The Iranian threat, and its tangible manifestations in Yemen, Syria and Iraq,...