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Daily Archives: May 30, 2019

Young Arabs want less religion in the Middle East

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Results of a recent annual survey of Arab youth suggest that Arab autocracies have yet to deliver expected public services and goods or explain autocratic efforts to promote nationalism. The survey indicates that jobs and social...
Photo: Israeli 2013 election ballots (Credit: Wikimedia Commons)

Oy vey! Israel to go through another election

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Negotiations to form the next government of Israel became a game that nobody was going to win. There’re only losers in Netanyahu’s attempt to form again a right-wing government after the April 9 elections....

Mexico, ADL ink an anti- hate pact

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The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) and the Mexican Foreign Ministry on Wednesday signed an agreement to work collaboratively to assist people of Mexican heritage living in the United States who are victims of discrimination, bigotry,...
Attendees from the Orthodox Union Women’s Initiative Leadership Summit. Credit: Courtesy.

Orthodox women connect, contribute and hone in on leadership roles

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For two days, a group of 100 Orthodox Jewish women representing 56 communities across the United States and abroad gathered to learn together, network and gain leadership skills that will enable to them to...
From left: U.S. Special Representative for Iran Brian Hook, White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. Special Envoy for Mideast peace negotiations Jason Greenblatt and Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu meets with Kushner and Greenblatt ahead of peace plan rollout

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Israel with White House senior adviser and presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner and U.S. special envoy to the Middle East Jason Greenblatt on Thursday ahead of next month’s...
U.S. President Donald Trump. Credit: Sean Sullivan and Robert Costa via Flickr.

Trump publicly expresses disappointment with second round of Israeli elections

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U.S. President Donald Trump expressed disappointment on Thursday as Israel will hold new elections on Sept. 17 following Israeli lawmakers taking an unprecedented step on Wednesday to dissolve the Knesset. “It’s too bad what happened in Israel,”...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, host a dinner for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his wife, Akie, at the PM's Residence in Jerusalem on May 2, 2018. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

El Al debuts first direct flights between Tokyo and Tel Aviv

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Israel and Japan have agreed to open their first direct air link, with El Al airlines announcing on Wednesday that it will open the first direct Tel Aviv to Tokyo flight in March. Israel’s Foreign...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman at a graduation ceremony of the National Security College on July 13, 2016. Photo by Flash90.

Likud MKs blast Lieberman, warn he will ‘pay the price’ for scuttling coalition talks

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Likud Knesset members railed against Yisrael Beiteinu chairman Avigor Lieberman in Israeli media on Thursday morning, hours after his refusal to join Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s coalition forced Israel into new elections next...
Senior presidential adviser Jared Kushner and U.S. Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on June 22, 2018. Photo by Matty Stern/U.S. Embassy Jerusalem.

Palestinians: New Israeli elections spell the end for Trump’s peace plan

According to a senior Palestinian Authority source, Israel’s new elections, currently set for Sept. 17, will postpone the presentation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mideast peace plan until after the 2020 elections in the...
HP Indigo building in Ness Ziona, Israel. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

HP to install AI-based software developed by Israeli cybersecurity firm

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U.S. computer and printer manufacturer HP Inc. announced on Tuesday that “it will install artificial intelligence-based software developed by Israeli cybersecurity firm Deep Instinct in its next generation computers in a bid to protect...