Daily Archives: June 6, 2019
Lebanese writers criticize Hezbollah oppression
The Lebanese daily Al-Mudun and the Shi’ite Janoubia.com website, both known to be anti-Hezbollah, published articles recently bemoaning the situation in South Lebanon under Hezbollah rule. The articles criticized Hezbollah’s suppression of free expression, leisure and...
Bahrain conundrum: Will the Trump administration succeed in its first phase of Arab-Israeli peacemaking?
When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Israel’s return to the election drawing board, it sent political shockwaves throughout the country. It also proved shocking for the Trump administration since the government coalition failure...
Why Israel has been reluctant to launch a full-scale ground operation in Gaza
In the past year alone, Gaza’s terror factions fought eight rounds of conflict with Israel, signaling a collapse of the four-year period of quiet. Yet despite the frequent flare-ups, Israel stayed clear of launching...
Israel’s First Lady Nechama Rivlin laid to rest; praised as a devoted mother, grandmother...
Israel’s First Lady Nechama Rivlin was laid to rest on Wednesday at Jerusalem’s Mount Herzl cemetery after a solemn ceremony where she was praised by her husband, President Reuven Rivlin, as a devoted mother,...
Former Polish mayor awarded World Zionist Organization’s Jerusalem Prize
The World Zionist Organization has awarded its Jerusalem Prize for 2019 to Rafal Dutkiewicz, who served as mayor of the Polish city Wroclaw from 2002-2018, for his support for the local Jewish community.
During the...
Study finds Jewish teens flourish socially, emotionally and spiritually when connected to youth groups
There was a time when “Don’t trust anyone over 30” was the mantra for the young. But if a new study of Jewish teens—the largest of its kind ever attempted—can be believed, the situation...
Attorney General rejects Netanyahu’s request for pre-indictment hearing delay
Israel’s Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit will not give Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu an additional delay on the pre-indictment hearing in the three corruption cases against him, despite Netanyahu’s insistence that the hearing will...
Netanyahu appoints Amir Ohana as Israel’s new justice minister
According to an announcement on Wednesday by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Likud Knesset member Amir Ohana will serve as Israel’s justice minister until after the country’s Sept. 17 elections.
Elected to the Knesset in...
Friends of the IDF donate $60,000 to rebuild synagogue destroyed by Hamas rocket
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supporters Fred and Jeannette Bogart of Boca Raton, Fla., and New York donated $60,000 to rebuild the synagogue on the Israel Defense Forces’ Kissufim Base, home to...
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio: Anti-Semitism is a ‘right-wing movement’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Tuesday dismissed the notion that anti-Semitism exists on the left side of the political spectrum, saying that Jew-hatred is a “right-wing movement.”
At a press conference in...