Daily Archives: June 20, 2019
World Refugee Day: Perspective From Jerusalem
Our agencies, located on the web at www.IsraelBehindTheNews.com, have engaged professional staff since August 1, 2000 to examine and translate the new school books issued by the Palestinian Authority Ministry of Education and used by...
“America First” as a Matter of Law
“There is no longer a virtuous nation, and the best of us live by candlelight.” -William Butler Yeats
From the beginning of his presidency, Donald Trump has presumed a hard and fast distinction between America’s national...
Raging at rabbis: when rights collide in Jerusalem
This week, the Jerusalem Municipality authorized the naming of five alleyways and narrow streets in the Batan al-Hawa neighborhood of Silwan after rabbis. Currently, 12 Jewish families and hundreds of Palestinian families live in...
Seven ‘Women of Valor’ saluted at Jewish Arts Festival
Celebrating its tenth anniversary as an annual part of the Lipinsky Family San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, this year’s Women of Valor featured seven outstanding local Jewish women, Jaqui Silver, Pianist and Educator; Allison...
Why disingenuous Holocaust analogies matter
Even leftists are a little embarrassed by it.
The willingness of some Americans to analogize the plight of illegal immigrants seeking to enter the United States with that of Jews who sought to flee the...
‘Anne Frank: The Collected Works’ to be published in US
“Anne Frank: The Collected Works,” which consists of three versions of her famous diary and several letters she wrote to her paternal grandmother before the 15-year-old perished in the Holocaust, will be published in...
US confirms Iran shot down American spy drone over the Strait of Hormuz
A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, confirmed on Thursday that an American drone had been shot down by an Iranian surface-to-air missile.
According to the anonymous official, who spoke to the Reuters news...
Fatah calls for violence against Israel during Bahrain conference
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah movement is calling for violence against Israel during next week’s Bahrain conference. Earlier this week, Fatah posted an image of a masked Palestinian throwing a rock on its official...
Bahrain to permit journalists from Israeli outlets to cover U.S.-led economic summit
Bahrain will allow journalists from six different Israeli media outlets to enter the country next week to cover the U.S.-sponsored economic workshop in Manama, Channel 13 News reported on Wednesday.
Bahrain reportedly approved the entry...
American Jewish tourist beaten in Berlin
An American Jewish tourist was injured in an anti-Semitic assault in Berlin, police announced on Wednesday.
The unnamed 23-year-old man was in the Steglitz district when three men confronted him, according to a police statement.
“The...