Daily Archives: August 5, 2019
Focus on education when it comes to UNRWA
With all the recent publicity afforded to the administrative indiscretions of UNRWA, the time has come to focus on a more vital aspect of this refugee agency: education.
After all, UNRWA allocates 54% of...
Likud members swear fealty to Bibi
Avigdor Lieberman has stated publicly that because of his endeavor to promote a national unity government (consisting – of course- of himself, Likud, and Blue and White), Likud may have to choose another leader. He mentioned Yuli Edelstein, the...
Lewis, Warren, and the New York Times pile on Israel
The ongoing anti-Jewish/anti-Israel movement is finding enablers in credible people and institutions in America. Namely, civil rights icon and U.S. Rep. John Lewis; Sen. Elizabeth Warren; and The New York Times.
The use of enablers is...
Dutch national railway to compensate Holocaust survivors and their families
Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS), the Dutch national railway company, announced over the weekend that it had completed the necessary preparation to pay compensation to Holocaust survivors who were sent via Dutch trains to the death...
Netanyahu pronounces condolences following mass shootings in Texas and Ohio
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu conveyed his condolences to the American people on Sunday night after back-to-back mass shootings rocked the cities of El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio, over the weekend.
“In the past...
The Israel Project shutters its offices after nearly two decades
The nonpartisan educational group The Israel Project (TIP) closed its office in Israel last week and is expected to do the same in Washington.
Started in 2002, the pro-Israel organization saw a massive decline in...
Netanyahu, Modi celebrate Israel-India ties via Twitter
Israeli Prime Minister Benajmin Netanyahu and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed their mutual appreciation via Twitter on Sunday, celebrating the strong ties between the two nations.
The online greetings were triggered by a tweet...
Jews in Belgium outraged after daily paper prints anti-Semitic, anti-Israel article
Belgium’s Jews are in an uproar and have filed a police complaint after a Belgian journalist wrote in an article that “there is no promised land, only stolen land.”
The journalist, Dimitri Verhulst, writing in...
Conference of Presidents taps William Daroff as new CEO
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group with 53 member organizations, has selected William Daroff as its next CEO, JNS has learned.
Currently senior vice president for public policy and...
Likud members asked to sign pledge to back Netanyahu as Likud Party leader
Supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are drawing up a document for Likud Knesset candidates to sign, which states that they will only back Netanyahu as party leader.
The move comes in response to...