Daily Archives: August 19, 2019
![Ninety-year-old Muftia Tlaib and US congresswoman Rashida Tlaib [Twitter]](https://jewishwebsite.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/PicsArt_08-16-01.44.58-e1566059859984-324x235.jpg "Tlaib’s ‘grandma’ claim hypocritical")
Tlaib’s ‘grandma’ claim hypocritical
It’s curious that U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib would travel to a country – namely, Israel – that they suggest replicates Nazi Germany.
Of course, Israel is no Nazi Germany. No concentration camps,...
U.S.-North Korea Nuclear War: Assessing Plausible Risks
“Military strategy, whether we like it or not, has become the diplomacy of violence.”-Thomas C. Schelling, Arms and Influence (1966)
US President Donald Trump says he doesn’t know if North Korea is building additional nuclear weapons, but...
Trump: Mideast peace plan to follow second round of Israeli elections on Sept. 17
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Sunday that the second part of the White House’s long-awaited Mideast peace deal for the Israelis and Palestinians will likely be released after Israel’s Sept. 17 elections.
“I probably...
A graphic novel of Jews hunting Nazis
his graphic novel is set shortly before the Six-Day War of 1967 with the action alternating between B’nei Barak, Israel, and Sao Paulo, Brazil. A Haredi Jew in B’nei Barak has nightmares remembering how...
Netanyahu, Zelensky sign bilateral cooperation deal boosting Israel-Ukrainian ties
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed bilateral agreements on Monday, a day after the Israeli leader landed in Kiev for an official visit.
In a statement following the signing at...
Ohio man arrested after threatening to shoot up Jewish community center
A New Middletown Village man was arrested on Aug. 17 after police said he made a threat toward the Jewish Community Center of Youngstown, Ohio.
James Reardon, Jr., 20, is being held in Mahoning County...
Israeli software firm lands $137 million FAA contract
Israeli software company NICE Systems Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) with air-traffic-control capabilities that will enhance transportation safety, according to Israeli financial newspaper Globes.
According to the...
Democrats weigh action against Israeli, US ambassadors over Tlaib, Omar entry ban
A group of Democratic members of the House of Representatives is considering opening an investigation into the conduct of U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman following Israel’s decisionto bar Reps. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and Ilhan...
Joint Arab List chief demands Barak drop out of election race
Joint Arab List chairman Ayman Odeh on Saturday called on former prime minister and Democratic Union member Ehud Barak to drop out of the Sept. 17 Knesset race.
In a Facebook post, Odeh condemned Barak...
Welfare minister resigns as corruption charges loom
Likud Knesset member Haim Katz resigned as Israel’s welfare minister on Friday after Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced earlier in the week that he plans to indict him on fraud and breach of trust...