Daily Archives: September 10, 2019
The ‘first Jewish’ president’s anti-Semitic surrogate
Will Bernie Sanders be America’s first Jewish president? That’s up to Democratic primary voters and then the rest of the electorate should he receive his party’s nomination. But the Vermont senator’s choice of a...
Was Netanyahu’s latest nuclear ‘bombshell’ election propaganda?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took to the airwaves on Monday evening to reveal the existence and exact location of yet another secret nuclear-weapons development site in Iran—this one at Abadeh, in the Fars province of...
Netanyahu vows to annex all settlements after election, starting with Jordan Valley
In a major announcement less than a week before Israel’s general elections on Sept. 17, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to annex all settlements if re-elected, starting immediately with the Jordan Valley.
“One place...
Ongoing tensions lead to Trump firing Bolton as national security advisor
U.S. President Donald Trump fired National Security Advisor John Bolton on Tuesday amid disagreements regarding Iran, North Korea and other foreign-policy issues.
“I informed John Bolton last night that his services are no longer needed...
Herzog calls Belgian ritual-slaughter ban ‘infringement’ of religious freedom
Jewish Agency chairman Isaac Herzog sent a letter on Monday to the president of the Belgian regional parliament of Wallonia in an appeal to lift the ban on kosher ritual slaughter without stunning in...
Lithuanian demonstrators mount new memorial plaque for Nazi collaborator
Protesters in Lithuania’s capital reinstalled last week a memorial plaque to Nazi collaborator Jonas Noreika after the municipality had an earlier plaque dedicated to him removed.
The plaque was mounted, without a permit, on a wall...
Taliban outraged following Trump’s cancellation of secret Camp David meeting
Following U.S. President Donald Trump’s cancellation of a secret U.S.-Taliban meeting that was to have been held at Camp David on Sept. 9, the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (the Taliban organization) issued the following...
Push for security cameras at polling stations stalls in Knesset
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu encountered a political bump on the road on Monday when his bill to place cameras in polling stations for next week’s election failed to pass in committee; in fact,...
Largest menorah in Europe donated to Sderot by Christian Zionists
Dutch Christian Zionist have donated what was previously the largest Hanukkah menorah in Europe to the Israeli city of Sderot as a gesture of solidarity with the Gaza-border town, which has suffered for years...
2,500 attend Birthright Israel mega-event in Ukraine
This week, 2,500 Birthright Israel alumni and friends gathered in Odessa, Ukraine, as part of the largest Birthright Israel event ever to take place outside of Israel.
Once home to Revolutionary Zionist leader Ze’ev Jabotinsky,...