Daily Archives: November 4, 2019
Arab countries should pay for humanitarian relief in Gaza
We can all share Sen. Bernie Sanders’s concern for the people of Gaza: ”What is going on in Gaza right now…is absolutely inhumane.”
The senator’s scheme to relieve their pain collapses when he proposes that...
Netanyahu and Gantz Need to Learn the Hebrew Word “Mamlachtiut”
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The Israeli notion of mamlachtiut does not translate well into English. Coming from the word mamlacha, or kingdom, the word suggests the quality of acting in a sovereign-like fashion. David Ben-Gurion used the term when...
Swastika found on menorah monument in Colombia
A menorah monument in the Colombia’s capital, Bogotá, was vandalized with a swastika.
The country’s foreign ministry described the graffiti on the monument on Israel State Avenue as exemplifying “intolerance and hate.”
The vandalism consisted of...
Anti-Semitic hate crimes in Sweden increase by record-high 53 percent
Anti-Semitic hate crimes in Sweden increased by 53 percent last year compared to 2016, according to its government in a report released last week that showed a 69 percent increase in racist or xenophobic...
Nefesh B’Nefesh to host ‘aliyah’ events in US, Canada through end of 2019
Nefesh B’Nefesh, the organization dedicated to revitalizing aliyah by minimizing the financial, professional, logistical and social obstacles associated with the process, will be providing prospective new olim (immigrants to Israel) with the opportunity to have all their practical...
Greek woman reunited with siblings she saved during Holocaust and their 40 descendants
“There is no way to describe the acts of heroism and the danger they took upon themselves and all those around them to shelter an entire family,” said Sarah Yanai upon reuniting with the...
Trump administration pays tribute to 40th anniversary of Iran hostage crisis
The Trump administration commemorated the 40th anniversary of Iranian taking over the U.S. embassy in Iran on Nov. 4, 1979, and keeping 52 U.S. diplomats and citizens hostage for a total of 444 days.
“Today,...
Twitter suspends accounts affiliated with Hamas and Hezbollah
Social-networking service Twitter has suspended numerous accounts affiliated with the terrorist organizations Hamas and Hezbollah, according to media reports on Saturday.
Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television station protested on Saturday that most of its Twitter accounts had...
Report: Israeli Malware used to hack Indian politician’s smartphone
Indian National Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was informed by WhatsApp Inc. that her phone was hacked during India’s election campaign this year by Malware from the Israeli firm NSO Group, the party...
Israel’s High Court stays extradition to US of suspected Russian hacker
Israel’s High Court of Justice on Sunday ordered a temporary postponement of the extradition to the United States of Russian IT specialist Aleksey Burkov, who the family of an Israeli-American woman imprisoned in Russia...