Daily Archives: November 7, 2019
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For UNRWA, the party is over
When I heard that United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Commissioner Pierre Krahenbuhl had resigned, I was shocked. After all, the United Nations does not have the...
How U.S. benefits from alliance with Israel
One of the few points of unbounded bipartisan agreement in Washington has for decades been that U.S.-Israel security cooperation is right, good, mutually beneficial, and worth every nickel spent on it. It is well–grounded...
StandWithUs opens legal-education resource center on Jewish people and Israel
The legal department at StandWithUs has announced the opening of the Israel education group’s continuing legal education resource center.
Attorneys who need to fulfill their CLE credits can do so in an easily navigable setting...
‘The Last Five Years’ pulls heart strings
When most people think of musical theatre, they think of large casts with full orchestras, glitzy dance numbers and a love story with a happy ending. That is not this story. Jason Robert Brown’s The...
Can Israel’s party leaders find a way out of third elections?
Israel’s election impasse doesn’t appear to be waning as the country is closing in on nearly two months since its second national election in September. In the past several days, various reports have emerged...
Report: Trump refused Netanyahu request to fund PA security forces
U.S. President Donald Trump turned down a request several months ago by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to allow the transfer of $12 million dollars to the Palestinian Authority security forces, Israel’s Channel 13 reported on...
UNRWA head resigns over misconduct allegations
The head of the United Nation’s Palestinian refugee agency announced his resignation on Wednesday, following allegations of sexual misconduct, nepotism, retaliation, discrimination and other abuses of authority.
The United Nations said in a statement that UNRWA Commissioner-General ...
Israel created and controls ISIS, says Chicago Islamic scholar
An American Islamic scholar based in Chicago said in a video uploaded to his YouTube channel on Sept. 11, 2019, that the Islamic State (ISIS) is now fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan because “you...
Jewish organizations ‘deeply troubled’ by Democrats’ talk of leveraging US aid to Israel
The Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations, an umbrella group of 50 Jewish organizations, released a statement on Nov. 1 condemning the Democratic presidential candidates saying that aid to Israel should be used as leverage...
Thousands bridge countries and cultures, kicking off new year of Masa programs
As many as 2,500 Masa fellows, alumni and professionals from 40 countries gathered at Ra’anana Park Amphitheater in Israel to celebrate the launch of the 2019-20 programming year and the organization’s 50th anniversary.
In addition...