Daily Archives: November 12, 2019
Socialism becomes the anti-Semitism of the enlightened
What is old is sometimes new again. In recent years, socialism—the ideology that gave birth to some of the worst horrors of the 20th and bloodiest century of the Common Era—is back. Only 30...
A worrying signal from Argentina
Writing in this column back in July, I said that if Argentina was going to execute its just-announced campaign to counter the influence of Iran and its Lebanese terrorist proxy, Hezbollah, in Latin America, then incumbent...
Trump recognizes US Army veteran who saved Jewish prisoners in World War II
In his speech during the New York City Veterans Day Parade on Monday, U.S. President Donald Trump recognized U.S. Army Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds, who saved the lives of 200 American Jewish prisoners of...
Atlanta Jewish Life Festival Returns to Aquarium in January 2020
Atlanta’s largest single-day celebration of Jewish culture and community returns to the Georgia Aquarium on January 26, 2020. The 2nd Annual Atlanta Jewish Life Festival promises to bring together over seventy-five different Jewish organizations,...
National unity government is ‘still possible,’ says Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu expressed confidence on Monday that it was still possible to achieve a “robust” unity government, saying there was no need for the country to go back to elections.
“The worst...
Argentina asks Azerbaijan to arrest Iranian suspect in 1994 AMIA bombing
Argentina is asking Azerbaijan to arrest an Iranian official visiting Baku in connection with the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish center in Buenos Aires.
Alí Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah...
Members of Congress call on Trump to cancel Erdoğan’s White House visit
A group of 17 members of the U.S. House of Representatives has called on U.S. President Donald Trump to cancel Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s visit to the White House on Wednesday.
In a letter, the...
Former Jordanian foreign minister calls for review of peace treaty with Israel
Jordan’s former foreign minister said last week that without a two-state solution Jordan’s national security is at risk, requiring a reexamination of its 1994 peace treaty with Israel.
In an interview with the Jordan’s Al-Mamlaka TV that...
Bernie Sanders: ‘It’s not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel’
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who is running for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, said that “it is not anti-Semitic to criticize the policies of the Israeli government,” adding on to his prior stance that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...
Middle East center at Indiana University circulates anti-Semitic flier
The Center for the Study of the Middle East (CSME) at Indiana University Bloomington has issued an apology for featuring in its newsletter a flier consisting of an anti-Semitic cartoon.
“The cartoon featured the Republican...