Daily Archives: November 22, 2019
Are Netanyahu’s indictments the same as the push to impeach Trump?
After years of rumors, leaks, a bitter politicized debate and endless delays, Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit finally announced that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was to be indicted on charges of bribery, fraud and...
Helena Bonham Carter learns of grandfather who helped Jews escape the Holocaust
Actress Helena Bonham Carter discovered that her grandfather helped thousands of French Jews escape the Holocaust in a new TV series starting next week in the United Kingdom.
“My Grandparents’ War,” a four-part series, has...
Sacha Baron Cohen slams social-media giants for hate speech on platforms
British Jewish actor Sacha Baron Cohen, upon accepting the Anti-Defamation League’s International Fellowship Award in New York City on Thursday, criticized social-media giants for allowing hate speech to flourish on their platforms.
He called the steps taken...
The South Carolina politician who laid the foundation for the new US policy on...
The announcement earlier this week by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the United States no longer considers Israeli settlements to be in violation of international law did not happen in a vacuum.
Over...
Former Labour MP denounces party as ‘institutionally anti-Semitic’; Jews were ‘bullied’ out
A former British Labour MP denounced the party for being “institutionally anti-Semitic” and its leader, Jeremy Corbyn, as unfit to be Britain’s next prime minister during her speech Thursday morning at the Anti-Defamation League’s...
The political fallout to the Netanyahu indictment highlights entrenched partisan divide
The attorney general’s announcement on Thursday night, that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is being indicted for bribery and breach of trust led to strong reactions from all sides of the political spectrum.
Netanyahu called...
Israel Police close a number of Palestinian institutions in Jerusalem over incitement
Israel Police closed multiple Palestinian institutions on Wednesday on orders issued by Public Security Minister Gilad Erdan, The Jerusalem Post reported.
The order was given after intelligence revealed that the Palestinian Authority was operating a branch of...
Reward offered for leads in stabbing of Jewish man near synagogue in Monsey, N.Y.
Security was increased on Thursday in the New York hamlet of Monsey, about 30 miles north of New York City, where an Orthodox Jewish man was stabbed multiple times a day earlier while on his way...
Netanyahu says indictment an ‘attempted coup,’ vows to remain in office
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a defiant tone on Thursday night, calling the corruption charges levied against him as an “attempted coup,” and that he vows to remain in office and fight the...
Mandelblit indicts Netanyahu on corruption charges
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced the decision on Thursday to indict Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on corruption charges including bribery, breach of trust and fraud.
“In the prime minister’s affairs I found there...