Daily Archives: December 24, 2019
Immigration to Israel hits highest number in decade in 2019
An estimated 34,000 immigrants moved to Israel in 2019, the largest number per year in the past decade, according to numbers published by the Jewish Agency.
The data includes those who immigrated during the period...
Washington imam: ‘Allah transformed Jews into apes and pigs for disobeying Him’
Indonesian-American Imam Mohamad Joban of Masjid Ar-Rahmah in Redmond, Washington, delivered a lecture recently focusing on the Quranic story of a town of Jews who were transformed into apes by Allah for having rebelled...
US restores assistance for Palestinian security services, humanitarian and civilian purposes
Part of the $1.37 trillion spending bill that U.S. President Donald Trump signed on Friday included $150 million split evenly between assistance for security services, and humanitarian and civilian purposes for the Palestinians.
The legislation included a bipartisan...
Israel-Diaspora relations then and now: Exhibit highlights work of late photographer Leonard Freed
Yet another U.N. agency has stepped into the minefield that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and as a result, appears in danger of losing its legitimacy.
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor, Fatou Bensouda, announced last...
Time to shut down the Palestinian Hanukkah and Christmas scams
It used to be confined to an annual piece of theater staged by the Palestinian Authority every Christmas. The festivities in P.A.-governed Bethlehem are primarily aimed at promoting Christian tourism. But statements alleging that...
IDF’s International Cooperation Unit works to ensure room for operations in an increasingly crowded...
The Middle East has become crowded with an array of armed forces—ranging from coalitions of militaries to non-state actors—with many of them operating right on Israel’s doorstep.
The Israel Defense Force’s International Cooperation Unit (ICU),...
Report: Trump administration opposes Turkey sanctions bill
The Trump administration is reportedly opposing a bill that would sanction Turkey for purchasing Russian missiles, claiming that it would push both countries towards further cooperation.
The administration also opposes a part of the measure that would...