Daily Archives: January 8, 2020
Strong opinions surface over Soleimani assassination
Prior to Iran’s retaliation on two Iraqi bases where American troops are stationed, congressional candidate Sara Jacobs denounced the killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani by American forces. She wrote: “This ill-conceived operation was the culmination...
New political scramble as Bibi seeks immunity
Bibi waited until the last prime time television spot before the deadline, to announce that he was applying for immunity.
The day earlier, one of the news shows replayed an earlier statement that he had...
Israelis should emulate American Jewish attempts at unity
The great divide between the ultra-Orthodox minority and the non-Orthodox majority in the American Jewish community was hard to miss lately. The march against anti-Semitism from Lower Manhattan over the Brooklyn Bridge was almost...
Iraq missile attacks are response to Soleimani killing, Iranian media claims
The missile attack on an Iraqi base housing U.S. troops on Wednesday morning was a response to the killing of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani by the United States on Friday, Iranian state TV reported...
Trump’s address on Iran projects US ‘deterrence,’ say experts
Middle East experts reacted to U.S. President Donald Trump’s address on Iran on Wednesday, which called for new sanctions on Iran and further NATO involvement, by saying the president further doubled down on his maximum pressure...
Anti-Israel group Code Pink listed as co-creator of annual Women’s March
The anti-Israel group Code Pink is listed as a co-creator for the annual Women’s March in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 18.
The anti-war group, which was a partner of the 2019 march, was founded in 2002 by...
Ukrainian airliner goes down in Tehran, killing 176
A Ukrainian Boeing 737 passenger jet crashed shortly after takeoff in Tehran on Wednesday, killing all 176 people aboard. Though a spokesman for Iran’s Road and Transportation Ministry claimed that the crash was caused...
Netanyahu lauds Soviet immigrants, criticizes harsh remarks by chief rabbi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu criticized as “outrageous and inappropriate” recent comments by Israel’s Sephardic chief rabbi about immigrants from the former Soviet Union.
According to Ynet, at a rabbinical gathering in Jerusalem last week, Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef...
Luxury hotel in Negev Desert lands on ‘must-visit’ travel lists for 2020
A new hotel in Israel’s Negev Desert was included on CNN’s list of the 20 “top hotels to check out in 2020.”
The Six Senses Shaharut, opening in April, was described by CNN as “the perfect destination for the intrepid...
Anti-Semitic vandalism strikes Jewish sites in France, Greece and Ukraine
Anti-Jewish vandalism has struck France, Greece and Ukraine within the past week.
About a dozen graves were vandalized in the Jewish cemetery of Bayonne, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques area, in southwest France.
The damage was sighted by...