Daily Archives: January 28, 2020
Bible Lands Museum exhibits age-old Yemenite culture and heritage, and their contemporary connections to...
An exhibition at the Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem shows that the ancient people living in the southern Arabia region (present-day Yemen) were largely connected to the land of Israel, despite being largely isolated...
What Putin didn’t talk about in Jerusalem …
Predictably, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s speech to last week’s World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem raised hackles among the responsible guardians of Holocaust memory. The Russian dictator claimed that 40 percent of the 6 million Jewish victims...
Speculation rife over Trump’s deal, Bibi’s immunity
Trump is on trial, whether he concedes it or not.
Bibi’s immunity is waiting confirmation or denial in the Knesset. Chances are that it’ll be denied if it gets to a vote.
We’ve had three days...
United States Nuclear Strategy: Deterrence, Escalation and War
War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied.
--Sun Tzu, The Art of...
Israelis pay tribute to Kobe Bryant after NBA legend dies in helicopter crash
Following the news that famed NBA player Kobe Bryant died on Sunday in a helicopter crash in California, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tweeted that the 41-year-old was “one of the greatest basketball players in history,”...
Netanyahu formally indicted in three corruption cases
Israeli Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit filed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s indictment in Jerusalem on Tuesday, just hours after Netanyahu withdrew his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution in the three corruption cases against him. The indictment...
ISIS spokesman declares war on Israel, says jihad has entered ‘new phase’
Islamic State spokesman Abu Hamza al-Qurashi stated in a speech published by the terror group’s media arm Al-Furqan on Monday that ISIS was “declaring war” on Israel, and called on ISIS branches in Sinai...
Saudi foreign minister denies Israelis can visit the kingdom
Saudi Arabian Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan bin Abdullah Al Saud on Monday denied an earlier Israeli report that Israeli citizens could now visit the country, stressing that Saudi policy remained unchanged on...
Netanyahu withdraws request for parliamentary immunity
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is currently in Washington, D.C., for a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump, announced on Tuesday that he will withdraw his request for parliamentary immunity from prosecution in...
Auschwitz liberation ceremony draws world leaders, Holocaust survivors and their families
On the hallowed grounds of Auschwitz-Birkenau on Monday, Holocaust survivors and world leaders gathered to commemorate the 75 anniversary of the liberation of the camp, where a stark message about the growth of anti-Semitism...