Monthly Archives: February 2020
Report: Israel kills senior Hezbollah operative in Syria
A senior Hezbollah operative was killed on Thursday in an Israeli drone strike in Syria, according to Arab media reports.
The official was named as Imad at-Tawil.
The Jordan-based Al-Hadath news outlet reported that Tawil was in charge...
Iran coronavirus death toll hits 26; infection continues to spread in the region
Twenty-six people have died so far from coronavirus in Iran, reported the Iranian news agency IRNA on Thursday.
Iranian authorities have closed schools, universities and other educational centers across the country, and have restricted public...
Otzma Yehudit head says he’ll quit election once Netanyahu quits Oslo Accords
Otzma Yehudit Party leader Itamar Ben-Gvir announced on Wednesday that he had offered Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deal, according to which he would withdraw from Monday’s national election if certain conditions were...
Gantz accuses Netanyahu of ‘poisoning’ Israel, fostering ‘culture of crime’
With Israel’s elections just days away, Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz on Wednesday slammed the door on a future unity deal with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud Party and launched a...
ADL CEO: ‘Forward’ op-ed alleging Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty is ‘shocking’
A Feb. 21 op-ed in The Forward that alleges Jewish day schools encourage dual loyalty to Israel is “shocking,” according to Anti-Defamation League CEO and national director Jonathan Greenblatt.
The op-ed’s anonymous author states that during their time working...
US sanctions Lebanese individuals, companies with alleged ties to Hezbollah
The United States on Wednesday sanctioned 15 Lebanese individuals and companies allegedly tied to a part of the U.S.-designated terrorist group Hezbollah’s financial support network called the Martyrs Foundation.
Atlas Holding was designated by the United States...
Lieberman: ‘No more unity, we will form a government without Netanyahu’
Yisrael Beiteinu head Avigdor Lieberman declared on Wednesday that following Israel’s March 2 election, the next government will be formed without Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Speaking at the Maariv business conference in Herzliya, Lieberman discussed the...
Sanders has short coattails, if any at all
Possibly our first Jewish president, and already Americans are panicking.
This sigh of relief: Democratic leaders and others are raising concerns about an overreaching agenda and a misguided approach to Israel, not over his religion...
In Paris, 250 European leaders, conference attendees to confront anti-Semitism in full force
Some 250 participants and European leaders gathered in Paris at the European Jewish Association’s (EJA) annual policy conference this week under the topic “Jews in Europe: United for a Better Future.”
The $11 million “European...
Dutch railway employees sing ‘inappropriate’ anti-Semitic song over loudspeaker
Employees of the Dutch national railway company Nederlandse Spoorwegen sang an anti-Semitic soccer chant on Feb. 22 over an inter-city train’s public announcement system.
During a train ride from a parade in the southern city...