Daily Archives: March 13, 2020
Jewish organizations rally behind Italian Jews amid coronavirus shutdown
Amid the ongoing coronavirus crisis in Italy, which has brought the country to a virtual standstill, prominent Jewish organizations continue to engage the Jewish community in the country.
Chairman Isaac Herzog and Chairman of Keren...
ADL publishes guide on anti-Semitic tropes for candidates, members of Congress
The Anti-Defamation League shared a new guide to contemporary anti-Semitism with Congress members and candidates running for national office in 2020.
“Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide to Old Myths in a New Era” examines “some of the most...
Biden’s victories reassure Jews worried about Sanders
Maybe now the threat of anti-Semitism – government-sanctioned anti-Semitism, to be specific – could be slackening with Bernie Sanders’s slackening presidential campaign.
American Jews feared that a Bernie Sanders presidency would intensify the anti-Semitic movement...
Israeli defense firm Elbit, US Air Force sign $471 million contract
The Israeli defense firm Elbit announced on Monday that its U.S. subsidiary has signed a contract with the U.S. Air Force worth up to $471 million.
Over a 10-year period, Elbit Systems of America will equip F-16...
The unexpurgated Oval Office address
It was obvious by the detached and halting delivery of President Trump’s Oval Office speech that it was composed by someone else and read off the teleprompter. Since I am close friends with the...
ADL’s anti-Semitism primer heading to candidates
Beginning this week, ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) will share a new comprehensive guide to contemporary antisemitism with candidates running for national office in 2020, as well as every member of Congress. Antisemitism Uncovered: A Guide...
Pandemic panic a breeding ground for the virus of Jew-hatred
Burned into the historical memory of the Jewish people is what happened in the period when the bubonic plague swept through Europe from 1347 to 1351. The “Black Death” was one of the greatest...
UNHRC delays Israeli-Palestinian debate due to coronavirus
The U.N. Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has delayed its 43rd session in Geneva, therefore suspending the Agenda 7 debate on the Israeli-Palestinian debate, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“The Bureau discussed with the UNOG Director...
US strikes five Iranian-backed weapons storage facilities after attack on US soldiers in Iraq
The United States launched on late Thursday strikes on five weapon storage facilities belonging to Kata’ib Hezbollah (Hezbollah Brigades) – an Iraqi Shia paramilitary group and part of the Popular Mobilization Forces supported by...
Netanyahu invites Gantz to form ‘emergency’ unity government
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has invited Blue and White Party leader Benny Gantz to talks about forming an emergency unity government amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The invitation comes as Israel has begun the process...