Daily Archives: April 23, 2020
Streaming the Armenian genocide
On April 24, 1915 the Ottoman Empire arrested approximately 250 prominent Armenians and deported them a month later to the Turkish interior where most of them were killed. Armenians annually commemorate April 24th as Armenian...
Meet Deni Avdija
When discussing the history of Jewish people in the NBA, there are usually very few. The two names heard most frequently are usually Jordan Farmar, a very good backup point guard for the Lakers...
Do the Jews really need a Conference of Presidents?
Blame it all on John Foster Dulles.
The origins of an entity that has long been considered the focal point of organizational advocacy for Israel dates back to 1956, when President Dwight Eisenhower’s secretary of...
From San Remo to its 72nd birthday, Israel survives the virus of political and...
One hundred years ago this Sunday, the four principal allied powers involved in World War I signed a resolution at San Remo. Next week, Israel celebrates Yom Ha’atzmaut, the 72nd anniversary of the state’s...
Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon reports its first case of coronavirus
A woman from Syria has become the first person in the sole Palestinian refugee camp in eastern Lebanon to test positive for the coronavirus, reported the Associated Press on Wednesday.
UNRWA, the U.N. Palestinian refugee agency, said that all...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll reaches 191, with 14,592 confirmed cases
Israel’s coronavirus death toll currently stands at 191, the country’s Health Ministry reported on Thursday, with 14,592 confirmed cases of infection since the start of the pandemic.
There are currently 136 COVID-19 patients in critical...
Bank of Israel: COVID-19 school closures costing the state NIS 2.6 billion a week
The Bank of Israel reported on Thursday that the shutdown of the country’s education system due to the coronavirus pandemic is costing Israel NIS 2.6 billion ($735 million) per week. According to the report,...
Pompeo: Annexation of territory in Judea and Samaria an ‘Israeli decision’
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether or not to annex parts of the West Bank, and that discussions on the issue are taking place...
Jerusalemites stand side by side Holocaust survivors as Yom Hashoah siren sounds
As the siren to commemorate Yom Hashoah sounded throughout Israel on Tuesday morning, 1,600 volunteers in Jerusalem stood outside the homes of Holocaust survivors marking a moment of silence together for Israel’s Holocaust Remembrance...
Pompeo: Iran military satellite launch may violate UN resolution
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that Iran’s launch of a military satellite may have defied U.N. Security Council resolution 2231 and that Tehran should be held “accountable.” UNSC Resolution 2231...