Monthly Archives: April 2020
Money for terrorists but not for coronavirus?
According to official Palestinian figures, the Palestinian Authority paid terrorists held by Israel NIS 517 million ($143 million) in 2019, compared to NIS 502 million ($140 million) in 2018. In January 2020 alone, they...
Mimouna: The very opposite of social distancing
On Thursday night, as sundown falls on the holiday of Passover, Sephardic Jews everywhere will celebrate the centuries-old tradition of Mimouna. This is the night when Jews open their doors to their neighbors, offering...
Israel Police use drones to track coronavirus patients
As part of the country’s efforts to stop the spread of the coronavirus pandemic, the Israel Police are using drones to keep tabs on coronavirus patients under home quarantine.
Israel is also using advanced surveillance...
Report: Israeli drone fires missiles at Hezbollah vehicle in Syria
An Israeli drone fired two missiles at a vehicle near the Syria-Lebanon border carrying a pair of Hezbollah members on Wednesday, according to a Hezbollah official. Neither of the Hezbollah members was wounded in...
US freezes WHO funding pending a review of its coronavirus response
President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday a freeze in U.S. funding for the World Health Organization as the administration conducts a 60- to 90-day review of the organization’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump has...
Israel’s coronavirus death toll rises to 140; Passover curfew lifted
Israel awoke on Thursday to the lifting of a nationwide curfew imposed for the end of the Passover holiday, while the government is reportedly considering additional easing of general lockdown directives.
The national coronavirus death...
After Gantz fails to meet deadline, Rivlin tasks Knesset with forming government
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Thursday informed Blue and White head Benny Gantz that his mandate to form a government would now pass to the Knesset, after Gantz failed to present a government by...
Verter fun der Vokh: די װי֜דעאָ־זי֜צונג – Video Conference
conference call: דער בציבור־קלונג, ־ען
join a meeting: צו֜שטיין צו אַ זי֜צונג; אַרײַ֜נטרעטן אין אַ זי֜צונג
meeting ID: די זי֜צונג־אידע֜נטיפֿיקאַ֜ציע
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L’antisémitisme en France – 10ème partie : Mise en perspective
Dans le contexte de la crise mondiale du coronavirus, de la montée du complotisme, des populismes et des extrémismes dans le monde et en France notamment, MEMRI publie une étude en 10 parties sur...
A conversation with Aron Bielski, last of the Bielski brothers
Aron Bielski is the youngest and last living member of the Bielski brigade, which he founded along with three of his brothers. Their activities have become widely known as one of the largest partisan...