Daily Archives: May 19, 2020
Jewish American Heritage Month
*EMET (Endowment for Middle East Truth) on Monday honored the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis as part of the celebration of May as Jewish American Heritage Month.
*Our thanks to Eva Trieger who spotted the video above...
Does the term ‘annexation’ even apply?
It so happens that this year is the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference, where the victorious Allied powers from World War I divided the Ottoman Empire and proposed Mandates for the former...
The silence of the Jews
A young Israeli soldier, Amit Ben-Yigal, was stoned to death last week by Palestinian Arab terroristsk. The response of the American Jewish left was appalling. However, the response of the rest of the Jewish...
The San Remo Conference, a century on
This month marks the 100th anniversary of the San Remo Conference. The international meeting was held by the Allied Supreme Council in the Italian Riviera in the aftermath of World War I, and determined...
San Diego County, nation, respond to hate incidents
Two grocery store incidents in Santee earlier this month in which a man wearing the hood of the Ku Klux Klan, and a man and woman wearing masks featuring swastikas, continue to reverberate. San...
Poll finds Israelis optimistic after peak of corona outbreak
A new poll published on Tuesday measured the attitudes in Israel, the Palestinian Authority, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, Italy and Poland, finding that Israelis are the most optimistic after the coronavirus...
Report: Porsche to incorporate Israeli AI tech in future vehicles
High-end German carmaker Porsche is going to incorporate technology from Haifa-based startup Tactile Mobility in its future vehicles, the companies announced on Monday at the eighth annual EcoMotion Conference.
“Tactile Mobility is a software and...
Bennett: Iran beginning to withdraw from Syria
Israel’s outgoing defense minister, Naftali Bannett, said on Monday that Iran is starting to remove its forces from Syria and urged his successor Benny Gantz to keep the pressure on Tehran.
“Iran is significantly reducing...
Israel lifts some coronavirus mask restrictions amid extreme heatwave
Israel’s Health Ministry on Tuesday temporarily lifted the requirement to wear protective masks in schools and open spaces due to an extreme heatwave in the country.
According to the Health Ministry, the exemption, which will...
Lebanese President Michel Aoun, Hezbollah ‘not the answer,’ says Lebanese journalist
Since the 1960s Israel has become a regional powerhouse, while Lebanon has regressed to the point where it is no longer a respected country, Lebanese journalist and political analyst Nadim Koteich in a recent...