Daily Archives: June 25, 2020
Three Jewish Women of Valor
What does being Jewish mean to you? Is it keeping up the practices of an ancient religion? Are the values separate from the prayers or are they symbiotic? Do we wear a Star of...
What’s more important in a president? Policy or character?
For Republicans and many supporters of Israel, former National Security Advisor John Bolton went from hero to zero in the last year. For opponents of President Donald Trump, it’s different. They always intensely disliked...
Shattering the illusions of Oslo
Within the next week, the government of Israel will decide whether or not to implement a part of the Trump “Peace to Prosperity” plan by extending sovereignty over 30 percent of Judea and Samaria,...
Pompeo: It’s Israel’s decision whether to move ahead with sovereignty plan
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday that it was up to Israel whether or not to extend sovereignty over parts of Judea and Samaria.
Speaking shortly after the United Nations and Arab...
Arab League head: Israel’s sovereignty bid could spark ‘a religious war’
Arab League Secretary-General Ahmed Aboul Gheit told the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria could ignite “a religious war in and beyond...
Israel ‘on the verge of losing control’ over second wave of COVID-19
Israeli officials warned on Wednesday that the country was at risk of “losing control” over a second-wave outbreak of coronavirus, as 532 new infections were confirmed in the past 24 hours and hospitals were...
Iran’s coronavirus death toll approaches 10,000
Iran’s COVID-19 death toll is nearing 10,000, with 2,531 new cases and 133 deaths recorded during the past day alone, the country’s Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
This latest surge follows a fall in cases...
Israel reinstates use of spy tech to track coronavirus carriers
Israel’s government voted unanimously on Wednesday to resume the use of surveillance tools by the Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) to trace the movements of known coronavirus carriers, amid a surge in new COVID-19...
Israel moves a step closer to decriminalizing cannabis
Israel’s Knesset on Wednesday passed in preliminary votes a pair of bills dealing with the decriminalization and regulation of the use and possession of cannabis.
The first bill, submitted by Likud Knesset member Sharren Haskel,...
Bunks closed, pools empty: The overnight-camp summer that wasn’t
Dahlia Jones was looking forward to this summer. For six years, she’s been attending Eisner Camp, and this year would be her last as a camper. She was looking forward to all the special...