Daily Archives: July 22, 2020
Online movie series to feature rescuers and rescued during years of Holocaust
The Jewish Foundation for the Righteous (JFR) is launching a Monday-night movie series, from July 27 to Aug. 21, each week airing one of its award-winning documentaries that highlight Righteous Gentiles who saved Jews...
Indoctrinated with hate: Palestinian schools are typical Muslim schools
A recent study examining nearly 400 textbooks and more than 100 teachers’ guides issued between 2013 and 2020 by the Palestinian Education Ministry found them to be rife with anti-Israel indoctrination.
According to the study’s author, Dr. Arnon...
A Jewish opera legend’s family is divided by cancel culture
Few things are sadder than when a family is divided by politics. But when it happens because of outside pressure and false accusations that threaten to destroy the legacy of a beloved father, what...
US Department of Justice takes action against New York village targeting Orthodox Jews
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York sent a letter Monday notifying the Village of Airmont in Rockland County, N.Y., that they plan to file suit against the village on...
Egyptian army foils ISIS terror attack in Sinai, kills 18
The Egyptian army announced that it foiled a terrorist attack on a military base in the northern Sinai village of Rabi’a on Tuesday that killed 18 of the attacking fighters, according to a report...
Labour Party to pay damages to whistleblowers who voiced anti-Semitic concerns
The Labour Party in the United Kingdom has agreed to pay substantial damages to seven former employees who sued for defamation after they raised concerns of anti-Semitism in the opposition party.
The whistleblowers—Louise Withers Green,...
Israel’s active COVID-19 cases top a record 31,000
The number of active coronavirus cases in Israel passed 31,000 on Wednesday, the highest figure recorded since the onset of the pandemic in March and a one-week increase of 10,000 cases, according to the...
Ari Fuld’s murderer sentenced to life in prison
Khalil Jabarin was sentenced to life in prison by the Judea Military Court on Tuesday for the fatal stabbing of American-Israeli Ari Fuld, 45, and attempting to murder three other people at the Gush Etzion shopping...
British Jews Board of Deputies compares China to Nazi Germany over treatment of Uyghurs
Board of Deputies of British Jews President Marie van der Zyl sent a letter to Chinese Ambassador to Britain Liu Xiaoming on July 20 stating that his government’s treatment of Uyghur Muslims is analogous to Nazi...
Jordan premier: Israeli extension of sovereignty akin to creating ‘apartheid state’
Jordanian Prime Minister Omar Razzaz said his country is inclined to “look positively” on a “one-state democratic solution” to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. On the contrary, he said if Israel were to extend sovereignty into...