Daily Archives: August 18, 2020
‘Terror tunnel’ dating back to 1948 unearthed in Tzfat
Work to upgrade the entrance to Tzfat’s Old City has unearthed an attack tunnel dating to Israel’s 1948 War of Independence. Experts believe that the tunnel was dug by local Arabs, who intended to...
Does it matter if Democratic Socialists don’t want Jews in Israel?
In a bygone era of New York City politics, you could always tell if a politician was serious about running for mayor if he made public plans to travel to the three “I’s”: Ireland,...
Netanyahu’s bold move
Anyone wondering what had become of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s ostensible July 1 target date to begin the process of extending sovereignty over the Jordan Valley and the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria received...
‘Going to be a warm peace’: Jewish leader in UAE reacts to normalization
Following Israel’s signing of peace treaties with Egypt and Jordan, the Arab side remained obstinate about not building bridges between their people and the Israelis. With the normalization agreement between Israel and the United...
Sudan says it looks forward to normalizing relations with Israel
Israel and Sudan appear close to a peace agreement, following last week’s normalization deal between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
Sudanese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Haidar Badawi Sadiq told Sky News Arabia, as reported in The National,...
Netanyahu: Reports UAE peace deal included approval of F-35 sale are ‘fake news’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday denied reports that the peace agreement announced last week between Israel and the United Arab Emirates included Israeli consent to an arms deal between the United States...
Friends of IDF announces new CEO, national director
Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) announced the appointment of Steven Weil as its new national director and CEO.
He is to head the charitable organization beginning on Sept. 16, succeeding Maj. Gen. (Res.) Meir Klifi-Amir, who has...
Edelstein visits Barkan rubber factory, stresses joint Israeli-Arab employment
Israeli Minister of Health Yuli Edelstein and Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan visited a factory in the Barkan Industrial Zone in Judea and Samaria on Tuesday that started a new production line for...
As race for coronavirus vaccine intensifies, Americans think back to Salk
Each year in the 1940s and ’50s, more than 15,000 Americans were paralyzed by polio and thousands died. The disease reached its peak in the United States in 1952, leaving 3,145 Americans dead and...
Gantz : ‘Improper that I was not updated’ on UAE deal until after it...
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz stated publicly on Tuesday for the first time that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu did not brief him about the deal with the United Arab Emirates until after it had...