Daily Archives: September 24, 2020
University of Illinois student government passes BDS measure for second time this year
The student government of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign passed a resolution on Wednesday night that in part called on the university to divest from Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Company, Lockheed Martin, Caterpillar Inc. and Elbit...
Dubai soccer team signs Israeli midfielder
The Al-Nasr SC soccer team based in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates will sign Israeli national team midfielder Dia Saba in the coming days in a move that will make him the first...
German-Israeli air-force cooperation sheds light on advanced defense system
A recent historic flyover by Israeli and German fighter jets over the Dachau concentration camp to mark the memory of victims of the Holocaust also shed light on the deep contemporary cooperation in place...
After Zoom deplatforms Leila Khaled event, Facebook and YouTube follow suit
After being deplatformed by the video-conferencing platform Zoom, Facebook and YouTube appeared to follow suit and remove an event on Wednesday being promoted and livestreamed, respectively, on their platform.
On Tuesday, Zoom canceled a conversation hosted by San Francisco...
UAE and Israeli ministers discuss energy cooperation
The energy ministers of the United Arab Emirates and Israel spoke online about possible energy cooperation on Wednesday.
“We spoke on cooperating in linking power grids and developing the natural-gas market for exports via...
Chassidic singer to help raise awareness of COVID-19 in religious communities
Trump administration has recruited a Chassidic singer to help raise awareness about the coronavirus in Orthodox Jewish communities in New York City and its surrounding areas amid a rise in the number of COVID-19 cases.
In a...
Israel approves stricter lockdown measures to curb sharp rise in COVID-19 morbidity
Following a fiery eight-hour session on Wednesday evening, Israel’s coronavirus Cabinet finally agreed upon the terms of the nationwide lockdown scheduled to go into effect on Friday at 2 p.m. and last for at least two...
Sudan, US hold talks in UAE on Arab-Israeli peace
Sudan and the United States held talks on how the African country can advance Arab-Israeli peace, as well as the possibility of it being removed from the U.S. list of sponsors of terrorism, authorities...
Israeli minister outlines plan to foster stronger unity among Diaspora Jewry
Following the adoption of the Israeli government’s plan earlier this summer to help ensure unity of the global Jewish community, JNS took some time to talk with Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevitch about the strategic...
US points to Iranian belligerence as justification for sanctions snapback
“We don’t intend to build a bomb.” So said Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a video call this week arranged by the Council on Foreign Relations. Zarif added that Iran has “exercised...