Daily Archives: October 21, 2020
Death March to Volary
“I saw how people lost the will to live. … That’s what determined who stayed alive and who didn’t: the will.” -Valeria Juhasz, Survivor of the Volary Death March
In January of 1945, Europe was...
The Abraham Accords: The role of ‘smart’ vs. ‘small’ states
What does ”small” mean in the vast theoretical framework of international relations (IR)? IR theory clearly advocates in favor of comparing state actors to classify their power relative to one another. Each state’s power...
Knesset conference marks the 20th anniversary of 2000 Ramallah lynchings
Twenty years after the infamous 2000 Ramallah lynchings, in which IDF reservists Vadim Norzhich and Yosef Avrahami were brutally murdered by a Palestinian mob, Israel’s Knesset held a unique online conference on Monday focusing on the...
Netanyahu: Following lockdown, Israel’s COVID-19 morbidity among lowest in the world
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday that while the country’s nationwide lockdown has dramatically lowered COVID-19 morbidity, lifting the restrictions would be a drawn-out process.
In his opening address to the coronavirus cabinet...
New Jersey and Israeli Medical Centers Collaborate on Healthcare Innovation
Increasingly recognized globally for its healthcare innovation, Holy Name Medical Center is joining with The Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel Aviv, Israel to develop and create new solutions in digital health and telemedicine.
Through...
Zoom says it won’t host webinar featuring Palestinian terrorist Leila Khaled
A spokesperson for Zoom told the Jewish Journal that the company won’t be allowing an upcoming University of Hawaii (UH) webinar featuring Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine member Leila Khaled as a guest speaker to use...
French president says pro-Hamas group connected to beheading of teacher
French President Emmanuel Macron announced on Tuesday that a pro-Hamas group is connected to the beheading last week of a history teacher in Paris.
The suspect in the murder has been identified as 18-year-old Abdoullakh Abouyezidovitch Anzorov, a...
Twitter intends to remove posts denying the Holocaust
Twitter announced last week that it will remove posts that deny the Holocaust.
Bloomberg first reported the move on Oct. 14.
“Our Hateful Conduct Policy prohibits a wide range of behavior, including making references to violent events or...
Mahmoud Abbas: Down and out in Ramallah?
Angry, sad and ill, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has been stuck at home in Ramallah for a few months now. COVID-19 is forcing him to be extra careful. At his age, 85, with...
Gantz’s ultimatum: ‘Pass a 2021 budget by November or we’ll go to elections’
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Monday vowed to dissolve the government if a state budget for 2021 isn’t passed by the end of October.
“If there is no budget, we’ll go to elections,” Gantz...