Daily Archives: October 28, 2020
New land-lease agreement prevents closure of Riga’s Holocaust museum
The City Property Committee of the Riga City Council met on Tuesday to review the terms of a new land-lease agreement with the Riga Ghetto and Latvian Holocaust Museum. After several hours, the committee...
Knesset bill to require consultation with Diaspora on matters regarding world Jewry
Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs Omer Yankelevitch announced on Thursday that she is introducing a Knesset bill that would require government ministries to consult with world Jewry on matters directly related to the Jewish...
With bilateral agreements, Trump administration reverses Carter, Obama settlement policies
Less than one week before Americans will decide whether to entrust President Donald Trump with another four years in office, the current administration completed its reversal of a legacy U.S. policy prejudiced against Israeli...
Palestinians threaten Israel: ‘Either Palestine, or a fire for a generation’
Claiming that the United States and Israel are planning to “redesign” the Middle East via “normalization” and the U.S. peace plan, the Palestinian Authority (PA) is threatening “anarchy, violence and instability.”
According to a report...
Neo-Nazis celebrate second anniversary of Pittsburgh synagogue attack
Neo-Nazis are using the platform Telegram to celebrate the second anniversary of the 2018 attack on the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania—in which 11 worshippers were killed and seven wounded—the Middle East...
Netanyahu, Friedman officially extend scientific cooperation to Judea and Samaria, Golan Heights
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman on Wednesday signed the U.S.-Israel Science and Technology Agreement at Ariel University in Samaria.
The agreement expands scientific and academic cooperation between the...
American Israelis hold pro-Trump rally at US embassy in Jerusalem
American Israelis rallied on Tuesday on behalf of U.S. President Donald Trump, driving in a convoy from Tel Aviv to the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem.
“More and more people are wakening and seeing who Donald...
Israeli president lays wreath at Rabin’s grave on 25th anniversary of assassination
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin laid a wreath on the grave of the late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin at the Mount Herzl National Cemetery in Jerusalem on Wednesday to mark the 25th anniversary of his...
Palestinian Islamic scholar calls on Muslims to ‘crush Paris’ for ‘insolence’ to Islam
Palestinian Islamic scholar Sheikh Ali Abu Ahmad said in a recent address at the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem that the “answer to lowlife French President Emmanuel Macron” was to “don the garb of war”...
The many challenges facing Israel’s incoming coronavirus chief Nachman Ash
The main challenge facing Israel’s newly appointed National Coronavirus Project Coordinator Nachman Ash is not the pandemic itself, but politics, a Health Ministry official said Tuesday.
Ash will have to finish the process of leading Israel out...