Daily Archives: November 23, 2020
Two Israeli authors included in ‘New York Times’ list of ‘100 Notable Books of...
The New York Times has included works by two Israeli authors in its 100 Notable Books of 2020 list: Yishai Sarid, the son of the late Meretz lawmaker Yossi Sarid, for his book The Memory Monster,...
Remembering two forgotten heroes: Ben Hecht and Peter Bergson
On Nov. 25, 1942, a five-paragraph article, buried on page 10 of The New York Times, confirmed the deaths at that time of 2 million Jews in Nazi-controlled Europe and warned of the perilous plight...
Looking Back: Donald Trump, Israel and the Costs of Complicity
“The best lack all conviction, while the worst are full of passionate intensity.”-W.B. Yeats, The Second Coming
From the start of his sordid presidency, Donald J. Trump has presented himself as a “friend of Israel.” Surprisingly,...
Algeria’s referendum: Stirrings of democracy and the decline of Islamism
Algeria is physically distant from Israel and not uppermost in Israeli minds. The last headlines in the Israeli press featuring the country appeared decades ago, when Algeria hosted the Palestinian National Council of the...
Palestinian official says salaries for terrorists will continue; gives opposite message to US media
A Palestinian Authority official told The New York Times on Nov. 21 that the P.A. would be changing its policy of rewarding terrorists with salaries based on the length of their prison sentence, and instead provide...
Netanyahu’s visit to Saudi Arabia is ‘dangerous,’ warns Hamas
Hamas on Monday lambasted the Saudis for agreeing to meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling the move an “insult” to the Palestinian cause.
Senior Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri, a spokesman for the...
Netanyahu, Mossad chief fly to Saudi Arabia to meet with the crown prince
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an unannounced trip to Neom, Saudi Arabia on Sunday to meet with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman and U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, a senior official...
Pollard on making aliyah: ‘God willing, very soon!’
Five years after his release on parole and two days after his travel restrictions ended, Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard released a statement on his next steps, tempering expectations of a rapid relocation to Israel.
“Thirty...
Netanyahu announces $300 million plan for Gaza-area communities
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday convened a virtual meeting with council heads of areas adjacent to the Gaza Strip, along with Finance Minister Israel Katz and Interior Minister Aryeh Deri, to update...
Netanyahu welcomes lifting of restrictions on Jonathan Pollard
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday night welcomed the news that Jonathan Pollard, a former U.S. intelligence analyst who served three decades in prison for espionage on behalf of Israel, was no longer restricted by...