Daily Archives: November 25, 2020
Mass prayers to be held for Jews buried in Arab countries
Diaspora and Israeli organizations and communities representing millions of Jews around the world will participate on Saturday in a mass Kaddish (Mourners’ Prayer) and say a specially designed azkara (Memorial Prayer) for Jews buried in inaccessible...
Thankful for a chair at the table
The COVID-19 virus that has hijacked humanity in 2020 is 10,000 times smaller than a grain of salt. It’s not even a living organism, like bacteria. It’s an inanimate object, more like a microscopic...
Getting Beyond Power Politics: Narratives For A Human-Centered World Order
“You are a citizen of the universe.”
Epictetus
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In the final analysis, humankind can survive on this imperiled planet only by embracing visionary ways of thinking. Among these indispensable ways, an overriding “design theme” must concern...
ZOA urges Saudi government to include Israel on official maps
The Zionist Organization of America is urging Saudi Arabia to include Israel on its official maps.
Earlier this year on a trip there, ZOA national president Mort Klein met with Adel bin Ahmed Al-Jubeir, Saudi...
Israel’s Joint List outraged after member says ‘Arab parties not in left’s pocket’
Deputy Knesset Speaker and Ra’am Party leader Mansour Abbas was the target of outrage within his own Joint Arab List faction after he told the right-leaning Israeli Channel 20 on Tuesday that “the Arab parties are...
Jewish-Arab Hackathon aims to model new projects and ties in Jerusalem
A group of 20 young entrepreneurs took part in a new initiative by Jewish and Arab entrepreneurs to build new projects for the benefit of Jerusalem.
The first Jewish-Arab-Jerusalem Hackathon took place this month in...
An insider’s look at Israel’s next satellite: A ‘smartphone in space’
Work is on track to develop and build Israel’s next-generation communications satellite, ensuring that Israel will retain its independence in the critical domain of space-based communications, executives from Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI), which is...
Israeli envoy calls for UN action against Iran over its actions in Syria
Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Gilad Erdan has called on the U.N. Security Council to take immediate steps to end the Iranian presence in Syria.
The Islamic republic has been largely credited for keeping...
Israeli military sees 160 percent rise in number of females in combat roles
The number of women in combat roles in the Israeli Defense Forces has risen by 160 percent over the past six years, it was revealed on Tuesday during a discussion at the Knesset’s Foreign...
Can Biden renew foreign aid to Palestinians while still adhering to Taylor Force Act?
The incoming Biden administration has made clear it intends to renew funding to the Palestinian Authority and reopen the PLO mission in Washington, D.C. In November, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in an interview,...