Daily Archives: December 14, 2020
Morocco to become first Arab nation to teach Jewish history, culture in schools
Trailblazing change, Morocco on Sunday announced that its schools will soon begin teaching Jewish history and culture as part of the official curriculum—a first in the region and in the North African country, where...
Netanyahu: ‘Israel is a global leader in cutting coal consumption’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told the 2020 Climate Ambition Summit this weekend about the progress his government has made and the challenges it faces in the field of clean energy.
In a pre-recorded video address, broadcast...
The new Greeks
On Dec. 3, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave an interview to Michael Doran from the Hudson Institute. As a scholar rather than a reporter, Doran asked questions that related to the ideas that have...
MK Cotler-Wunsh submits bill to promote Arabic language in Israeli schools
Knesset member Michal Cotler-Wunsh of the Blue and White Party submitted a bill in Israel’s Knesset to require Arabic-language studies.
Proposed as an amendment to the law on public education, the bill would make it...
Israel’s president praises Bahrain’s King Hamad for making peace with Israel
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on Monday praised Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa for his “brave and historic decision to establish a warm peace with Israel.”
In a phone conversation with Al Khalifa ahead...
US: Sudan no longer on list of terror sponsors
The U.S. embassy in Khartoum, Sudan, announced on Monday that the Trump administration has removed the country from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.
“The congressional notification period of 45 days has lapsed,...
What Israel and Morocco will gain from re-establishing ties
The Dec. 10 announcement of the re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Morocco and Israel marked the fourth time in the past four months that a Muslim-majority nation officially “friended” Israel.
But this was different from September’s historic...
Netanyahu, US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien meet in Jerusalem
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met on Sunday in Jerusalem with U.S. National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, who was in the city for a series of meetings with Israeli officials to discuss regional and...
President Rivlin spoke to His Holiness Pope Francis ahead of Christmas in the shadow...
President of Israel Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin spoke on the telephone today, Monday 14 December / 28 Kislev, to His Holiness Pope Francis ahead of Christmas in the shadow of coronavirus.
“When we met last time,...
Netanyahu, Israeli health minister visit HMO vaccination facility in Tel Aviv
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Health Minister Yuli Edelstein paid a visit on Sunday to the Maccabi HMO coronavirus vaccination facility in Tel Aviv.
The country received the first shipment of pharmaceutical firm Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine...