Monthly Archives: December 2020
Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad launch large-scale ‘military’ drill
The Hamas and Palestinian Islamic jihad terrorist organizations on Tuesday launched a large-scale drill involving 12 armed groups in the Gaza Strip, among them the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine and Fatah,...
Nearly 500,000 Israelis vaccinated as infection rate continues to rise
As Israel’s COVID-19 infection rate on Tuesday approached that recorded in October at the height of the pandemic’s “second wave,” Israeli Health Minister Yuli Edelstein reported that nearly half a million Israelis had received...
Moroccan delegation in Israel to set up liaison office
Peaceful relations with Morocco took another step forward on Monday, as a visiting delegation of officials arrived in Israel on Monday to lay the groundwork for the opening of a liaison office in the...
Israelis adhering to COVID-19 regulations, but lockdown fatigue has set in
With traffic at almost normal levels, numerous people in the streets, some of them without masks, and businesses open as usual, the sense of pandemic fatigue is tangible in Tel Aviv.
On Day 1 of...
Legal group urges Trump administration to publish list of BDS organizations
The Zachor Legal Institute, a legal think tank and advocacy group, is urging the outgoing Trump administration to publish a list of anti-Israel BDS groups.
In a letter sent to Special Envoy to Monitor and...
Sophia Loren plays elderly Holocaust survivor in ‘The Life Ahead’
Sofia Villani Scicolone first appeared into the movie called Quo Vadis in 1951 when she was only 15 years old. She was renamed “Sophia Loren” by her husband Carlo Ponti who also directed the film. Loren...
Can the Palestinians adjust to changing times?
They’ll always have the United Nations. Even as the rest of the world abandons their cause, the Palestinians can still count on the world body to be their faithful ally in their century-old struggle...
Honduras becomes 50th country to form a Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucus
Honduras just became the Israel Allies Foundation’s (IAF) 50th country to join its Parliamentary Israel Allies Caucuses network.
Achieving its goal to reach 50 countries by the end of 2020, IAF president Josh Reinstein said...
More than 20,000 people immigrated to Israel in 2020, despite the pandemic
Global pandemic notwithstanding, more than 20,000 Jews from 70 countries made aliyah over the course of 2020, reported the Jewish Agency.
Most of the immigrants arrived from Russia, Ukraine, the United States and France, according to the...
Former Iraqi premier: US, Israel, Arab states plotted the fall of Assad in Syria
The Syrian Civil War was the result of a plot by Israel, certain Arab states and the United States, according to former Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
Speaking with Iran’s Al-Alam television on Dec. 24, Maliki, who...