Monthly Archives: February 2021
Biden’s national security advisor suggests expediated timeline to rejoin Iran nuclear deal
Jake Sullivan, President Joe Biden’s national security advisor, suggested an expedited timeline for rejoining the Iranian nuclear deal, which the Trump administration exited in May 2018. The comments come as the Biden administration announced...
Kushner and Berkowitz nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Abraham Accords
Jared Kushner, senior adviser to former U.S. President Donald Trump, and his deputy Avi Berkowitz were nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on Sunday for their role in the normalization deals between Israel and...
Europeans created Zionism ‘to get rid of its Jewish problem,’ claims official PA daily
The official Palestinian Authority daily Al-Hayat Al-Jadida published an op-ed last week claiming that Zionism is a Western colonial project designed to rid Europe of its Jews and smash pan-Arab nationalism, according to Israeli research institute...
Netanyahu urges European leaders to block kosher slaughter ban
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has written to a number of European leaders, asking that they allow kosher slaughter to continue in their countries.
The letter went out to the leaders of Poland, Finland, Portugal,...
Israel extends COVID-19 lockdown, airport closure by a week
Israel’s Cabinet on Sunday approved extending the nationwide coronavirus lockdown for an additional five days, until 7 a.m. on Feb. 5, according to a joint statement by the Prime Minister’s Office and Health Ministry....
IDF takes on 13 nations in international cyber-defense drill
Five teams representing various branches of the Israel Defense Forces recently completed a first-of-its-kind international competitive cyber drill, in which they competed against nearly 60 teams from 13 other countries.
The competition, held last Thursday...
Iran says nuclear deal non-negotiable, rejects new participants
Iran’s Foreign Ministry said on Saturday that its 2015 nuclear agreement with six world powers was non-negotiable and rejected any changes to the participants in the accord. The announcement came in response to French...
Ariel University awards first honorary doctorate to former US ambassador
Israel’s Ariel University in Samaria announced on Sunday that it will award its first honorary doctorate to outgoing U.S. Ambassador to Israel David M. Friedman “in recognition of his extraordinary contribution to the diplomatic...
Report: Evidence suggests Iranian link to blast near Israeli embassy in New Delhi
Indian terrorist group Jaish-ul-Hind has claimed responsibility for the blast that took place near the Israeli embassy in New Delhi on Friday, local media reported.
No one was injured in the explosion, which took place on the...
February 1, 2003: Ilan Ramon, the nation’s first Israeli astronaut for NASA, died
Israel celebrates and then mourns when Ilan Ramon, the nation’s first Israeli astronaut for NASA, takes part in the STS-107 Columbia space mission. Ramon, an Israeli fighter pilot, was the space shuttle payload specialist.
He...