Daily Archives: July 21, 2021
‘Fauda’ becomes first Israel TV show to be dubbed in Farsi
Critically acclaimed Israeli TV series Fauda is about to mark another historical achievement by being dubbed into Farsi.
The Farsi version of the show is slated to air on Manoto TV, an international Persian-language channel based in...
Israeli NBA star Omri Casspi announces retirement from professional basketball
Omri Casspi, Israel’s first basketball player in the National Basketball Association, has retired from playing the sport professionally.
“Basketball has given me a lot over the years. I reached the peaks of European and world...
Short Story Focuses on IBM’s Business With the Nazis
The role played by IBM and its subsidiaries in facilitating the Holocaust with its punch card system has been well documented, most particularly by Edwin Black, an occasional writer for this publication and author...
Problems with world peacekeeping: UN does it incompetently, corruptly and criminally
Cubans have been out in the streets, protesting decades of oppression and poverty. They’ve been beaten and arrested for—as The New York Times phrased it—“Shouting ‘Freedom’ and other anti-government slogans.”
That’s not wrong if you understand that...
AIPAC reschedules congressional trips to Israel over rising COVID concerns
The American Israel Education Foundation, the charitable organization affiliated with AIPAC, is rescheduling two congressional trips to Israel next month over concerns tied to COVID-19.
The House Republican freshman trip and a bipartisan delegation of...
Russia’s new ‘Checkmate’ stealth jet expected to arrive in the Middle East
As soon as it can enter into operations, the new Russian single-engine stealth fighter jet will likely arrive in the Middle East through future arms sales to local countries, though this does not form...
Report: Israeli premier calls for ‘global defense shield’ against cyber threats
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called on Wednesday for the creation of a “global defense shield” against cyber attacks.
Speaking at the annual Cyber Week conference at Tel Aviv University, said Bennet, “We have already...
Ayelet Shaked visits Ben & Jerry’s Israel factory in show of support
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked on Wednesday visited the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Israel in a show of support of its CEO, Avi Zinger, who is fighting the parent company’s recent decision to...
Israel’s former US envoy Ron Dermer joins Washington think tank JINSA
Former Israeli Ambassador to the United States Ron Dermer has joined the Jewish Institute for National Security of America (JINSA), the Washington, D.C.-based think tank announced on Tuesday.
Dermer, a longtime adviser to former Israeli Prime Minister...
Israeli brainpower: High school students take home silver, bronze in Informatics Olympiad
While Israelis are hoping for some Olympic medals for athletic prowess in the upcoming Tokyo Olympics, four teenagers won silver and bronze medals in the 33rd International Olympiad in Informatics for their brainpower.
Hosted virtually by the National University...