Daily Archives: August 24, 2021
Watchdog: IOC must take action against PA for urging boycotts of Israeli athletes
Palestinian Media Watch sent a complaint to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) against the chairman of the Palestine Olympic Committee for his support of boycotts against Israeli athletes.
PMW wrote in its letter to the IOC on...
Dani Dayan appointed chair of Yad Vashem, meets with Holocaust-survivor staff
The Israeli government on Sunday confirmed the appointment of Israel’s former Consul General in New York Dani Dayan as the new chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate.
Dayan, 65, served as Israel’s consul general in New York...
Meretz MK: ‘Why do we need mediators to talk to Hamas?’
Israeli lawmaker Esawi Frej (Meretz) called on Tuesday for Israel to negotiate with Hamas directly, sans mediator.
Speaking with 103 F.M., Frej, who serves as Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s regional cooperation minister, questioned the need for...
‘Allowing Arab Israelis into the government is equivalent to losing a war’
Effi Eitam cannot seem to stop fighting. At 69, the retired brigadier general says he is now waging war to save his home or, as he puts it, “A war against the mighty forces...
Israel hits Hamas targets in Gaza in response to arson attacks
Israeli fighter jets struck several Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip on Monday night in response to cross-border arson attacks earlier in the day, the Israeli military said in a statement.
Among the sites hit...
Sharon Katz-Music and Mitzvahs
It is unusual when a person combines great talent with compassion for others, but from personal and perhaps biased experience, I can attest that South African musician, Sharon Katz, has both in spades.
Music can...