Monthly Archives: August 2021
Raisi’s presidency a ‘metaphor’ for Iran’s regional escalation
Iran’s new president Ebrahim Raisi will be sworn in on Thursday, and he is already making his mark. Reports on Tuesday that a number of ships in the Gulf of Oman were the victims...
GW becomes first American university to offer master’s program in Israel education
George Washington University’s Graduate School of Education and Human Development is now offering a master’s degree program in Israel education.
The private university in Washington, D.C., is the first major educational institution in the United...
Israel Aerospace Industries to provide combat network systems to German company
Israel Aerospace Industries announced on Tuesday that it had signed a cooperation agreement with ESG, a German security-related electronics and IT systems company, to provide the German Armed Forces with combat network technology.
The deal...
Widow thanks Olympics for memorial event honoring victims of Munich massacre
An official memorial ceremony was held in Tokyo for the Israeli Olympic athletes who were murdered by Palestinian terrorists at the 1972 Munich Olympics.
The event took place at Israel’s embassy in Japan on Sunday....
Nothing is impossible for Israel’s most unlikely marathon champ
It’s not every day that Europe’s largest sportswear manufacturer features an Orthodox Jew on a billboard. But that’s precisely what happened when Adidas portrayed Israeli national marathon and half marathon champion Beatie (Bracha) Deutsch...
UJA-Federation of New York appoints Itzik Shmuli to direct its Israel office
UJA-Federation of New York, which represents the largest Jewish community outside of Israel and is one of Israel’s largest philanthropic funders, announced that former Israeli minister Itzik Shmuli would become the new director-general of...
American immigrants who leave Israel don’t deserve disdain
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of his parents’ aliyah from the United States, Haaretz political correspondent Chaim Levinson paid homage to his mother and father, who “left behind family, jobs that would have earned them much...
Selling spyware is immoral, but selling weapons isn’t?
French President Emmanuel Macron scolded Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett following a report that Moroccan intelligence services had used Israeli tech firm NSO Group’s Pegasus spyware to keep tabs on him and other senior...
Report: Israel to present intelligence linking Iran to oil tanker attack
Israel will present ambassadors from United Nations Security Council member states on Wednesday with intelligence information linking Iran to the fatal attack last week on an Israeli-managed oil tanker off the coast of Oman, according to...
Maryland joins list of states reviewing contracts with Ben & Jerry’s, Unilever
Maryland is joining a list of states examining its relationship with the ice-cream maker Ben & Jerry’s, as well as its parent company, Unilever, after the company announced last month that it will no longer sell...