Monthly Archives: August 2021
Incoming Iranian president intends to seek removal of US sanctions
Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi said on Tuesday that he will actively work to remove U.S. sanctions on his country.
“We will seek to lift the tyrannical sanctions imposed by America. But we will not tie...
Florida set to ban Unilever from state contracts if Ben & Jerry’s boycott stands
The state of Florida notified Unilever, the parent company of Ben & Jerry’s ice-cream, on Tuesday that it has 90 days to cease its “boycott of Israel” or face a ban on contracts and...
Team Israel’s Olympic baseball hopes end after loss to Dominican Republic
Team Israel baseball’s hopes of an Olympic medal ended on Tuesday after it lost a game in dramatic fashion to the Dominican Republic.
It lost 7-6 to the Dominicans after former MLB All-Star José Bautista drove in a walk-off, RBI...
German court to try 100-year-old former Nazi guard
A German court set a date to try a 100-year-old former Nazi SS guard who served at a concentration camp outside of Berlin during World War II, a spokeswoman for the Neuruppin state court...
RJC: It won’t delete tweet critical of JDCA not confronting anti-Semitism, despite legal threats
The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) publicly stated on Monday that it will not comply with a threat from the Jewish Democratic Council of America (JDCA) of legal action if a tweet it posted last month criticizing...
Erdan urges world leaders to take action on UNRWA staff inciting anti-Semitism online
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, is urging the United Nations and world leaders to take action against the U.N. Relief Works Agency (UNWRA) after a watchdog report...
Rouhani: Israel ‘took Iran’s nuclear secrets and gave them to Trump’
Outgoing Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said in his last speech to his cabinet ministers on Monday night that Israel did seize Iran’s nuclear archive, as former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had revealed in...
Israeli Foreign Ministry: EU sending representative to Raisi’s swearing-in ‘puzzling’
Israel is less than enthusiastic about the European Union’s decision to send a high-level representative to attend the swearing-in of Iranian President-elect Ebrahim Raisi on Thursday
On Monday, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Hayat tweeted: “The...
The Use of Covid To Kill Oneself
One of the most perplexing manifestations of human behavior today is the refusal of some people in the United States and other countries, who have access to the Covid vaccine, to take it. There...