Monthly Archives: September 2021
80 years later, rare photos reveal attempt to envision Babi Yar massacre
Eighty years after the Babi Yar massacre, rare images that tell the story of the Soviet-era struggle to commemorate the atrocity have been released for the first time by the National Library of Israel’s Central Archives for...
80 years since Babi Yar: Making sure the Holocaust is not forgotten
When my father was 6 months old, my grandparents put him in a burlap sack and smuggled him out of Ukraine as they fled the pogroms of 1921. Their destination was Poland, which they...
Refugee from Hitler Promoted Zionism in Britain and U.S.
This memoir combines journal entries of Zionist fundraiser Irma Ehrlich with the research and narrative of her granddaughter, Catherine Ehrlich, to tell the story of a strong-willed woman who migrated to England, and later...
Mahmoud Abbas UN Speech is All Bark and No Bite
“Peace be upon you.”
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uttered these hospitable words to conclude a hostile speech against his usual suspect, namely Israel, in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly. If Abbas...
A cautionary tale about Arab-Israeli normalization
Those picking up The Wall Street Journal on Sept. 24 got some good news about the cause of peace in the Middle East. On its opinion page was an article by Sheikh Wisam Al-Harden, an influential tribal leader...
Palestinian terror factions: IDF shooting of Gaza suspect crosses ‘all red lines’
The joint control room in Gaza that represents several terrorist factions said the shooting of a Palestinian suspect by the Israel Defense Forces on Thursday represented a “crossing of all red lines, which will...
Expert says Gaza seaport in Sinai could boost Strip’s economy, preserve Israel’s security
When Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently floated his new two-stage plan for developing the Gaza Strip earlier this month, a clause in the plan sounded all too familiar to Asaf Ashar, an emeritus research...
Hezbollah says its operatives downed IDF drone
The Hezbollah terrorist organization said its operatives downed an Israel Defense Forces’ drone on the Lebanese-Israeli border on Thursday.
According to a statement by the organizations, “fighters from the Islamic resistance succeeded in bringing down...
Top Iranian general: Hezbollah, Hamas, Islamic Jihad are Iranian armies
The head of Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiyah Central Headquarters said in a recent interview that Iran had created six armies outside the country’s borders, in a “corridor” stretching from Iran all the way to the...
Stabbing thwarted in Jerusalem’s Old City; terrorist neutralized
Israeli security forces thwarted a terror attack in Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning, according to the Israel Police.
A 30-year-old woman approached police officers stationed near the Temple Mount’s Chain Gate and attempted to...