Daily Archives: January 13, 2022
Israel’s former first lady laid to rest on Mount Herzl
Aura Herzog, Israel’s former first lady and the mother of Israel’s current president, Isaac Herzog, was buried on Wednesday at the Great Leaders of the Nation Plot on Mount Herzl, in Jerusalem. She was laid...
Deaf, Oscar-winning actress to shine a spotlight on Jewish individuals with disabilities
Sixty-one million adults in the United States live with a disability, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), while the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates more than one billion people worldwide...
The war to save democracy could kill democracy
Are Israelis happy with their government? A poll published a few weeks ago by the country’s Channel 12 showed that a plurality preferred the current coalition comprising parties of the right, center, left and one Arab...
The emergence of Arab Zionism?
While Western liberals and the U.N. Human Rights Council double down in their determination to demonize, delegitimize and destroy Israel, support for that beleaguered country is coming from a surprising direction.
In 2020, people were...
Court dismisses lawsuit brought by Ari Fuld’s family against Palestinian organizations
A U.S. District Court judge in New York dismissed a civil case brought by the family of slain Israeli American pro-Israel activist Ari Fuld against the PLO and the Palestinian Authority, citing lack of...
Top Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad officials ‘have left Gaza’ in past year
Eight senior Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad members with prominent public standing have apparently left the Gaza Strip in the past year and not returned, Ynet reported on Thursday.
“They are the top leadership of Hamas and...
ISIS conducted 2,700-plus attacks worldwide in 2021
The Islamic States (ISIS) terror organization conducted 2,705 attacks worldwide in 2021, roughly the same number it conducted in 2020 (2,781), according to a new report by an Israeli research center.
The Meir Amit Terrorism...
Annual Physics Olympiad in Jerusalem cultivates ‘next generation of scientists’
Some 200 seniors from religious high schools across Israel recently participated in the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) ninth annual Physics Olympiad, which advances a vision shared by the college and the Israeli government...
Bennett speaks with Putin about Iran, regional security
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday about Iran’s nuclear program, ongoing discussions about rejoining the 2015 nuclear deal that are taking place in Vienna and other security...
Stanford to investigate admission policies in 1950s obstructing Jewish students
Stanford University has created a task force to investigate allegations that in the past, it had implemented quotas on the number of Jewish students admitted in the 1950s.
According to the Stanford Report, university president Marc...