Monthly Archives: February 2022
Anti-Semitism envoy nominee Lipstadt scheduled for Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing
After six months of waiting, a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the Biden administration’s choice to serve as Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Anti-Semitism, Deborah Lipstadt, was scheduled on Tuesday.
The development comes after...
Gantz, senior Israeli defense officials in Bahrain for first official visit
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz landed in Manama, Bahrain, for the first official visit by the head of Israel’s defense establishment to the Gulf country on Wednesday.
A Bahraini welcoming ceremony held at Bahrain International...
Amnesty International,Apartheid,Palestinian Authority,Sanctions,U.N. General Assembly
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday said that it rejects the finding of a new report by Amnesty International UK that accuses Israel of apartheid and “a system of oppression and domination” over the Palestinians.
“We reject...
In wake of Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report, Palestinians urge UN to sanction Israel
The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday night welcomed Amnesty International UK’s report accusing Israel of apartheid, and also urged the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. The P.A. also called...
The Israeli supermarket where you can shop for free
A few years ago, Shani Shukrun began matching people up on Facebook. Not for romantic purposes, but to bring together people in need with donors who could help them.
Each time, she’d raise 300 to...
‘ABC News’ suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust remarks
ABC News president Kim Godwin announced on Tuesday that Whoopi Goldberg, co-host of the morning talk show “The View,” would be suspended for two weeks after her controversial remarks during a Jan. 31 episode of...
Bennett says Israel will build ‘laser wall’ defensive system within a year
The Israel Defense Forces will launch its first laser interception system “in about a year,” Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies on Tuesday, adding that...
Embracing memory: US State Department envoy notes new initiative, taking page from Israel in...
Ellen Germain, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, assumed her duties as Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues in late August. A New York native, she has served in a variety of postings in Tel...
Biden says Qatar to become non-NATO ally
U.S. President Joe Biden told Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, on Monday that the country is to be designated as a major non-NATO ally.
“Qatar is a good friend, and reliable and capable...
Murder and Approaching Death Fill a Tale of Hoffman
Author Wayne Hoffman regales us with two concurrent non-fiction stories. His search to learn the identity of the person who murdered his great-grandmother as she lay sleeping in her bed, with an infant child...