Monthly Archives: April 2022
Work continues at Meron to prepare for Lag B’Omer
Work continues at the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron to prepare the site for Lag B’Omer this year after the disaster last April, when 45 people were killed in a stampede.
Structures at the...
London’s Dickens Museum tackles anti-Semitism in new program for students
A museum in London dedicated to British author Charles Dickens has started a new program for schools about anti-Semitism that is focused on the novel Oliver Twist and a controversial character in it that is a...
Israeli defense minister calls for ‘Plan B’ if Iran nuclear deal not signed
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Wednesday that if a new nuclear deal is not signed with Iran, then other measures must be taken.
“If needed, we can move forward with economic pressure, intel,...
Lapid: Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Tuesday that Russian forces committed war crimes “against a defenseless civilian population.”
He added to that by saying, “I strongly condemn these war crimes.”
Speaking during a trilateral meeting in...
War in Ukraine sparks food-security fears, experts say Israel needs national strategy
The problem of national food security, which formerly preoccupied specialists, began to penetrate the world’s consciousness with COVID-19 supply disruptions, but it’s Russia’s war with Ukraine that has given governments a jolt. Ukraine, together...
Hamas TV airs re-enactment of 2002 Immanuel terrorist attack
On April 1, 2022, Hamas’s Al-Aqsa TV aired a video reenactment of the deadly July 2002 terrorist attack near the town of Immanuel in Judea and Samaria.
In the attack, Hamas terrorists disguised themselves as Israeli soldiers,...
Most Israeli Arabs believe voting in Israel’s next election is important, says survey
Eighty-four percent of Israeli Arabs agree that it is important to vote in the next Israeli election, and more than three fifths are optimistic about conditions for the sector improving in the future, according...
Israeli defense minister demands ‘peace and quiet’ in call with Abbas
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz told Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday that Ramadan must not be a “period marked by terror,” according to an official statement.
In a telephone conversation, Gantz thanked Abbas...
Bennett loses Knesset majority as coalition chairwoman defects to opposition
Coalition chairwoman and Yamina Knesset member Idit Silman on Wednesday confirmed her resignation, and called for the establishment of a right-wing government.
Silman’s announcement took coalition members by surprise, as she had not spoken of...
Statue in Spain marks 530 years since expulsion of Jews
The board of the Hispanic Jewish Foundation (Fundación HispanoJudía) erected a monument in the port of Cartagena in Spain to mark 530 years since the Alhambra Decree that forced the expulsion of Jews from Spain.
The foundation...