Monthly Archives: April 2022
Solid base of support, but points of divergence in new survey of millennial Jews
An American Jewish Committee survey of U.S. and Israeli Jewish millennials shows that Israel-Diaspora relations remain strong but also indicates points of divergence regarding what role Diaspora Jews should have in influencing Israeli policies,...
French election illustrates the poor choices facing European Jews
As far as most French Jews are concerned, they don’t have much of a choice in this week’s second round of their country’s presidential elections. Given that the alternative is Marine Le Pen of...
Analyzing Vladimir Putin: Is Joe Biden Dealing With A “Normal” Adversary?
Assessing an adversarial head of state is not usually a psychiatric task. For the most part, such high-value strategic appraisals need not be directed by any deliberate search for “abnormality.” Among other things, this...
IDF General Staff visits Yad Vashem for day of Holocaust education
The Israel Defense Forces General Staff held a study day dedicated to commemorating the Holocaust at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem on Monday. Israel marks Yom Hashoah, Holocaust Remembrance Day, over the course of 24 hours starting on the...
B’nai Brith Canada marks uptick in anti-Semitism for sixth year in row
For the sixth consecutive year, the number of anti-Semitic incidents in Canada has increased according to an audit by B’nai Brith Canada.
According to the report, a total of 2,799 incidents were recorded in 2021—up 7% from...
Imam on PA TV: ‘Allah, delight us with the extermination of the evil Jews’
Official Palestinian Authority television last week broadcast a Ramadan prayer for the extermination of the Jews and the “conquest and liberation” of the Al Aqsa mosque.
The prayer was recited at the Al-Ain mosque in...
IDF spokesman: Palestinian faction likely behind Lebanon rocket attack
A Palestinian terror faction was likely responsible for the rocket launched into Israel from southern Lebanon on Sunday, an Israeli military spokesman said on Monday.
Israel Defense Forces Brig. Gen. Ran Kochav told 103 FM that while no group...
Biden accepts Bennett’s invitation to visit Israel ‘in coming months’
During a conversation between Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and U.S. President Joe Biden, Sunday, the President “accepted the Prime Minister’s invitation to visit Israel and announced that he intends to visit Israel in...
Bennett criticizes UN for not condemning Gaza rocket attacks
Israel’s premier told the secretary general of the United Nations on Saturday that Jerusalem was disappointed at the lack of U.N. condemnation of the recent rocket fire from the Gaza Strip.
The international community “must...
Israeli troops seize $1.2 million drug shipment on Egyptian border
Israeli security forces on Sunday foiled an attempt to smuggle narcotics into Israel from Egypt, seizing 200 kilograms of drugs worth an estimated 4 million shekels ($1.2 million), the Israel Defense Forces said in...