Monthly Archives: June 2022
With Bibi’s Bungling, Who Needs Antisemites?
As Jerry Seinfeld would put it, “And you want to be prime minister again?”
While Seinfeld once caught George Costanza sprawled on the floor in his underwear after stumbling in Seinfeld’s living room, last week...
Let UNRWA die already
Despite managing to raise $160 million in New York on Thursday, at a pledging conference of the Ad Hoc Committee of the U.N. General Assembly, the head of the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestine...
Biden nomination for ambassador to Brazil blocked after anti-Semitic comments surface
The Biden administration’s pick for ambassador to Brazil was blocked by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee after a party line 11-11 vote on Thursday, with Republicans on the committee uniting to oppose her.
Nominated for...
Anti-Semitic activist campaigned with multiple Democrats over the past year
An anti-Israel activist who shared a number of social media posts with anti-Semitic content has campaigned with multiple Democrats over the past year.
Mahel Abdel Qader has come under fire for repeatedly promoting anti-Semitic conspiracy...
North Carolina Democrats accuse Israel of ‘ghettoization of Palestinian land’ in party platform
The North Carolina Democratic Party adopted a series of resolutions critical of Israel at its annual statewide convention on June 18, drawing condemnation from Jewish leaders.
The “Resolution in Support of Human Rights in Israel/Palestine,”...
Iranian foreign minister to visit Turkey amid tensions over terror plots
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian was scheduled to visit Turkey on Monday, according to a statement from the Turkish Foreign Ministry.
Amir-Abdollahian’s visit comes on the heels of Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s visit to...
US hosted ‘secret meeting’ of Arab and Israeli delegates to discuss Iran threat
The United States held a secret meeting of senior military officials from Israel and Arab states in March to discuss ways of coordinating efforts to deal with growing Iranian missile and drone threats, The Wall...
What’s ahead for Israel?
Events have been moving swiftly since Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on June 20 their intention to dismantle the government. Two days later, the Knesset voted by a...
Israeli journalist feels embraced in her new home in Dubai
Right after the Abraham Accords were signed in September 2020, Israeli television journalist Michal Divon felt she had to contribute somehow to the expanding relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates.
In a recent Zoom interview,...
TAU researchers develop experimental drug for autism and other syndromes
Tel Aviv University researchers have unraveled a mechanism shared by mutations in genes that cause autism.
They have also developed an experimental drug that could lead to effective treatments not only for autism, but also...