Daily Archives: November 3, 2022
The Red Terror of the Pacifist
HAIFA, Israel — The assassination in Sarajevo of the heir to the Austro-Hungarian Habsburg throne, Archduke Franz Ferdinand, was the most important political assassination of the twentieth century, for it was the trigger for...
What Lies Ahead in Israel
MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Israel’s fifth general election in four years has just taken place, and the decision appears to be clear. Israel has moved to the right.
The parties which espouse limiting the rule...
Israeli military lifts closure on Nablus
The Israel Defense Forces ended its closure of Nablus (Shechem) on Thursday, after nearly 10 full days of relative calm in the city.
“In accordance with a routine situational assessment in Judea and Samaria, it...
Israeli coalition negotiations get underway
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu has tasked Likud Party ally Yariv Levin with beginning coalition negotiations, Israeli media reported on Thursday.
Levin has already started reaching out to the party heads in Netanyahu’s right-religious bloc,...
American Jewish organizations issue a range of reactions to Israel’s election results
As the results of the Israeli general election became clearer on Wednesday, American Jewish organizations issued a range of reactions.
Some continued with the message consistently disseminated by mainstream American Jewry—that Israel’s democracy was to...
Israel brings innovation to the budding field of blue tech
“There is great awareness worldwide that climate change will dramatically affect food security, and will change agriculture as we know it,” said Michal Levi, chief scientist and senior deputy director general of Israel’s Agriculture...
Lapid to concede election defeat in call to Netanyahu
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid is expected to concede defeat in the national elections during a call with opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday afternoon, according to Walla.
Lapid has instructed his Yesh Atid party members...
‘That’s a father to love?’ Jewish author unpacks state of denial for son of...
Did Otto von Wachter, a high-ranking SS member and one-time governor of Krakow, die of a liver infection? Or was he poisoned by someone seeking revenge for the Nazis’ crimes against humanity?
That’s one of...
Three wounded in terrorist attack near Temple Mount; assailant killed
Three police officers were wounded in a terrorist attack in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City on Thursday morning, according to the Israel Police.
The incident began shortly after 9 a.m., when a suspicious...
Erdogan: Rapprochement with Israel to continue apace
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Wednesday that his country’s rapprochement with Jerusalem would continue irrespective of the outcome of Israel’s national elections, Reuters reported.
“Whatever the election result, we want to maintain relations with Israel...