64.6 F
San Diego
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
Home 2023 March

Monthly Archives: March 2023

The European Parliament. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

European Parliament debates ‘deterioration of democracy’ in Israel

0
The European Parliament held a debate on Tuesday about the “deteriorating” situation in Israel, over the objections of Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen. The hour-long session at the debating chamber in Strasbourg, France, was titled,...
U.S. President Joe Biden boards Air Force One for Saudi Arabia after a farewell ceremony in his honor at Ben-Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv on July 15, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

US needs ‘serious negotiators’ to normalize Israel-Saudi ties, experts say

0
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s request that the United States provide the Sunni Gulf country with ironclad security guarantees and civilian nuclear aid in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel is casting a new light on Washington’s...
From left: Israel Air Force chief Maj. Gen. Tomer Bar, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi visit the IAF control center to observe the Juniper Oak exercise taking place with the U.S. military, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Top Israeli officials hold urgent meetings on unspecified ‘security incidents’

0
Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant has held several situational assessments over the past 36 hours with regard to unspecified “security incidents.” On Wednesday, Gallant briefed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on the security developments, ahead of...
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen delivers his inaugural speech at the ministry in Jerusalem, Jan. 2, 2023. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Cohen blasts EU foreign policy chief for comparing Palestinian terror with IDF ops

0
Israeli Foreign Minister Eli Cohen sharply criticized E.U. foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell for equating Palestinian terror attacks with operations undertaken by the Israel Defense Forces. “There is no place for comparisons and creating a balance...
Traute Lafrenz. Source: Twitter/German Consulate General Atlanta.

Last known member of Nazi-resistance group White Rose dies at 103

0
There has been a lot of discussion about what Holocaust memory will be like as fewer survivors remain. Less discussed are those who risked their lives to save Jews during World War II. The German-born...
An ATM at the Bitcoin embassy in Tel Aviv, Sept. 9, 2021. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

False depictions of Israeli reforms and the fall of SVB

0
You’ve heard about the guy who killed his parents and then wailed about being an orphan, right? Well, what’s going on in Israel right now is even more astounding, with the anti-government protest movement...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during the Kohelet Policy Forum Conference at the Begin Heritage Center, in Jerusalem, on Jan. 8, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90.

Demonizing Kohelet won’t silence calls for judicial reform

0
In the midst of a national convulsion in which opponents of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are willing to stop at nothing in their campaign to prevent the government from enacting judicial reform, the...
Israeli President Isaac Herzog participates in a forum at the Bahrain Economic Development Board, Dec. 4, 2022. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

Bahrain could follow Saudis in restoring ties with Iran

0
Manama and Tehran have held secret talks in recent months, and Bahrain could follow the Saudis in restoring relations with the Islamic Republic. A “senior regional source” told the U.K.-based Amwaj.media news outlet that “low-profile...
Boys raise their hands at a U.N. school in the Gaza Strip, September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.

UN schools glorify terrorism, demonize Jews

0
Teachers and schools of the U.N. agency that runs education and social services for Palestinian Arabs “regularly call for the murder of Jews,” a new report by two Israeli NGOs finds. Teaching materials of the...
Edwin Díaz, of Puerto Rico, pitches against Matt Mervis, of Israel, at the World Baseball Classic on March 13. Credit: Courtesy of Major League Baseball.

Puerto Rico near-perfect in shutout of Israel at World Baseball Classic

0
A bit of World Baseball Classic mercy turned an almost perfect game on Monday into a 10-0 Puerto Rico win against hitless Israel over eight innings. Maor Elbaz-Starinsky, consul general of Israel in Miami, threw...