Daily Archives: July 5, 2023
‘Exodus’ immigrant’s diary shows hardships of post-Shoah refugees
Dozens of personal diaries from people living through the early years of the Jewish state have been handed over to the National Library of Israel as part of the Operation Diary project.
One presented recently...
Evidence that ancient Jews watched, but didn’t participate in, gladiatorial games
A new scholarly paper finds “inconclusive” evidence that Jews participated in the ancient Roman gladiatorial games. But it is clear that they defied rabbinic admonitions and attended the games as spectators, wrote Haggai Olshanetsky,...
250 million shekels for improvements to Jewish Quarter
Israel's Ministry of Jerusalem Affairs and Jewish Tradition signed an agreement with the Society for the Reconstruction and Development of the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem’s Old City to invest a quarter of a billion...
BBC anchor: ‘Israeli forces are happy to kill children’
The BBC stands accused of disseminating an antisemitic blood libel after a news anchor claimed IDF soldiers "are happy to kill children" in a segment about Israel's counterterrorism operation in Jenin.
During an interview with former Israeli...
Iran-backed Shi’ite militia holds Israeli citizen hostage in Iraq
The Iran-backed Shi’ite militia Kata'ib Hezbollah, which the U.S. State Department designates as a Foreign Terror Organization, is holding a dual Israeli-Russian citizen hostage in Iraq, the Israeli Prime Minister's Office revealed on Wednesday.
Elizabeth Tsurkov,...
Activist seeks to burn Torah outside Israeli embassy in Sweden
Swedish police have received a request to burn a Torah book in front of the Israeli embassy in Stockholm, officials said Wednesday.
The request follows the burning of a Koran outside the main mosque in...
Knesset advances bill to reduce power of the Israel Bar Association
The Knesset plenum on Wednesday passed in a preliminary reading a bill to transfer much of the authority of the Israel Bar Association to a new public council.
Fifty lawmakers voted for the measure while...
Egypt at a crossroads: Has el-Sisi’s decade in power been a success?
It has been nearly ten years since General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi came to power as president of Egypt following a military coup.
July 3, 2013, began as a regular day in Cairo, with demonstrations held against...
Trump’s and Biden’s Iran envoys were both accused of mishandling classified info
Last year, the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s residence at Mar-a-Lago.
Biden’s Justice Department bypassed normal protocol for the raid, sidelined the FBI’s Miami Field Office, refused to assign a U.S. Attorney’s Office and pressured the...
Three Israelis held in Turkish prison on harassment charges
Three Israeli men have been held in a remote Turkish prison for over a week after a flight attendant accused them of sexual harassment, Hebrew media reported on Tuesday.
According to the family of one...