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Daily Archives: July 31, 2023

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, July 2, 2023. Photo by Marc Israel Sellem/POOL.

Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everyone has an opinion on Israel’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu took a shot at foreign interventions into Israeli democracy during an interview with Fox News that aired on Sunday. “I’ve been elected six times democratically for a total of 16 years, and...
Opposition leader Yair Lapid addresses the Knesset, July 30, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Likud says no to Lapid demand for 18-month freeze of judicial reform

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud will not agree to freeze all judicial reform legislation until 2025 as demanded by the head of the opposition, the party said on Sunday afternoon. "The only possible solution and...
A scene from the 1944 film "Gaslight." Source: Public domain/Wikimedia.

Gaslighting the Jewish people

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After 2,000 years of antisemitic persecution, one would think that no one—especially Jews—would deny the existence of antisemitism. Unfortunately, there are those, even Jews, who do precisely this. Their refusal to recognize blatant antisemitism is...
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak at a protest in Tel Aviv against the government's planned judicial reforms, Feb. 25, 2023. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni‎‏/Flash90.

Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania

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On the days after Tisha B'Av, it would be nice to write about national unity, shared destiny, moderation and restraint. But I cannot ignore the kasach—the unbridled confrontation, the inflammatory demagoguery, the warmongering—that has become...
Jerusalem's new suspension bridge over the Hinnom Valley, as seen from Mount Zion. Photo: Eliyahu Yanai/City of David.

New suspension bridge makes Jerusalem holy sites accessible

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Jerusalem is due to unveil Israel’s longest suspension bridge on Sunday night, connecting Mount Zion with the Hinnom Valley to the south. The bridge will make Mount Zion’s holy sites and Jerusalem’s Old City...