Monthly Archives: July 2023
Netanyahu to Fox News: ‘Everyone has an opinion on Israel’
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...
Likud says no to Lapid demand for 18-month freeze of judicial reform
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...
Gaslighting the Jewish people
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...
Ehud Barak’s poisonous pyromania
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...
New suspension bridge makes Jerusalem holy sites accessible
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...
Funeral takes place for Holocaust survivor David ‘Dugo’ Leitner, 94
David “Dugo” Leitner was born in Hungary in 1930 to his parents, Meir and Golda Leah, and raised in an Orthodox home. In March 1944, invading Nazi Germans corralled his family to the ghetto;...
Evidence of Second Temple’s destruction unearthed in Jerusalem
Tangible evidence of the destruction of the Second Temple and the devastating events that unfolded in Jerusalem 2,000 years ago has come to light with the discovery of a rare coin in Jerusalem’s City...
Arizona schools adjust to sweltering heat as kids start new academic year
On the same day that public school students in parts of Arizona headed back to the classroom, the city of Phoenix set a record for the number of consecutive days over 110 degrees.
In a...
Israeli-American astrophysicist believes he may have found alien life
Israeli-American astrophysicist believes he may have found alien life
The purported discovery took place more than a mile underwater near Papua New Guinea.
Those in search of aliens from other planets would typically look to the...
US State Department to brief lawmakers on suspension of Iran envoy Malley
Details remain sketchy, but Robert Malley confirmed at the beginning of the month that the U.S. State Department had suspended him from his role as special envoy for Iran.
Malley, who as an undergraduate penned a 1980 Yale...