Monthly Archives: August 2023
Israel Katz first minister in Netanyahu gov’t to visit UAE
Energy Minister Israel Katz on Sunday became the first Cabinet member to visit the United Arab Emirates since the Netanyahu-led government came to power in December.
The minister is in Abu Dhabi to discuss a...
Tel Aviv terror victim’s corneas transplanted to two people
The corneas of an Israeli victim of terrorism were transplanted into patients on Sunday, Ichilov Hospital at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center announced on Monday.
Chen Amir, a 42-year-old municipal patrolman, was killed while preventing...
Riyadh seeks to reboot Temple Mount status quo with peace deal
The timing was not accidental when Saudi Arabia announced over the weekend that its ambassador to Jordan will also take on the roles of ambassador to the Palestinian Authority and consul general in eastern Jerusalem.
The announcement...
Yesh Atid MK would be ‘delighted’ to join Netanyahu-led unity gov’t
Yesh Atid lawmaker Elazar Stern on Monday expressed a desire to join a unity government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Israeli media reported.
"I would be delighted if Netanyahu puts forward such an offer,"...
Three US presidential campaigns respond to Biden’s Netanyahu snub
It’s the gift that keeps on not giving.
Months after Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected Israeli prime minister late last year, U.S. President Joe Biden has yet to invite the leader of one of Washington’s closest...
‘France24’ fired second journalist earlier this year for antisemitism
France24 fired Joelle Maroun, its Beirut correspondent, last March for antisemitic comments. According to CAMERA, the French state-owned outlet dismissed another journalist at some unknown point thereafter, also for making antisemitic comments.
Dina Abi-Saab reportedly refused...
A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy
As different as the United States and Israel are, the events of the last several months have shown that the political and media cultures of the two nations are growing more and more alike....
Distorting the Declaration
“As embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the essence of the State of Israel is to be a Jewish and democratic state.” — Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch of the Institute for National Security...
World’s Largest Organized Jewish Youth Sports Event Continues with Opportunities for Inclusion, Volunteer Service
(Press Release) Following the historic JCC Maccabi Games in Israel, the world’s largest Jewish youth sports event continues with JCC Association of North America’s 41st JCC Maccabi Games® and Access events in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, August 6-11,...
Abraham Discords
U.S. President Joe Biden’s attempt to cobble together some kind of Israeli-Saudi normalization deal before the 2024 American election is, it seems to me, doomed to fail. It feels like Joe has been led...