Daily Archives: October 9, 2023
A Kibbutznik Who Did Everything Well
Chicken Man by Michelle Edwards; Montgomery, Alabama: NewSouth Books © 2008, ISBN 9781588-382375; 26 pages; $9.79 on Amazon.
SAN DIEGO – For its October selection for 4-year-old children, PJ Library has brought back an oldie but a...
Herzog: ‘Not since Holocaust have so many Jews been killed in one day’
Following is the full text of the statement:
As president of the State of Israel, I speak to you now from our capital city Jerusalem under the dark shadow of war, as my nation continues...
Netanyahu denies report Cairo warned of Hamas attack
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday dismissed as “totally fake news” and "absolutely false" reports that the Egyptian spy chief warned him of a major impending Palestinian attack from Gaza.
Ynet had reported that Maj. Gen. Abbas...
Penn to review policies following ‘Palestine Writes’ literary event
Responding to the international outcry over a campus conference titled “Palestine Writes,” featuring antisemitic speakers over Rosh Hashanah weekend, administrators at the University of Pennsylvania say they are re-evaluating their speaker policies.
The school will conduct...
11 Americans killed in Hamas attacks
Hamas killed at least 11 American citizens in this weekend's surprise attack from Gaza, U.S. President Joe Biden said in a statement on Monday.
Several other countries also reported their citizens are among the dead...
Netanyahu: ‘We are changing the Middle East’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with local and regional leaders from Israel's southern region on Monday, as the Israel Defense Forces expanded airstrikes in the Gaza Strip following Hamas's deadly surprise attack on...
Grandmother outsmarts Hamas terrorists in her home
The Hamas gunman aimed his rifle at the elderly couple in their home in southern Israel early Saturday morning. He held a grenade on Rachel Edri’s head, began screaming "Allah Akbar" and announced that...
Israel denies negotiating with Hamas for release of hostages
As Israel entered its third day of war with Hamas, an Israeli official denied Jerusalem was negotiating for the release of hostages held by the terror group via Qatar.
An Israeli senior official confirmed to...
US calls for full backing of Israel at UN Security Council
"The era of reasoning with these savages is over," Israel's ambassador to the United Nations told an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting on Sunday, referring to the Hamas terrorist organization.
Following the weekend’s unprecedented terrorist...
‘We are all Israelis’
The 1973 Yom Kippur War began as a surprise attack on the holiest day of the Jewish calendar. On Oct. 7, 2023, history repeated itself.
On Saturday, Hamas, an Iran-backed terror group, launched a surprise...