Monthly Archives: October 2023
Biden to visit Israel; IDF pummels Gaza ahead of expected ground op
U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Israel this week in a show of support, as the IDF continues to strike Hamas targets in the Gaza Strip ahead of an anticipated ground offensive.
"On Wednesday, I'll...
Week after Hamas attack, Biden administration ‘strongly’ supports two-state solution
The first question U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was asked during an Al-Arabiya interview in Cairo on Oct. 15 set a tone. The last question yielded a telling answer.
"Mr. Secretary. Well, actually, you have, well, a...
Hamas Defenders Can’t Handle the Truth
“Does the whole world hate the Jews?”
The question was posed by a self-identified Democrat from Waterbury, Conn., who called into C-Span Saturday morning to confess that he believed white nationalists owned antisemitism in America....
Reflections of a father
Written on Friday afternoon, Erev Shabbat, Oct. 13, 2023
It has been a week since the war started, and I feel a need to write.
I am not a writer. I am not writing this for...
Film in Chattanooga Jewish screening refers to ‘Occupied West Bank’
The 16th annual Chattanooga Jewish Film Series, hosted by the Jewish Federation in the southeastern Tennessee city, began on Wednesday evening.
Titles featured include the 1941 Holocaust escape drama “Farewell Mr. Haffman,” the musical drama “Love Gets...
Biden talks to some family members of 14 Americans missing in Israel
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on the phone on Friday with family members of 14 missing Americans, according to the White House pool report.
Some of the 14 are presumed to be held hostages in...
At diplomatic event in New York, rare consensus of support for Israel
Defending the Jewish state at the United Nations is like being in a lion’s den, as former Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations Danny Danon and others have said. On Wednesday, biblical Isaiah references...
Strong US support for Israel geared to deter anti-Western regional axis of rogue countries
The United States has taken a strong stance on Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Thursday in a show of solidarity. At the start of their...
PA chief Mahmoud Abbas condemns violence ‘on both sides’
Five days after a murderous terror spree by Hamas—infiltrating Israel’s southern border from the Gaza Strip and leaving 1,300 dead, thousands wounded and as many as 150 civilians taken captive—Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas...
Trump: Netanyahu ‘let us down,’ Gallant ‘this jerk,’ Hezbollah ‘very smart’
Five days after Israel was brutally attacked by terrorists who infiltrated Israel's southern border—slaughtering at least 1,300 people, wounding thousands and taking as many as 150 others hostage—former U.S. President Donald Trump took aim...