Daily Archives: November 15, 2023
Israeli FM clarifies ‘international pressure’ comments
Facing blowback, Israel's foreign minister on Tuesday clarified comments he made earlier in the day that seemed to imply Israel had only weeks before international pressure forced a ceasefire in its war against Hamas.
"The...
Deborah Lipstadt: ‘This nation gives bigotry no sanction’
Deborah Lipstadt, U.S. special envoy to monitor and combat antisemitism, spoke to a crowd of nearly 300,000 people at the “March for Israel” in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 14.
“Two hundred and 30 years ago,...
Enshrine national strategy on antisemitism into law, ADL head tells Congress
Congress needs to overcome partisan bickering and pass legislation supporting Israel and the U.S. Jewish community, Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO and national director of the Anti-Defamation League, told JNS at the “March for Israel” in...
Natan Sharansky: ‘We’ll defeat our enemies today’
Natan Sharansky, the former Soviet refusenik and Israeli statesman, spoke on Tuesday during the “March for Israel” on Nov. 14.
Sharansky spoke of his fight for Soviet Jewry to his immigration to Israel—that “they challenged...