Daily Archives: January 2, 2024
Former Mossad chief Zvi Zamir dies at 98
Zvi Zamir, the fourth director of Israel's Mossad national intelligence agency, died in Tel Aviv on Jan. 2. He was 98 years old.
Born Zvicka Zarzevsky in 1925 in Lodz, Poland, Zamir immigrated to Israel...
The two Yosefs
On the last Wednesday of 2023, the Israeli media reported the heartbreaking story of a soldier’s posthumous letter to his bereaved parents. Sgt. First Class Yosef Gitarts wrote, “I fell honorably for my people....
50,000 Jews visit Temple Mount in 2023
During 2023, 50,098 Jews visited the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, down from 51,483 in 2022, according to data compiled by Beyadenu, an Israeli NGO dedicated to strengthening the Jewish connection to the holy site.
Some...
In rare move, US slams Israeli ministers by name for calling for Palestinian resettlement
Matthew Miller, the U.S. State Department spokesman, rejected calls on Tuesday from two Israeli ministers for Palestinians to be permanently resettled outside of Gaza and for Israel to re-establish Jewish communities within the Strip.
“This...
FBI said to be investigating balloons over JFK airport amid anti-Israel protests
“If anyone is flying out of JFK Airport today, please plan to travel to the airport ahead of time. There are planned protests today and will cause delays,” Philip Rivera, the NYPD chief of...
Harvard University president Claudine Gay expected to resign in wake of dual controversies
Harvard University president Claudine Gay is expected to resign on Tuesday, The Boston Globe reported.
Gay has been embroiled in dual controversies over her response to campus antisemitism at Harvard University in the wake of Hamas’s Oct....
Netanyahu: Hostage release talks taking place ‘right now’
Talks on the release of hostages held by Hamas in Gaza are taking place "right now," Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday night, as Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh warned the terrorist group...
Israeli drone kills Hamas deputy chief al-Arouri in Beirut
An Israeli drone strike on a Hamas office in Beirut eliminated top terror chief Saleh al-Arouri on Tuesday night, Hamas's Al-Aqsa Radio announced.
The explosion rocked the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, a Hezbollah stronghold. In addition to...
Katz: Return of hostages is foreign ministry’s top priority
Newly-installed Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz on Tuesday vowed to make the return of the more than 120 hostages still held by Hamas terrorists in the Gaza Strip his ministry's top priority.
"Today, I assumed...
An Israel-Iran Nuclear War: What The World Could Expect
“I learn a science from the soul’s aggressions.”
St. John Perse
In parts of the world, a nuclear war is increasingly plausible. Nonetheless, defining meaningful time frames for such a conflict would be problematic, and determining...