Daily Archives: January 11, 2024
‘We will always act according to the Israeli interest,’ Smotrich tells Blinken
The Israeli government "greatly appreciates" American support for the Jewish state's war effort but will always put the interests of its citizens first, Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich stressed this week as he welcomed...
Genocide case: Should Israel participate in ‘kangaroo court’?
While legal observers tell JNS that the Genocide case brought against Israel is a travesty, they split on whether Israel should defend itself at the hearings in The Hague.
The hearings at the International Court of...
Why should Israel be a “normal” country?
David Grün (David Ben-Gurion) emigrated to Palestine in 1906, at that time controlled by the Ottomans, to become an agricultural worker, putting into practice the philosophy that would inspire Zionists for the next four...
Biden’s Middle East diplomacy is about Michigan
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East for yet another round of meetings. The point of it is, as with his previous trips since Hamas launched a war against Israel on...
‘Explosion’ of conspiracy theories on social media about ‘tunnels’ at Chabad
The account Frum TikTok was one of many to post footage of a riot at a synagogue that is part of the world headquarters of Chabad-Lubavitch. Police were called after “young agitators,” as Chabad put it,...