Monthly Archives: February 2024
More than half of Israelis oppose Palestinian state for Saudi ties
More than half of the Israeli public opposes the creation of a Palestinian state as part of a deal that would end the war against Hamas and normalize relations between Jerusalem and Riyadh, according...
Israeli hospital cares for Hamas chief’s grandniece
Even as Hamas holds 136 Israelis hostage in unspeakable conditions, a close relative of the terrorist group's leader, Ismail Haniyeh, is receiving life-saving medical care at Beersheva's Soroka Medical Center.
Haniyeh's sisters, Israeli citizens, live...
IDF slammed for simulating kidnapping of Arabs by Jews
Judea and Samaria leaders are demanding the dismissal of the author of a training exercise conducted by the Israel Defense Forces on Monday that simulated the kidnapping of Palestinian Arabs by Israeli Jews.
The leaders...
Argentina’s president in Israel on wartime solidarity visit
Argentine President Javier Milei arrived in Israel on Tuesday, reiterating his pledge to move his nation's embassy to Jerusalem and opening a new chapter in bilateral relations.
The three-day solidarity trip, which is one of...
Netanyahu thanks France for ‘stalwart support’ against Hamas
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday thanked French Foreign Minister Stéphane Séjourné for his country's "stalwart support" amid Israel's war against the Hamas terrorist organization.
Ahead of a meeting in Jerusalem, Netanyahu commended Séjourné...
‘Hatikvah’ played in Doha after Israeli wins gold in fencing
"Hatikvah," the Jewish state's national anthem, sounded in a Doha sporting arena this week after Israeli fencer Yuval Freilich won a gold medal at the International Fencing Federation's Grand Prix, which ended on Wednesday...
Mandy Patinkin Headlines San Diego’s ‘JFest’ June 4
Broadway’s master songman, Mandy Patinkin, accompanied by Adam Ben-David on piano, will bring his newest theatre concert Mandy Patinkin in Concert: BEING ALIVE, to Balboa Theatre on Tuesday, June 4 at 7:30 p.m. This powerful...
It’s Biden who’s playing politics with the Gaza war, not Bibi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s reputation as a master political schemer and a cynical seeker of power is so deeply embedded in the public consciousness that there is literally nothing he can do without...
Defunding UNRWA and collective punishment
The 14th chapter of the book of Leviticus describes a mysterious disease that infects houses. It states that when this disease is suspected, the dwelling must initially be left empty for seven days. If...
Judaism is not a state of mind
Writer Jennifer Cox recently published an article about her decision to raise her family Jewish despite the outpouring of antisemitism since Oct. 7. The piece outlines many of the choices she and her husband have made...