Daily Archives: April 12, 2024
US reiterates ‘ironclad’ support for Israel as IDF preps for Iranian attack
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin reiterated on Thursday Washington’s commitment to upholding Israel’s security, as the Israel Defense Forces continued preparations for an expected Iranian attack on the home front.
Austin spoke with Israeli Defense...
Lawsuit addresses rights violated by mandate to pay dues to anti-Israel union
Legal action will test the First Amendment question of whether or not it violates an employee’s religious freedom to mandate paying a union that has taken public positions in violation of its worker’s faith-based principles.
Jewish legal...
‘Hostages Square’ in Tel Aviv is one of the most religiously diverse synagogues
On a recent Friday evening in Tel Aviv, the air turned chilly as the sun sank below the horizon. Small groups coalesced to pray and usher in Shabbat at the open plaza outside of...
Palestinian membership at UN appears on hold
The U.N. Security Council’s Standing Committee on the Admission of New Members emerged on Thursday afternoon without a consensus—for the second time this week—on the topic of Palestinian membership.
Vanessa Frazier, the Maltese ambassador to...
US sanctions Hamas spokesman, three of its cyber, drone operators in Gaza and Lebanon
Washington officially designated four Hamas-aligned cyber and drone terror warfare officials in Gaza and Lebanon on Friday.
“The United States will continue to target Hamas’s destabilizing attempts to launch terrorist attacks, as well as to...
AJC New England calls Warren’s genocide claims ‘inaccurate and hurtful’
The Boston-based office of the American Jewish Committee’s New England branch sent a letter from its regional director, Robert Leikind, to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), on April 11.
He acknowledged that the senator has been “a supporter...
Biden needs to ‘stop cowering to the radical left,’ says Florida senator
Qatar came in for condemnation on Thursday after a trip to Israel by a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services.
“I made clear to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when I met with him in...
Argentina court names Iran responsible for 1994 AMIA bombing
The top criminal court in Argentina has named the alleged perpetrators of an act of terrorism it called a “crime against humanity.”
The Court of Cassation in Buenos Aires issued a ruling on April 11 blaming Iran...
Biden expects Iran to retaliate ‘sooner than later’ against Israel
U.S. President Joe Biden told reporters on Friday afternoon that he believes Iran will retaliate after an April 7 airstrike in Damascus that killed Iranian Brig. Gen. Mohammad Zahedi. Many have attributed it to Israel.
“My expectation...
Hippocrates and hypocrisy
Israel ought to have its head examined. Its bleeding heart could use a check-up, too.
Both became painfully clear this week and by no means for the first time. Whatever the prognosis, one thing is...