Daily Archives: April 17, 2024
Netanyahu: Israel will decide how it responds to Iran
Israel will make its own decision on how to respond to Tehran’s unprecedented missile and drone attack, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday after speaking with the foreign ministers of the United Kingdom...
Herzog: World must work ‘decisively and defiantly’ against Iran
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday urged the international community to confront Iran, as Jerusalem prepares a response to the Islamic Republic’s massive drone and missile attack over the weekend.
“The whole world must work...
Shin Bet asked to delay closure of terror-linked Ra’am charities
The Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) pressed the Justice Ministry to delay proceedings to close down two terror-linked nonprofits controlled by the Islamist Ra’am Party, Israel Hayom reported on Wednesday.
According to the report, officials in the...
Erdoğan invites Hamas chief Haniyeh, accuses Israel in speech
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan announced on Wednesday that he will host Ismail Haniyeh, political leader of Hamas, during a speech to parliament in Ankara rife with anti-Israel tropes.
Erdoğan praised the terrorist group, which...
New Haggadah promises Passover seder that isn’t as ‘dull as matzah’
The Jewish nonprofit JewBelong, known for its blunt and pink billboards, released a free, downloadable Passover Haggadah that contains a “blessing for anyone who isn’t Jewish” and the “10 plagues of antisemitism.”
The 40-page booklet follows the traditional...
Behold the 21st-century boycott
Ha’aretz published a long and important article on April 12 that described an “unprecedented global boycott of Israeli academics.” Their report is based on a survey conducted in January by the Israel Young Academy, in which...
Brooklyn legislator’s Jewish constituents feel ‘abandoned, betrayed, endangered’
Shahana Hanif, a New York City Council member and co-chair of its Taskforce to Combat Hate, is ignoring antisemitism and leaving her Jewish constituents in Brooklyn’s 39th District feeling unsafe, according to an op-ed in the New York...
As Iran attacked, anxious Israelis put trust in the IDF and watched news
More than 77% of the Israeli public experienced varying levels of anxiety during Iran’s April 14 aerial attack, but watching news helped them cope, a Bar-Ilan University survey found.
Only 20% of respondents reported no symptoms...
UN Security Council committee doesn’t recommend Palestinian membership vote
The U.N. Security Council’s committee on new members reported on Tuesday that it could not reach a consensus on the revived application for full Palestinian U.N. membership.
Algeria, the Arab world’s de facto representative on the council,...
Qatari PM: Hostage-for-ceasefire talks at ‘sensitive stage’
The negotiations to forge a deal wherein Hamas would free hostages held in Gaza in return for a ceasefire and the release of terrorists held in Israeli prisons are at a delicate stage, Qatar’s...