Monthly Archives: April 2024
US: Gaza aid has greatly increased in recent days
The United States has confirmed a substantial increase in humanitarian aid entering the Gaza Strip over the past few days.
“The aid has increased and quite dramatically in just the last few days,” White House...
‘It was a strategic Iranian decision to allow Hamas to attack’
“Iran is keeping Israel and the world busy with its proxies, and is managing to deflect attention to secondary arenas, while it advances towards nuclear capabilities.”
So warns Brig. Gen. (res.) Amir Avivi, CEO of...
One day after Iranian attack, Lapid calls Israeli gov’t ‘existential threat’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has “destroyed” the country’s deterrence, opposition leader Yair Lapid charged on Monday, a day after an unprecedented attack on the Jewish state by Iran.
“This government, this prime minister,...
Tlaib honors Palestinian ‘journalist’ who celebrated Oct. 7 terrorist attacks
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), a member of the so-called progressive “Squad” in the U.S. House of Representatives and a frequent critic of the Jewish state, recognized a Palestinian “journalist”—who celebrated Hamas’s Oct. 7 terrorist...
Saudis, Emiratis shared intel about Iranian attack with US, Israel
The Saudis and Emiratis shared intelligence with the United States and Israel to help counter Iran’s April 14 attack, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday, citing U.S. and Israeli officials.
Arab governments were initially cautious about sharing...
Hezbollah claims attack that wounded 4 IDF soldiers
Four Israeli soldiers were wounded, including one seriously, in an explosion during operational activity in the area of the Lebanon border on Sunday night.
Hezbollah claimed responsibility, saying it placed several explosive devices along the...
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...