Daily Archives: May 16, 2024
Buried facts about the Gaza war
The extent to which the political class and the media are burying facts that undermine their poisonous narrative in order to defame and undermine Israel’s war of survival has become simply jaw-dropping.
The Biden administration...
Netherlands to examine ‘appropriate time’ to move embassy to J’lem
The Netherlands’ incoming center-right government has agreed to study the possibility of moving the Dutch embassy in Israel from Ramat Gan to Jerusalem, according to a draft coalition agreement that lawmakers of the four...
It’s Lag B’Omer: Time to get your grill on
Lag B’Omer, which this year begins at sundown on Saturday, May 25 and ends at nightfall on Sunday, May 26, is the day between Passover and Shavuot. According to the Talmud, a plague that...
US Gaza aid pier to be operational within days
A floating pier constructed off the Gaza coast by the U.S. Army is set to become operational “in the coming days,” according to Dan Dieckhaus, response director for the U.S. Agency for International Development...
With no good options for ‘day after’ in Gaza Strip, Netanyahu playing for time
Despite mounting pressure from coalition members, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has announced no plan for what comes next in the Gaza Strip once Hamas is defeated—and seemingly feels no need to do so,...
ICJ kicks off hearings on Israel’s Rafah offensive
The International Court of Justice in The Hague on Thursday is taking up a request by South Africa to press Israel to halt its military operations in Rafah in southern Gaza, where IDF ground forces...
Government advances IDF draft bill for haredim
The Ministerial Committee for Legislation approved a haredi draft bill on Thursday first put forward by current Minister-without-Portfolio Benny Gantz in the previous government.
“To bridge the differences and bring about a broad consensus, Prime Minister...
Rep. Kean leads communal roundtable discussion to counter hate in New Jersey
Rep. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) led a meeting of Jewish leaders, elected officials and students on May 13 in an effort to develop plans to counter rising antisemitism.
Kean invited constituents from the state’s 7th Congressional District.
“There...
Sullivan meets with officials whose citizens are being held by Hamas
Ambassadors and chiefs of missions from 18 countries joined to address the continued captivity of their citizens by Hamas in the Gaza Strip after terrorists kidnapped as many as 250 people from Israel on...
Israel releases new Gaza death toll, claims historically low civilian deaths
The ratio of terrorists to Palestinian noncombatants killed during Israel’s ongoing war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip is approximately one to one, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed this week.
“What Israel has done...