Daily Archives: May 28, 2024
HHS secretary Becerra ‘misspoke’ at World Health Assembly when seeming to recognize ‘Palestine’
Xavier Becerra, the U.S. secretary of health and human services, did not mean to reflect a change in American policy when he referred during a speech at the 77th World Health Assembly to “Israel...
At 80, American Jewish Press Association grapples with past, present and future
For the American Jewish Press Association, 2024 has been a landmark year in several ways.
The organization, which is celebrating its 80th anniversary, is planning at its annual conference in early June to detail the...
IDF source: Rafah fire may have been caused by Hamas munitions
The Israeli military is investigating the possibility that the deadly fire that broke out in Rafah on Sunday night following an Israeli airstrike may have been caused by the secondary detonation of Hamas munitions,...
Why we fight
During World War II, a series of documentary films were made, directed by Frank Capra, that set out in explicit and graphic detail the precipitating causes and reasons why the U.S. entered the war...
Saudi Arabia removes anti-Israel material from schoolbooks
Saudi Arabia has removed practically all antisemitism and anti-Israel material from its schoolbooks, in a major shift from the past and a harbinger of a better future, a study released Tuesday found.
The study, conducted...
Islamic Jihad releases new propaganda clip of Russian-Israeli hostage
Palestinian Islamic Jihad released a video on Tuesday of 30-year-old Alexander “Sasha” Trufanov, who was abducted from his family home on Oct. 7 and has been held captive in the Gaza Strip for 234...
IDF’s Rafah operation unaffected by ICJ, ICC steps
Recent moves by the International Court of Justice and the International Criminal Court at the Hague are having no tangible effect on the Israel Defense Force’s ongoing Gaza operation, aimed at dismantling Hamas’s remaining...
Protesters at Hebrew U call to ‘expel the occupier’
Around 100 students participated in an anti-Israel protest at the Hebrew University’s Mount Scopus campus in Jerusalem on Tuesday, waving PLO flags and chanting inflammatory slogans, according to Hebrew media reports.
Kan News shared video of...
Israeli council head gets WhatsApp threats ‘from Hezbollah’
The head of Israel’s Upper Galilee Regional Council received threatening WhatsApp messages on Tuesday from a source claiming to belong to Hezbollah, according to Israeli media reports.
“To the settlers of the north, if you...
Hamas terrorists fire at central Israel from Samaria
Hamas on Monday published footage of masked terrorists opening fire with automatic weapons at Bat Hefer, an Israeli village east of Netanya that borders the Green Line with Samaria, Channel 12 News reported.
In the footage, two...