Monthly Archives: May 2024
What the World Central Kitchen strike tells us about Israel
More than two dozen Democratic members of Congress sent a letter to the Biden administration on April 16 criticizing Israel’s conduct of the war in Gaza and expressing concern about “civilian harm and military targeting,” among other topics.
The...
House Speaker Johnson to boost congressional efforts against campus Jew-hatred
Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have announced plans to increase federal scrutiny as a result of the aggressive antisemitic environment that has emerged at universities across the country since Hamas’s Oct. 7 terror attacks...
Following US pressure, aid trucks enter Gaza’s north through Erez
The first aid trucks entered the northern part of the Gaza Strip through the Erez Crossing on Wednesday, seven months after Hamas terrorists destroyed the entry point during their Oct. 7 massacre in Israel.
The...
Holocaust cattle car exhibit coming to National Mall, timed to Yom Hashoah
A Holocaust cattle car will be on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., from May 6 to 9, open to visitors for an immersive learning experience about World War II and the Holocaust, as...
Efforts underway in Poland to preserve shoe remains from Holocaust victims
Musician Grzegorz Kwiatkowski says walking doesn’t feel right on the ground outside of what was once the Stutthof concentration camp near Gdańsk, Poland. He learned the reason for that—and is now doing something about...
Poll shows Harvard faculty divided over severity of campus antisemitism
Harvard University’s student newspaper published research providing a snapshot of views held by professors at the Ivy League school on the war between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza Strip after Oct. 7.
The annual Faculty of...
Blinken to Netanyahu: Israel must ‘avoid further expansion’ of war
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday as part of his Middle East tour to Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, his seventh trip to the Jewish state since the...
Police arrest anti-Israel activists on Emory campus, including faculty members
Gregory L. Fenves, president of Emory University in Atlanta, released a statement on Friday about campus protests the day before that resulted in 28 arrests, placing the blame on outside agitators for a demonstration that ended...
Turkey joins South Africa genocide lawsuit at The Hague
Ankara, which has outright supported Hamas in the terrorist group’s current war against Israel, has decided to join South Africa’s lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.
Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan...
Hezbollah missile wounds two Israeli Arabs
Two Israeli Arabs were lightly wounded in the Upper Galilee on Tuesday night when a Hezbollah anti-tank missile fired from Lebanon scored a direct hit on their vehicle, the Israel Defense Forces said on...