Monthly Archives: August 2024
Upstate New York mosque issues apology for guest imam’s anti-Jewish rant
A mosque in Rockland County, N.Y., issued an apology this week after a guest cleric called for Allah to “destroy the Zionist Jews” and “liberate the Al-Aqsa Mosque” in the course of delivering an...
Australian media company CEO ‘unreservedly’ sorry for photo of Nazi salute
The CEO of the Australian media company Foxtel, which has nearly 4.7 million paid subscribers and which made about $330 million last quarter, has apologized “unreservedly” after a decade-old image surfaced of him performing a Nazi...
Hamas is exploiting dead hostages
The news that Hamas was planning to dig up corpses from an old British cemetery in the Gaza Strip to pressure the British government to turn against Israel shines a spotlight on a question...
Petition to fire UN special rapporteur surpasses 40,000 signatures
UN Watch published a petition urging for the removal of Francesca Albanese, the U.N. special rapporteur for Palestinian rights, that so far has received more than 40,000 signatures towards a goal of 51,200.
The latest initiative says...
Harris ‘last person in room’ with Biden on foreign-policy decisions, former US envoy says
During the presidency of Barack Obama, Thomas Nides attended foreign-policy meetings as U.S. deputy secretary of state for management and resources. Just as he saw Obama include Joe Biden, then-vice president, Nides has seen...
Beirut files complaint with UN Security Council about Israeli flyovers
The Lebanese government has filed a complaint with the U.N. Security Council after Israeli Air Force fighter jets repeatedly broke the sound barrier over Beirut, the country’s LBC TV channel reported on Monday.
The protest, which was filed by Beirut’s mission in...
Ramaz School graduates not headed to Columbia University this fall
Not a single graduate of the Ramaz School, a Jewish college-prep institution in New York City, will head to Columbia University this academic year—something that hasn’t happened in decades.
“For the first time in over 20 years,...
Netanyahu demands swift release of living hostages, control of ‘security assets’
Israel will continue to press for a truce deal that will free as many living hostages as possible while retaining security control over key areas of Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed during a meeting with...
NBA legend Shaq sends message of support to Oct. 7 massacre survivors
National Basketball Association legend Shaquille “Shaq” O’Neal this past weekend sent a heartfelt video message in English and Hebrew to survivors of the Oct. 7 massacre and bereaved families.
The 52-year-old, whose trophy shelf includes...
The two-state delusion
The two-state solution, long heralded as the only viable path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians, has been the cornerstone of international diplomacy for decades.
Yet, despite countless negotiations, summits and accords, the dream of...