Monthly Archives: November 2024
Verter fun der Vokh: דער דאַנקטאָג – Thanksgiving
דאַנקטאָג איז אַ טאָג ווען אַמעריקאַנער שאַצן אָפּ אַלץ מיט וואָס זיי זענען געבענטשט, כאָטש באמת וואָלט מען יעדן טאָג געמעגט זאָגן אַ דאַנק דערפֿאַר. פֿאַר אַ יאָרן איז געווען גאָר אַן אַנדער מין דאַנקטאָג,...
Five requirements Abbas must meet to demonstrate his commitment to peace
Following the U.S. election, Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas phoned President-elect Donald Trump to wish him “success in his upcoming term in office” and to reaffirm “his readiness to work with President Trump in...
Nuclear Escalation Doctrine: Impact of American and Russian “Firebreaks” on Israel’s Security
The conceptual and historical background
Soon, Israel will need to make critical decisions on launching preemptive strikes against Iran. Such non-nuclear defensive actions – expressions of anticipatory self-defense” under international law – would take calculated...
UAE IDs 3 Uzbek suspects in murder of Chabad Rabbi Zvi Kogan
The Emirati Ministry of Interior confirmed on Monday that the three suspects arrested for the murder of Chabad-Lubavitch emissary Rabbi Zvi Kogan are Uzbek nationals.
Security authorities identified the suspects as Olimpi Toirovich, 28, Makhmudjon...
Khamenei: ICC should sentence Netanyahu to death
Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called on the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday to issue a death sentence against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, not an arrest warrant.
Speaking before a...
Netanyahu convenes closed-door meeting on Lebanon ceasefire talks
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a consultation on Sunday night with Defense Minister Israel Katz and other senior security officials to discuss the Lebanon ceasefire efforts, Hebrew media reported on Monday.
“We are close...
UN Watch: Former UNRWA chief hailed ‘spirit of partnership’ in meeting with terrorists
Former United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl repeatedly met with senior members of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, expressing the U.N. agency's willingness to work together in the "spirit of...
White House denounces murder of Chabad rabbi in UAE ‘in strongest terms’
The White House National Security Council condemns the murder of Rabbi Zvi Kogan in the United Arab Emirates "in the strongest terms," Sean Savett, a spokesman for the council, stated on Sunday evening.
"Our prayers...
Israel’s oldest citizen turns 110
Israel's most senior citizen marked her 110th birthday this week with a heartfelt celebration organized by the staff at Netanya's Laniado Hospital.
Born in 1914 in Kraśnik, Poland, Tzila Cohen immigrated to pre-state Israel alone...
Jewish Americans visit Japan as part of diplomacy, culture tour
On Monday, B’nai B’rith International announced the completion of a week-long trip organized by the Japan International Cooperation Center as part of the Japanese government’s annual Kakehashi Project.
The project, funded by the Japanese Ministry of...