Monthly Archives: December 2024
Trump voices the moral clarity on hostages the world needed
We don’t know yet what impact President-elect Donald Trump’s bombshell statement about the fate of the Israeli hostages still held by Hamas will be. But in one post on his Truth Social site, he neatly summarized...
Trump taps Abraham Accords negotiator as envoy for hostage affairs
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced his selection of Adam Boehler to be the special presidential envoy for hostage affairs in the incoming administration.
Boehler previously led negotiations on the 2020 Abraham Accords, the agreement that...
UN calls for conference to advance Palestinian state
The United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday passed a resolution calling for a "High-level International Conference" to be held in June to push forward the establishment of a state of Palestine.
The conference will advance...
Record number of religious women enlist in IDF’s Shlav Bet
Over the weekend, more than 120 Orthodox women aged 26-50 enlisted in the Israel Defense Forces as part of the Shlav Bet ("Phase 2") program track for religious women over the usual recruitment age.
This third and...
Israel’s gift
Do you recall the Cedar Revolution?
Almost 20 years ago, the Lebanese rose against Syria’s domination of their country, including an occupation force of roughly 14,000 Syrian troops and a government that was all too...
Computer game that glorifies Hamas pulled offline in UK
The main counter-terrorism agency of the United Kingdom ordered the pulling offline in that country of a computer game that simulates the actions of a Hamas terrorist murdering Israelis.
Steam, a video game digital distribution service, rendered...
Netflix picks up award-winning Israeli show ‘Six Zeros’
Netflix has purchased the Israeli comedy series "Six Zeros," the first season of which aired in 2023 on Israel's public broadcasting network, Kan 11, the channel announced on Tuesday.
"Six Zeros" explores what happens when people win...
Tel Aviv court finds insufficient evidence to prosecute Eli Feldstein for intending to harm...
Tel Aviv District Court Judge Ala Masarwa ruled on Tuesday that there is insufficient evidence to charge Eli Feldstein, the chief suspect in the alleged leak of classified documents concerning Hamas hostages in Gaza, with...
Earliest known Chinese inscription discovered in Jerusalem
The earliest known Chinese inscription in Israel from about 500 years ago has been uncovered in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on Tuesday.
The rare 16th century CE Chinese inscription, unearthed in a dig...
Syria: Israeli strike kills Hezbollah rep to Assad’s army
An Israeli strike in Syria killed Salman Nemer Jamaa, Iranian-backed Hezbollah's terrorist representative to the Syrian military, the Israel Defense Forces confirmed in a statement on Tuesday night.
"As part of his role, Jamaa was...