Daily Archives: January 8, 2025
Herzog awards ‘Presidential Medal of Honor’ to eight leaders
President Isaac Herzog awarded on Wednesday the Israeli Presidential Medal of Honor to eight global leaders for their outstanding contributions to Israel and the Jewish people.
The medal recipients include Ronald S. Lauder, president of...
Historic Jewish Synagogue Destroyed by Eaton Fire in Pasadena
A significant chapter of Pasadena’s history was tragically lost when a historic Jewish synagogue, built over 80 years ago, was destroyed by the devastating Eaton Fire. The synagogue, which stood as a testament to...
Pro-Hamas activist destroys Netanyahu’s wax statue in Mexico
A pro-Palestinian activist vandalized a wax statue of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a museum in Mexico City on Tuesday.
Video footage of the incident circulating on social media shows the masked individual smashing...
Israel denies ceasefire report, calls it Hamas ‘psychological warfare’
The Israeli Prime Minister's Office on Wednesday denied Arab media reports on the framework of an emerging ceasefire deal with Hamas.
"The report in the Arab media about a pause of a number of weeks...
The January surprise
For months, President Joe Biden’s detractors predicted that he would deliver a last-minute betrayal of Israel, akin to President Barack Obama’s infamous abstention on a U.N. Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in 2016....
Trudeau’s legacy to go down as disappointing when it comes to Israel
As he prepares to step down from his post as prime minister, Justin Trudeau’s legacy as it relates to Canada and Israel will be shadowed by his failure to stand up for the Jewish...
Memorial to Warsaw Ghetto Jews defaced in Poland
In the latest instance of vandalism targeting Holocaust memorials in Poland, a hateful message was recently scrawled on Warsaw's Umschlagplatz monument, which commemorates the 300,000 Jews deported from the Warsaw Ghetto to the Treblinka...
Macron: Iran’s nuclear program leading world down ‘path of no return’
French President Emmanuel Macron warned on Monday that Iran’s nuclear program is rapidly approaching the “point of no return.”
Speaking at the annual conference of French ambassadors in Paris, the French president described Iran as “the main...
‘Insult to every Jewish person’: Sunny Hostin, of ‘The View,’ compares Jan. 6 to...
Sunny Hostin, a co-host of ABC's talk show "The View," drew sharp criticism for her statement, on the Jan. 6 edition of the show, for saying that the attack on the U.S. Capitol on...