Tag: Arab Countries
Yes, Arab funding can have a nefarious impact on campus
As I wrote last week and in my report, Arab Funding of American Universities: Donors, Recipients, and Impact, it is challenging to link Arab funding to universities with the toxic atmosphere on campus for Jews. It is...
Most Israelis against Palestinian state for defense pact
A majority of Israelis oppose agreeing in principle to the future establishment of a Palestinian state in exchange for a permanent regional defense agreement, according to the 15th “War in Gaza” survey published by the...
The Green Prince, Museb Hassan Yousef, Joins the National Public Diplomacy Campaign: “In the...
This week, Israel's public diplomacy efforts received a significant boost: The Green Prince, Museb Hassan Yousef, arrived for an interview with the Prime Minister's Arabic Media Spokesperson, Ofir Gendelman, and toured the areas of...
What are Arab donors to universities buying for $10 billion?
After decades of ignoring how foreign governments were using donations to universities, the Department of Education (DoE) finally launched an investigation in 2020 and published a report that found that some of the foreign...
Arabs in Sharaka delegation to Israel describe eye-opening education about the Holocaust
A delegation of people from Algeria, Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco, Syria and Turkey visited Israel from Feb. 26 to March 3 to learn about the Holocaust as a way to promote tolerance.
The visit, during...
Arab world is against normalization, survey shows
The vast majority of Arabs oppose normalization of relations with Israel, recently released poll results from the 2022 Arab Opinion Index show.
When asked, “Would you support or oppose diplomatic recognition of Israel by your...
Redesignate Yemen’s Houthis as terrorists, says women’s rights group on DC tour
At the same time that U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to the Middle East in July, a group of Yemeni women set off to Washington, D.C., to encourage the reinstatement of the Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO)...
AJC releases latest Arabic-language video on explaining, fighting anti-Semitism
The American Jewish Committee released on Tuesday the eighth and latest in its series of Arabic-language online videos the organization said is aimed at raising awareness in the Arab world about the scourge of Jew-hatred.
“What is...
New survey reveals Israel’s Mizrachim Jewish majority overlooked by school textbooks
The majority of Jews in contemporary Israel are descendants of Jews who were expelled or fled from countries under Muslim rule between 1948 and 1967. Generally referred to as Mizrachim (from the East), they include...
Alliance strengthens rabbis across Muslim states, as it also uplifts Jewish residents, tourists
The first rabbinic association in the Muslim world started in 2019—pre-dating the Abraham Accords by a year. Many people may be surprised to hear that the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States (ARIS) serves...