Tag: Israel
G7 countries express support for Israel’s self-defense
The foreign ministers from the Group of Seven countries on Wednesday condemned Hamas’s Oct. 7 massacre of 1,400 people, expressed support for Israel’s right to self-defense and called for “humanitarian pauses” in the war...
Verter fun der Vokh – War In Israel
Fifty years after the Yom Kippur war, the State of Israel has experienced a huge surprise attack during a Jewish holiday. This time the attackers were Hamas terrorists who attacked with both airstrikes and...
Verter fun der Vokh – Having a Baby
Mindl’s niece wasn’t due until April 20, but somehow her water broke ten days early, on April 10. At first she had to be induced and she struggled for a few hours. Although they...
UN secretary-general expected to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority
A planned trip by U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres to Israel and the Palestinian Authority is unlikely to yield significant developments but may help relieve tensions in a strained relationship.
The United Nations has not announced...
We all signed Israel’s Declaration of Independence
When talking about Israel’s Declaration of Independence, we usually focus on its resounding opening sentences: “The Land of Israel was the birthplace of the Jewish people. Here their spiritual, religious and political identity was...
There will be no Israel-US defense pact
U.S. President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are eager to have a Saudi-Israeli peace deal signed before each country holds elections. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman shares this vision.
But the...
Zionism, normalization and integration
When Israel signed the Abraham Accords, Haaretz reporter Anshel Pfeffer wrote, “Zionism is an archaic and misleading term in our day and age.” Pfeffer was not the first to claim that, while Zionism was a movement...
The question of the Jewish nation
In 1789, in the wake of the French Revolution, Stanislas Marie Adelaide, Comte de Clermont-Tonnerre, said, “We must refuse everything to the Jews as a nation and accord everything to Jews as individuals.”
A century...
Distorting the Declaration
“As embodied in the Declaration of Independence, the essence of the State of Israel is to be a Jewish and democratic state.” — Col. (res.) Adv. Pnina Sharvit Baruch of the Institute for National Security...
Give Saudi peace a chance
It is important to refute the many arguments being bandied about against a peace deal involving Saudi Arabia, Israel and the United States.
I think that the doubters and naysayers, as well as those who...