Tag: Israel
Best Not to Move US Embassy to Jerusalem Until US law is Changed
Silver lining in the delay to move the US embassy to Jerusalem: New momentum to update the relocation law to recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel.
Covering events in the US capitol when Congress passed the “US...
‘Both Estonia and Israel know what works to maintain identity’
Last Thursday marked the 10th Anniversary celebration of the Jewish Community Center in Tallinn, Estonia.
This center was the first Jewish establishment built in Estonia since the Holocaust.
Attending the event were Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid;...
Democrats, Jewish groups join Trump in protesting Palestinian terror payments
Prominent Democrats and major U.S. Jewish organizations are joining President Donald Trump in calling on the Palestinian Authority (PA) to stop making payments to imprisoned terrorists and their families.
Trump raised the issued during his...
Greet the Press
Media have arrived in overwhelming numbers to cover the visit of President Trump.
An impromptu press center has been set up at the Mamila Hotel in Jerusalem.
This provides an opportunity for people who live in...
All lives matter in Israel-Palestine conflict
Blaming Israel for everything is a convenient and lazy way out of accepting responsibility.
It is admirable for Marthie Momberg (“The plight of Palestine”, City Press, May 14, 2017) to conduct studies about how the...
Is Trump’s intelligence disclosure bad for Israel? depends who you ask.
A day after it was reported that President Donald Trump had given top secret intelligence from Israel to Russia, a bipartisan group of lawmakers met a roomful of Jews in the U.S. Capitol. They...
U.S. Embassy Relocation Law does not recognize Jerusalem as part of Israel
There is a fundamental misunderstanding, which is that if the US recognizes Jerusalem as capital of Israel, that would mean that the US recognizes Jerusalem as part of Israel.
However, the US embassy relocation legislation...
Misrepresenting Israel
In preparing for next week’s visit to Israel, it’s important that President Donald Trump and his team get an accurate reading on where Israelis and Palestinians stand on the peace process, what compromises they...
The Chief Rabbi And The Archbishop: Pushing Beyond Interfaith Clichés
It was moving to see one of the world’s most important Christian leaders stand at Yad Vashem earlier this month, declaring that anti-Semitism should become so alien that it would be “something that is...
Magdala Stone, known as Jewish-Christian ‘crossroads,’ gets its public debut
Described as one of the most significant archaeological finds in modern Israel, the Magdala Stone, unearthed in 2009 near the shores of the Sea of Galilee, has been unveiled to the public for first...