By Yaakov Lapin, Jewish News Syndicate— Palestinian terror factions disturbed by the sidelining of their conflict with Israel could seek new attacks to escalate the situation and regain the international spotlight, a former Israeli defense official has warned. Col. (res.) David Hacham, a former Arab-affairs adviser to seven Israeli defense ministers and a senior research…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— While the European Union has leveled different kinds of sanctions on Russia, including restricting access to the EU’s capital and financial markets, the EU nevertheless continues to appease Moscow’s staunch ally, the world’s largest sponsor of state terrorism, Iran. Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is opportunistically using the humanitarian…
By Toby Axelrod, JTA— Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced today. In a deal worked out with the federal government, refugees who have papers proving their Jewish roots will have an expedited path to German citizenship. Jewish leaders welcomed the news even as they…
By Seth J. Frantzman, JPost— Iran’s Fars News, which is a pro-government media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ran a long article bashing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and using antisemitic tropes. In the March 10 article that appears on its website’s homepage, Zelensky is accused of being a hedonist who seeks to…
By ILH Staff and News Agencies— Ukraine’s Foreign Minister apologized Tuesday for accusing El Al airlines for refraining from imposing sanctions on Russia and continuing to accept funds via the Mir Russian payment system, the Times of Israel reported. “While the world sanctions Russia for its barbaric atrocities in Ukraine, some prefer to make money…
By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— Israel’s defense minister warned Monday that Iran remains a “threat to global peace and to regional stability,” shortly after the Israeli military revealed that it downed two Iranian drones launched toward its territory last year. “It is during this important time, when a nuclear agreement is being negotiated in Vienna, that…
By Inna Rogatchi, As so many of us, we are starting a day now by immediately checking the news from a front-lines. Those front-lines are not only so unbelievably many places of bombardment, missile firing, fires, assaults, destroyment in Ukraine. There are also lines of civilians with so many children on the way out the…
By Joel C. Rosenberg, All Israel News—- Until a few days ago, most people around the world had never heard of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If they had heard anything, it was that he had been an actor — even a comedian — before being elected to the highest office in his country and taking…
By Joel C. Rosenberg, AllIsrael.com— To the astonishment of millions around the world – including many in government and the media who thought he was just bluffing, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military forces early Thursday morning to attack Ukraine, including missile strikes on the capital of Kyiv. “Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion…