By Danielle Roth-Avneri , Yehuda Shlezinger, Israel Hayom— Two hours of talks to finalize a deal for a unity government fell apart Monday morning after Blue and White leader Benny Gantz walked out of the meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. It appears that the talks came up against a brick wall over the Judges…
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has not been seen in public since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in the region last month. His absence, however, has not stopped Abbas from doing what he does best: praising and glorifying Palestinians who kill Jews. On April 16, Palestinians marked the anniversary…
By Shelley Neese— When I lived in Arizona I had a Messianic pastor who led an otherwise evangelical congregation. He was raised in a religious Jewish home and found Jesus, his Messiah, right before his Bar Mitzvah. He was kicked out of his home when he told his parents about his newfound faith and actually…
By Maytal Yasur Beit-Or, Israel Hayom— As of Friday morning, the number of coronavirus fatalities in Israel now stands at 148 people, the Health Ministry said. An additional six people passed away overnight Thursday. Altogether, there are 12,855 confirmed cases in Israel – an increase of 97 cases compared to Thursday night. In the Arab…
By Caroline Glick, Carolineglick.com A few weeks ago, officials in Israel’s Health Ministry were calling for Israel to “medically annex Judea and Samaria” for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic. The notion was that while Israel and the Palestinian Authority are separate political entities, from a public health perspective, they are indivisible. On a practical…
By Sarah Stern, EMET— Dating back to the International Conference against Racism in Durban, South Africa in 2001, many of the human-rights organizations that the public turns to for objective data have increasingly not been part of the solution, but part of the problem. With 1,500 organizations present, the Durban conference transformed itself into a…
By Reza Behrouz, Al Arabiya— In a televised address, the Supreme Leader of Iran Ali Khamenei claimed last week that the coronavirus pandemic has caused more than one million fatalities worldwide. This statement was given in spite of international organizations estimating the global number of virus-related deaths at just under 90,000. Khamenei also claimed that…
By Joan Nathan, NY Times— WHEN Emily Moore, a Seattle-based chef and instructor, was invited to consult on recipes for Streit’s Matzo, she assumed that the baked goods would have their traditional heft, because no leavening can be used during Passover. Not so, said Rabbi Moshe Soloveichik, a member of a prominent rabbinic dynasty, who…
By The Times of Israel— Officials from the National Security Council and Defense Ministry are reportedly set to meet on Wednesday night to discuss a lockdown from the eve of Memorial Day on April 27th until the end of Independence Day on April 29th. Defense officials are concerned about crowding at cemeteries where bereaved families…
And I don’t mean Corona. With all the corona talk, and understandably so, the uptick in antisemitism has been largely ignored, even though it seems to be as infectious as COVID-19. As I mentioned a few weeks ago, whenever there is hardship, often the Jews get blamed. Certainly, this is so during health pandemics. While…