By Caroline Glick, Jpost— If Blue and White Party leader MK Benny Gantz forms a minority government with Avigdor Liberman’s Israel Beitenu Party and the Labor-Meretz party, based on the outside support of the Joint Arab List, Gantz’s success will torpedo Israel’s relations with the United States. This week, a senior official who was present…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Hamas, the Palestinian Islamist movement that has controlled the Gaza Strip since 2007, says it has taken drastic steps to prevent the spread of the coronavirus among the two million Palestinians living under its rule. On March 22, the Hamas-controlled Ministry of Health announced the first confirmed cases of…
By Israel Hayom— Israel and the Palestinian Authority have reportedly set up a joint headquarters to combat the coronavirus outbreak, a Palestinian official revealed Wednesday. An Israeli Defense Ministry official confirmed the statement but did not elaborate. “Our shared borders and relations do not leave room for hesitation over the need to take severe measures…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, Times of Israel— My bookshelf is lined with thrillers about good guys catching bad guys. David Baldacci, Daniel Silva and Brad Thor’s books are among them. Author Joel Rosenberg is on the top of my list right along with them. When I shelved his newest book THE JERUSALEM ASSASSIN next to…
By Edy Cohen, Israel Today— After learning of the initial reports of the spread of coronavirus in China and the subsequent deaths that occurred as a result, many around the Arab world rejoiced. Arab social media threads attributed the spread of the virus to Allah’s will to punish the Chinese for their cruel treatment of…
By Paul Shindman, World Israel News— Internal Security Minister Gilad Erdan warned Wednesday that he had instructed the heads of Israel’s emergency services to prepare for an “inevitable” nationwide curfew in the coming days as the number of confirmed cases of coronavirus began to soar. “I have instructed the internal security bodies, first and foremost…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute—- While Israel is working overtime with Palestinians to curb and prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the Arab states appear to be doing what they do best when it comes to helping their Palestinian brothers: nothing at all. In the past few days, Israeli authorities delivered 200 coronavirus testing…
By Clarion— Democratic presidential candidate Senator Bernie Sanders hailed Congresswoman Ilhan Omar as “one of the greatest people” he knows. The freshman congresswoman joined Bernie Sanders in Virginia last weekend, from which they went on to campaign together in Minnesota. Sanders needs the support of the next generation of political extremists, like Ilhan Omar, Rashida…
By Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” 1. Purim is a Jewish national liberation holiday – just like Passover and Chanukah – which commemorates the transformation of the Jewish people from subjugation to liberty. It is celebrated seven days following the commemoration of the birth and death of Moses, who was a…