By David Weinberg, Israel Hayom— US President Joe Biden met with outgoing Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the White House on Monday. Biden sought to assure Israel that he would not tolerate a nuclear Iran. “What I can say to you is that Iran will never get a nuclear weapon on my watch,” Biden said.…
Detailsby Algemeiner Staff— The foreign ministers of France, Germany and the United Kingdom expressed “grave concern” on Tuesday over revelations from the UN nuclear watchdog that Iran has pledged further violations of limits on uranium enrichment. The International Atomic Energy Agency statement (IAEA) said Tuesday that Iran had given notice of new steps to produce…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— One would think at least some components of independence is that so well-articulated in the notion of free speech and right to pursue happiness. These ideas can also include the right to pursue truth, discuss topics freely, engage in debate, compare and analyze data, conduct solid research, evaluate situations, get firsthand accounts…
DetailsBy Dean Shmuel Elmas , i24NEWS and ILH Staff— A Lebanese newspaper affiliated with Hezbollah reported Monday that the various terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip have warned the Egyptian mediator attempting to broker a long-term ceasefire with Israel that a military conflict is closer than ever. Sources in Hamas told Al-Akhbar that the Egyptians…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Monday called on Canada and the international community to “stop Israeli aggressions that violate international law.” He made the appeal during a meeting in Ramallah with Canadian Foreign Minister Marc Garneau. Garneau’s visit to Ramallah came as Abbas continues to face widespread criticism over…
DetailsBy Mohammad al-Kassim, Israel Hayom— Palestinian journalists never intended to become part of the news in the days after the killing of activist Nizar Banat, but the brutal treatment and the arrest of many of them at the hands of the Palestinian Authority security forces has forced them to call for international intervention and protection.…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel-— Even before the expert Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Search and Rescue Brigade arrived in Florida, they had already mapped via satellite the collapsed Champlain Towers South. Carrying with them the hope that their survey would add to the lifesaving efforts of all rescuers on the site, Israel’s “Helping Hand”…
DetailsBy Shelley Neese In June, we saw a brand new government take the reins in Israel, breaking a twelve year prime ministership for Bibi Netanyahu. That surprise political changeup is even more surprising considering that it followed a two week long war with Gaza in May. And before that, in April there were regular outbreaks…
DetailsBy Michael Freund, Jerusalem Post— In the sweep of history, 76 years is a blip on the screen, a relatively brief stretch of time too short to excuse a willful and utter disregard for the past. It is precisely this basic truth that makes Poland’s latest assault on the legacy of the Holocaust so thoroughly…
DetailsBy Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— According to a comprehensive annual report released on Monday, Germany saw a rise in antisemitic acts in 2020 driven by incidents related to the coronavirus and cases of abusive behavior at rallies against measures to control the pandemic. Antisemitic incidents documented by the Federal Association of Departments for Research and Information…
Detailsby Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Earlier this year, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas enacted a decree-law on boosting public freedoms ahead of the Palestinian parliamentary and presidential elections, which were supposed to take place on May 22 and July 31. Article I of the law provides for “establishing an atmosphere of public freedoms in…
DetailsBy Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— We are becoming used to making history, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Wednesday at the formal inauguration of the new Israeli consulate in Dubai, a day after a similar ceremony marking the opening of the Israeli Embassy in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi. The ceremony was attended by high-ranking…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— You may recollect that term, pogrom, as something from a history course in high school. Maybe you recollect that it is something bad and something to do with the Holocaust. A pogrom is …an organized massacre of a particular ethnic group, in particular that of Jewish people in Russia or eastern Europe.…
DetailsBy Pamela Paresky, Sapir Journal—- Imagine you’ve just been accepted to college. You open your welcome packet. It contains the bestseller all first-year students are expected to read: Robin DiAngelo’s White Fragility. You flip to a random page and read, “Only whites can be racist.” You flip to another page where you read that to…
DetailsBy Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— For generations, toy balloons have been a source of fun and joy. That was certainly true in Israel—until Hamas turned these instruments of amusement into implements of terror. Beginning in 2018, Hamas terrorists in Gaza began tying explosives to balloon bouquets, hoping the winds would blow them toward Israel’s…
DetailsBy Amnon Lord, Israel Hayom— Meretz MK Moshe Raz provided legitimacy to a conference aimed at delegitimizing and demonizing Israel in the Knesset, Tuesday. Also in attendance were individuals with fanatical views, the smug and arrogant representatives of human-rights organizations like Adalah – The Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, Yesh Din: Volunteers…
DetailsBy David Bernstein, Forward— This June, two Jewish mental health providers at Stanford University alleged they were the targets of anti-Jewish harassment. Ron Albucher, a prominent psychiatrist and Sheila Levin, a clinical social worker, have filed a legal complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on June 15. The complaint alleges that Stanford University’s Counseling…
DetailsRecently I had a young person ask me “Why do you love Jewish people so much?” I thought that’s a pretty interesting question. One answer could be, “Go to our website and read our stance on antisemitism.” But I didn’t want to just give somebody a task. So I explained as briefly as possible…
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