By Yonah Jeremy Bob, Jerusalem Post— Former International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda broke her commitment to decide the case of the Turkish settlements occupation of Northern Cyprus before leaving office Wednesday, despite publicly committing to do so, and going after Israel as early as late 2019. Amid the all-important ICC debate about whether Israeli…
By Amy Zewe— We are seeing some new twists in the uptick of antisemitism by many factions. Certainly, we have been identifying and calling out actions and rhetoric by particular groups such as Black Live Matter BLM (not the notion that race discrimination isn’t real, exists and needs attention, but the actual group or affiliation…
By Israel National News— Public Security Minister Amar Bar-Lev (Labor) clarified Monday afternoon that the Jerusalem Flag March would take place in Jerusalem tomorrow in accordance with the outline approved by the police. “The flag march will take place, this is the plan,” Bar-Lev said at the beginning of the Labor Party meeting. As for…
By Gill Hoffman, Jerusalem Post— The transition meeting of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem on Monday lasted only 25 minutes. No further meetings are planned between them. Netanyahu declined to take part in the traditional transition ceremony, and the brief meeting took place behind…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has long been labeled in the West a “moderate” or “diplomatic sheikh” who will change the Iranian regime for the better. The Obama administration reached a deal with the Rouhani’s administration and lifted sanctions against the Iranian regime; and now the Biden administration is forging ahead…
By Amotz Asa-El, Middle Israel Today— FRANKLIN Roosevelt’s presidency was hardly one hour old when he told an embattled American nation: “I am prepared, under my constitutional duty, to recommend the measures that a stricken nation in the midst of a stricken world may require.” And so, with the family Bible (in Dutch) on which…
By Shelley Neese— After four elections in two years, it appears that Israel has a new government in place. I know for many Americans with a two-party political system, the Israeli parliamentary form of government is confusing and seems unstable. You are right. It is confusing and the last two years have shown how unstable…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, JPost— Scenes of dozens of Egyptian bulldozers, cranes and trucks entering the Gaza Strip last Friday have left some Palestinians wondering whether Egypt is planning to return to the coastal enclave it ruled between 1948 and 1967. The Egyptian decision to send building equipment and engineers to the Gaza Strip came…
By Rossella Tercatin, JPost— Some 2,000 years ago, Jews used formal beautifully written biblical manuscripts for public reading, but also informal and sloppily written biblical texts for personal use, new research on the Dead Sea Scrolls has shown. In addition, some of the scrolls might be more ancient than previously thought, suggesting that the current…
By Michael Bachner, Times of Israel— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks set to end his 12 consecutive years in power in five days, as Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin announced Tuesday that a vote would be held on swearing in the new “change government” during a special parliamentary session on Sunday, a day before the deadline…
By Nadav Shragai, Israel Hayom—- The Jewish march of the living in Jerusalem needs to be written in deeds. There will be ample room for flags, important in and of themselves, afterward. Many years ago, Theodore Herzl noted that “If we desire to lead many men, we must raise a symbol above their heads.” The…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, All Israel News— I am writing today with some trepidation. When I express my opinions, I try to do so honestly yet diplomatically without name-calling or negative adjectives. However, I am now compelled as a respectful supporter of Israel to add my perspective on Mike Evans comments this past week. Evans…
By Amy Zewe— Over the last three weeks we had discussions with two experts on the issue of growing antisemitism in the US (and worldwide) while the ongoing hostilities occurred with over 4000 rockets being shot from Gaza towards civilian populations in Israel. And, Israel retaliated with 1500 surgical strikes against military targets complete with…
Amy Zewe interviews special Guest Chris Gacek, co-author of the recently published FRC (Family Research Council) paper titled “The Resurgence of History’s Oldest Hatred.” Download the PDF of this timely report!
By Lela Gilbert, FRC Blog—- On May 20, a news alert on my computer tersely announced that Israel was launching retaliatory strikes into the Gaza Strip. And, as always, this was in response to volleys of rockets launched by Hamas from Gaza into southern Israel. In fact, since some 50 rockets had struck Israel just since April,…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBNIsrael— When United Arab Emirates (UAE), Bahrain, Israel, and the United States signed the Abraham Accords on the White House lawn on August 13, 2020, it signaled a historic, miraculous opening of cooperation and benefits to each nation. Morocco and Sudan then joined the Accords, and the cooperative efforts have proven…
By Bassam Tawil, Gatestone Institute— US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s May 25 announcement that the Biden administration will ask Congress to allocate $75 million in aid to the Palestinians and that Washington will reopen the US Consulate in Jerusalem — which previously had served as a de facto embassy handling US relations with the…
By Benjamin Kerstein, Algemeiner— Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz will make a snap visit to the US on Thursday for talks with the White House, the ministry said. Gantz is expected to meet with US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to discuss the Iran nuclear issue. Also on…