By 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…
By 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…
By 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…
by 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…
By 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…
By 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.…
By 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…
By 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…
By 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…
By 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…
Recently 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…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— Since the Biden administration assumed office, it has been increasingly appeasing the Iranian regime, which in return, is further emboldening and empowering the mullahs. The first appeasement came when the administration changed the previous administration’s policy of maximum pressure to a policy of appeasement toward the Iran’s proxy militia group,…
By Lahav Harkov, Jerusalem Post— Foreign Minister Yair Lapid plans to visit the United Arab Emirates next week, making him the first Israeli minister on an official visit to the country, which made peace with Israel last year. On his first trip in his new role, he will be the guest of UAE Foreign Minister…
By Nicole Jansezian, AllIsrael.com— Support for the new Israeli government continues to pour in as Christians of all backgrounds seek to distance themselves from caustic statements made by a major Evangelical leader earlier this month against the incoming government and new Prime Minister Naftali Bennett. Gathered by the Philos Project, the latest letter to Bennett…
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Some leaders are saying this new Israeli government will destroy Israel completely! Sadly even a christian ministry leader jumped in the fray cursing the proposed new prime minister Naftali Bennett promising to fight against the new government with all his might. But what’s really at stake here? Is there an Islamist or left wing takeover…
By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute— I challenge anyone to name a parliamentary democracy that has had a more diverse coalition government — racially, religiously, ethnically, ideologically, politically, national origin — than the current Israeli government. It includes people of nearly every color from Black Ethiopians to brown Muslims to swarthy Sephardim to pale Russians.…
By Karni Eldad, Israel Hayom— It wasn’t that long ago, and yet it seems as if an entire year has passed since Israel launched Operation Guardian of the Walls. Terrorists infiltrating Israel from Gaza, anti-tank missiles launched at Israeli soldiers, and 4,000 rockets fired from the Gaza Strip at citizens. A few Palestinians approach the…