By Clarion Project— Newly released police data shows that Jews were once again the most targeted group for hate crimes in both Toronto and York Region in 2019. These numbers are consistent with what was recently reported in B’nai Brith Canada’s 2019 Annual Audit of Antisemitic Incidents, which found an alarming 62.8 percent increase in…
DetailsBy Ilan Berman, Al-Hurra Digital— Since April of 2019, when the idea was first floated publicly, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu’s plan to annex portions of the West Bank and Jordan River Valley has become widely unpopular. In a recent Jerusalem Post poll, only 27 percent of respondents unequivocally favored annexation. Nearly as many…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— Sorry to jar you, but sometimes we must ask ourselves this to understand if we are understanding God’s Word correctly. As Antisemitism grows, not only has COVID fueled its conspiracy theories, the race wars seem to have mainstreamed elements that are falsely vilifying Jews and Israel. We discussed this last week with…
DetailsBy Times of Israel— The Iran-backed Hezbollah terror group on Saturday released a video threatening to strike major Israeli cities with precision guided missiles and claiming that it has the capability to hit “very precise targets” anywhere in Israel. In the video clip released via social media, coordinates of Israeli targets across the country are…
DetailsBy Caroline Glick, Jpost— Over the past week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has changed his mind countless times regarding how and when he will implement Israel’s sovereignty plan in Judea and Samaria in consonance with President Donald Trump’s vision for peace. Netanyahu’s vacillations are clearly a product of the immense pressure being exerted on him…
DetailsBy Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Palestinian women and human rights organizations are under attack by Hamas and other Islamic groups and figures for supporting a new family protection bill that is currently being drafted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) government. The PA’s Ministry of Women’s Affairs says the proposed law would amend the penal…
DetailsBy Michael Freund, JPost— In the coming weeks, Israel will embark on one of the most momentous decisions in its modern history as it moves forward with the annexation of parts of Judea and Samaria, our historic heartland. Just 53 years after the liberation of these areas, when the Jewish people were reunited with our…
DetailsBy Asaf Romirowsky, Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies— It didn’t take long after the riots began across the US to hear expressions of solidarity from Palestinians in both the Middle East and the US connecting the horrific killing of George Floyd to the Palestinian tale. Palestinian artist Waleed Ayyoub illustrated the connection by painting and…
DetailsBy Israel Today— President Donald Trump’s Deal of the Century peace plan leaves hundreds of Israeli heritage and archeology sites under the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) jurisdiction, possibly endangering their existence. Hundreds of Israeli and Jewish heritage and archeology sites in Judea and Samaria would be removed from Israeli control and transferred to the PA, according…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— The ongoing civil unrest and social media bombardment of race relations and social justice has since drowned out the leading headlines of COVID-19 we all endured since March. But, in this shift of topics, the Jews and Israel somehow remain a center target of blame. This absolutely stuns me. Alan Dershowitz—prominent Harvard…
DetailsBy Israel Kasnett, JNS— As reports and discussions rev up concerning Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty to parts of Judea and Samaria, as well as the Jordan Valley, concern is being increasingly raised by detractors of the plan over fears concerning potential fallout, including frayed relations with international and regional allies, an end to prospects…
DetailsBy Israel News Talk Radio— For more than two weeks the U.S. has been roiling in daily often violent versus peaceful protests over allegations of black racism and white privilege triggered by videos of the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody arrested for passing a $20 counterfeit bill. The nightly protests were set…
DetailsBy Eldad Beck, Israel Hayom—- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday addressed the opening plenary of the 2020 AJC Global Forum and reaffirmed the strong bond between Washington and Jerusalem. AJC’s signature annual event was originally scheduled to take place in Berlin but was changed to a video conference due to the coronavirus…
DetailsBy Times of Israel Staff— Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sat down Sunday with US Ambassador David Friedman, Defense Minister Benny Gantz, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi and Knesset Speaker Yariv Levin to discuss plans to unilaterally annex parts of the West Bank in accordance with the Trump administration’s peace plan. Friedman has met with all the…
DetailsBy Amy Zewe— Between the COVID-19 crisis that is replete with questionable government mandates and policies that may rival many a free-nation’s constitutions and much of science—albeit so much is still unknown about the facts of COVID-19—the US is now enduring yet another racially charged period of riots and protests. Protests which are not unwarranted,…
DetailsBy Arsen Ostrovsky and Richard Kemp, JNS.org— Words matter. They drive narratives. They influence policy. And they shape people’s perceptions. The current debate over whether Israel’s proposed actions in Judea and Samaria (the West Bank) — in accordance with President Donald Trump’s “peace to prosperity” plan — amount to “annexation” or the “application of sovereignty”…
DetailsBy ILH Staff— International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has reportedly told the ICC’s Pretrial Chamber that a war crimes investigation against Israel over its policies regarding the Palestinians can proceed despite the continued application of the 1993 Oslo Accords. Israel and its allies have argued that the Oslo Accords, on which the regional peace…
DetailsBy Ambassador (ret.) Yoram Ettinger, “Second Thought: a US-Israel Initiative” Why is the red carpet, which welcomes Palestinian leaders to Western capitals, exchanged for a shabby rug when they land in most Arab capitals?B2020, the widely-disseminated Arabic hashtag, “Palestine is not my cause,” reflects the growing Arab disdain toward Palestinians. It is consistent with the…
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