By Maayan Jaffe-Hoffman, JPost— The new outline for incoming tourists began on November 1, with individual travelers who meet the criteria able to arrive in the country without any special permission. The concept is to open the skies to more travelers interested in visiting the Jewish state. “The Israel Ministry of Tourism is pleased to…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— The Biden administration’s policy of engaging with and strengthening the Palestinian Authority (PA) has suffered a setback: most Palestinians continue to express dissatisfaction with the performance of PA President Mahmoud Abbas and demand his resignation. The Biden administration’s hope of reviving the peace process between Israel and the Palestinians…
By Majid Rafizadeh, Gatestone Institute— For almost six years since the 2015 “nuclear deal,” the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, was reached, the European Union has been appeasing Iran’s ruling mullahs. What the EU fails to see is that that its soft policy towards the mullahs has been a total disaster and dangerous. Right after…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— World powers must make sure Iran understands that there would be “serious implications” if it does not relinquish its nuclear ambitions, Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said over the weekend. The Israeli prime minister, who is en route to the UN Climate Conference in Glasgow, is set to meet with nine…
By Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post— A hacker group called Moses Staff claimed this week that it has successfully conducted a cyberattack on the Israeli Defense Ministry, releasing files and photos it claims it obtained from the ministry’s servers. Moses Staff’s website claims that the group has hacked over 165 servers and 254 websites and compiled…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) are embarrassed: Iran just admitted that both of those terrorist groups serve as mercenaries for the mullahs in Tehran. For Hamas and PIJ, the admission is yet another sign that the truth can be painful and inconvenient, especially when it comes from a…
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom— Right-wing lawmakers and officials expressed outrage Wednesday over the Biden administration’s criticism of Israel’s planned settlement construction in Judea and Samaria. On Tuesday, State Department Spokesperson Ned Price said Washington was “deeply concerned about the Israeli government’s plan to advance thousands of settlement units tomorrow, Wednesday, many of them deep…
By Megan Sauter, Biblical Archaeology Review— Genesis 38 recounts the saga of Judah and Tamar. Er, Judah’s oldest son, marries Tamar, but he dies, leaving her a childless widow. Er’s brother Onan then marries Tamar, according to levirate marriage (Deuteronomy 25:5–10), but he also dies without giving her any children. She then returns to her…
By Dan Schnur, Israel Hayom— The greatest threat to the survival of the Jewish community is neither Iran nor intermarriage. Rather, it is our increasing political and cultural isolation, and the resulting hostility that we face from both ends of the ideological spectrum. The fringes of the nationalist hard right continue to traffic in Charlottesville-style…
By Khaled Abu Toameh, Tzvi Joffre, Jerusalem Post—- Jordan slammed Israel on Sunday, saying it “rejects and condemns” plans to build 1,355 housing units in the West Bank. Last week, the US expressed concern about Israeli plans to build 3,000 new homes in settlements, as well as the legalization of two illegal outposts. Marketing tenders…