By Ynetnews— Israeli lawmakers flanked by former president Donald Trump’s daughter and son-in-law launched an initiative in Jerusalem on Monday to advance the Abraham Accords that saw Arab states normalize ties with Israel. Jared Kushner, a former White House adviser married to Ivanka Trump, was a major architect of the deals between Israel and the…
By Stephen Flatow, Israel Hayom— Well, she got the headline she wanted. “Kamala Harris ‘Strongly Disagrees’ With Student Who Said Israel Was Carrying Out Ethnic Genocide,” the Jewish Telegraphic Agency reports. But a closer look at the vice president’s “denial” suggests that it was, in fact, a classic non-denial. The controversy began when the vice…
By Zev Stub, JPost— Iranian threat actors are running a highly targeted cyberespionage operation against global aerospace and telecommunications companies, stealing sensitive information from targets around Israel and the Middle East, as well as in the United States, Russia and Europe, according to a report published Wednesday by Israeli cybersecurity company Cybereason. Cybereason identified the…
By Yaakov Katz, JPost— Here’s the good news: unless something extreme and dramatic happens, we will not be seeing Israeli F-35s or F-15s taking off in the next couple of years to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Here’s the bad news: Iran is continuing to advance toward a nuclear weapon at an unprecedented pace, and in…
By Jewish Press News Week— Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addressed a sparsely-attended hall at the United Nations General Assembly on Monday morning, just a few hours before the start of the Jewish holiday of Simchat Torah in the Jewish State. The prime minister began his speech with a focus on the global coronavirus pandemic,…
By Yoav Limor, Israel Hayom— The Israeli public isn’t aware of even a fraction of the ongoing counterterror activity in Judea and Samaria. Unless it entails something particularly dramatic, the media isn’t interested in it, and there is no drama unless people are wounded or killed in terrorist attacks. This is the essence of the…
By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute— Just when Congress overwhelmingly defeated an effort by eight radical Democrats and one Republican to defund Israel’s Iron Dome defense system, several “mainstream” Democrats proposed legislation that is equally dangerous and filled with half-truths, omissions and outright fabrications. Congressman Andy Levin has introduced a bill that purports to further…
By Alan M. Dershowitz, Gatestone Institute— The “Squad” is a small group of radical members of the U.S. House of Representatives who run for Congress under the banner of the Democratic Party but do not reflect its mainstream policies. They represent niche districts that are not typical of the Democratic base. They could not be…
By Michael Freund, JPost— If anyone still has doubts about the Palestinian Authority’s determination to erase all traces of Israel’s ancient Jewish heritage, an important new report should lay to rest any such uncertainties. The 65-page document, entitled “National Heritage Survey” and published by the Shilo Forum and the Shomrim al HaNetzach (“Preserving the Eternal”)…
By Shoshana Bryen, inSight— Editor’s Note: The money for Iron Dome’s resupply has been restored. But the politics that led to its removal from the spending bill remain – and will haunt friends of Israel. House Democratic leadership, under pressure from its “progressive” wing, removed the appropriation earmarked for Israel’s Iron Dome missile defense system…