Posts Tagged: israel
Celebrating San Remo and Jewish Sovereignty
Last week, we celebrated the momentous occasion of the 100-year anniversary of the San Remo Conference (April 19-26, 1920), convened in San Remo, Italy by...
Palestinian Workers Return to Israel for First Time Since Coronavirus Closures
Palestinian workers entered Israel on Sunday for the first time since coronavirus closure measures were imposed. Construction, agricultural, and industrial workers were allowed in, in coordination...
A Vaccine for Israel’s Political Paralysis?
The coronavirus pandemic has emerged as a vaccine to the political paralysis in Israel. Even if the vaccine has a temporary effect, and holds for...
Hamas Official: Prisoner Exchange Talks With Israel Are Progressing
A senior Hamas official said on Thursday that indirect talks with Israel on a possible prisoner exchange agreement were progressing. Hamas is currently holding Israeli citizens...
Israel-Haters Can’t Resist Antisemitic Slanders on COVID-19
JNS.org - Tens of thousands of Arab citizens of Israel serve as doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other health care professionals. Arab Israelis comprise 17 percent...
Good News, Bad News in Latest Poll on Israel
Over the last year, we have continued to hear a lot about growing antisemitism, the BDS movement, media bias, and suggestions that the Democratic Party...
Independence Day Parades in Jerusalem — 1967 and 1968
On May 15, 1967, Israel's Independence Day parade was held in Jerusalem. It was a parade with historical significance. But the parade also faced opposition...
‘Financial Times’ Calls Israel ‘Segregated’
An April 17th Financial Times article peddles a lie about Israel in its very headline: The article itself, reported from Haifa, the city that’s arguably the...
Outrage Greets Danish Lutheran Group’s Rewrite of Bible to Omit Word ‘Israel’
The news that a Danish Lutheran group had rewritten the Bible in order to omit the word “Israel” has been greeted by outrage, with critics...
Top PLO Official’s Son in Egyptian Prison; Family Falsely Claims It’s Because He Supports BDS
Last year, Ramy Nabeel Shaath was arrested in Egypt; he was also recently added to a terrorism watch list in the country. At the time of...
Israel Memories
Warmly greeting my family at Ben Gurion airport in September 1974 was Haggai, a Tel Aviv University history professor who would become my mentor and...
The Fauda Effect: Israeli Active Defense on the Screen
The Israeli concept of “active defense” has long been used by the film industry as a tool with which to showcase the Israeli perspective on...
Hamas Threatens Violence if Israel Doesn’t Meet Demands for Advanced Coronavirus Equipment
As fears rise of a major coronavirus outbreak in Gaza, a senior Hamas official threatened violence against Israel if the terrorist group does not receive...
Comedians Understand the Middle East Better Than Experts
Nearly 20 years ago, comedian Larry Miller (not Dennis Miller, as some believe) explained the Mideast conflict better than any expert. He said: “Five hundred...
