Posts Tagged: israel
Report: IDF Arrests Man Who Infiltrated Israel From Syria
The IDF arrested a man on Tuesday afternoon after he was caught crossing the Syrian border into Israel, according to the IDF's Spokesperson's Unit. The man...
Donald Trump Visits Saudi Arabia on First Foreign Trip as US President
US President Donald Trump has left for Saudi Arabia on his first foreign trip since becoming president. His eight-day trip will also take in Israel, the...
The Nine Challenges Facing Israel
Not since the creation of the State of Israel has the country found itself in such an advantageous position. While a genuine peace settlement with the...
Israel’s Political Disunity Enables Settlement Policy
Israel will soon reach the grim milestone of 50 years of occupation of the West Bank. Many Israelis have become complacent, and have succumbed to the...
American Jewish History Month Is Good, But an Israel Calendar Is Better
I applaud Jack Gottlieb’s call to do more to promote American Jewish Heritage Month; however, I would rather see our resources devoted to promoting Israel...
Start-Up Nation Meets Shavuot: Israel’s Efficient, High-Tech Dairy Industry
JNS.org - Self-driving cars. Drip irrigation. Missile defense. Milk? Amid all the buzz around Israel’s “start-up nation,” including Intel’s $15 billion acquisition of Mobileye in April, a lesser-known...
Abbas Warns of ‘Painful’ Economic Measures Taken Against Rival, Hamas
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said that "things will be painful" for political rival Hamas, referring to recent financial steps he has taken to pressure the...
Report: European States Finance NGOs That Support Terrorism Against Israel
Several European governments fund NGOs that often justify attacks against Israeli civilians and maintain ties to terrorists, according to a new report by the research institute NGO Monitor. The...
Why Israel? A Haven, a Homeland, a Holy Land — Yom Haatzmaut 2017
Maybe it was crazy. In February 2003, I led a mission to Israel shortly before the Iraq War. It was a time of great nervousness; when...
A Birthday Celebration for Israel
Now is a great time to lift one’s head from the daily hustle, and take a bird's eye view of the larger picture. Little more than a century ago,...
An Open Letter to Ed Asner on Israel
Dear Mr. Asner, Some of my best early memories were of watching you on the Mary Tyler Moore Show. I was proud when I learned that you...
Washington Post Commentator Whitewashes Palestinian Terrorism
A recent Washington Post op-ed by Daoud Kuttab (“Palestinian resistance spreads to Israel’s prisons,” April 20, 2017) sanitized both Palestinian terrorism and the rejection of Israel’s legitimacy....
UC Santa Barbara’s SJP Slammed for Launching BDS Campaign on Holocaust Remembrance Day
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) chapter of a notorious anti-Israel group is being slammed by Jewish students for launching a boycott, divestment and...
Israel-Germany Relationship ‘Unchanged,’ Says Sigmar Gabriel After Netanyahu Cancels Sit-Down to Protest FM’s Meeting With Far-Left NGO
German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel moved quickly to defuse a diplomatic row with Israel on Tuesday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu canceled a face-to-face sit-down in...
