Posts Tagged: israel
Pretending Tel Aviv is the Capital of Israel
Some, especially in the mainstream media, pretend that not Jerusalem but Tel Aviv serves as the capital of Israel. (Tel Aviv hosts the Ministry of...
Israel’s PM Netanyahu Slams Boycott Threats as ‘Immoral,’ ‘Unjust’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday described attempts to "impose a boycott" on Israel as "immoral" and "unjust," and said they would be ineffective at...
Israeli Defense Official Offers Dark Security Assessment
Israel is entering an "Era of Fire" in which it is threatened by 170,000 rockets and missiles and in which the Syrian civil war has...
Europe Woos Iran as it Shuns Israel
JNS.org - Nobody does double standards quite like the Europeans. And if recent developments are anything to go by, they will remain the market leader...
EXCLUSIVE: Incoming ASA Chief Accuses Forbes Writer of Homophobia After Scathing Critique of Her Anti-Israel Stance
Forbes magazine's Contributing Editor of Investigations, Richard Behar, who this week published a scathing 15,000-word indictment of the American Studies Association's vote to boycott Israeli universities, was...
The MLA’s Top Five BDS Blunders This Week
The Modern Language Association (MLA) has blundered repeatedly over its treatment of Israel in the run-up to its annual conference this week. Technically the 30,000...
Analysis: As Beirut is Rocked by Car Bomb, Israel Seen Safe From Hezbollah Attack
As a Beirut suburb was struck on Thursday by a car bomb loaded with 20 kilos of explosives, according to initial reports from the Lebanese Army,...
Wrong on Both Counts: Academic Boycotts and Israel
Statements rejecting calls for an academic boycott of Israel, such as that recently resolved by the academic American Studies Association, generally resort fully only to...
2013 Jewish News in Review
JNS.org - As 2013 draws to a close, JNS.org takes a look at the biggest news stories from Israel and the Jewish world that have shaped...
Netanyahu Must Present a Coherent Settlement Strategy
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu enjoys enormous public support. Most Israelis, including many of those who generally oppose his policies, supported his single-handed global campaign against...
IDF Exchanges Fire With Syrian Gunmen at Golan Border
JNS.org - Israel Defense Forces soldiers on routine patrol near the Israel-Syria border in the Golan Heights came under fire Monday, Army Radio reported. The...
UN Votes in Favor of Making 2014 ‘International Year of Solidarity With the Palestinian People’
The UN General Assembly voted on Tuesday to make 2014 the "International Year of Solidarity with the Palestinian People." The decision was passed by...
‘Knockout Game’ Victim Says Jews Are Being Targeted Because They ‘Look Gentle’
One of the Jewish victim's of the increasingly popular "Knockout Game" has spoken out, telling the New York Post he believes Jews are being targeted...
Netanyahu Tells Obama He Must Change Foreign Policy or Risk Diminished Influence
A lawmaker from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud political party told an Israeli television station on Monday that Netanyahu warned U.S. President Barack...
