Posts Tagged: Israeli government
Vice Prime Minister: No Place for Palestinian State Alongside Israel Now
There is no place for a Palestinian state alongside Israel at the current time, Vice Prime Minister and Strategic Affairs Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon said...
Bayit Yehudi: Don’t Blow This Opportunity
Over 20 years ago, I published a booklet titled Religious Extremism: A Threat to the Future of the Jewish People, which was translated into...
Walking on Heroes’ Ground in Poland
WARSAW—"Zegota," the official unit of the Polish Underground Army tasked with helping Jews in German-occupied Poland from 1942-1945, was commemorated on the occasion of its...
Ignorance, Hypocrisy and Double Standards
I was more saddened than angered when I learned that the North American Board of Trustees of the Union for Reform Judaism condemned Israel's plans...
Israeli Government Asks Sharansky to Review Western Wall Gender Policies
In light of growing concern within the progressive Jewish community in the U.S. over gender segregation at the Western Wall, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has...
Israel-EU Tension: The View From Europe
By Jacob Kamaras, Alina Dain Sharon and Sean Savage This month some of Israel's strongest friends in Europe—Britain, France, and Germany—summoned their ambassadors to...
Israel Defends Construction Plans Amid EU, UN Pressure
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday defended his government's approval of 2,600 new housing units in the Givat Hamatos neighborhood in southern Jerusalem, while...
Ed Koch: Collaborators Then, Collaborators Now
The war against the Jews - and against the State of Israel - continues unabated. For the past year, Israel has been subjected to rocket bombardments...
With Indictment Looming, Israeli Foreign Minister Lieberman Calls it Quits
Avigdor Lieberman said Friday he would resign from his position as Foreign Minister and Vice Prime Minister in the current Israeli government. In a statement...
New Israel Fund Response to Im Tirtzu Charges Riddled With Falsehoods
Zionist youth movement Im Tirtzu recently wrote the following open letter to the new head of the New Israel Fund, an organization which funds anti-Israel NGOs: Dear...
Why I Joined J Street
A recent announcement that I had joined J Street as Vice President of Communications raised some eyebrows among some of my friends in the Jewish...
Back to Being a “Sh**ty Little Country”
Before Israel sat in the UN dock facing Mahmoud Abbas, a man who denied the Holocaust in his doctoral dissertation and denies the link between Jews,...
Netanyahu: Root of Conflict Not Construction, But Refusal of Israel’s Right to Exist
In the wake of European allies such as Britain, France, and Germany publicly slamming the Israeli government's construction plans, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed that the root...
Jerusalem Mayor: No City Regulated by the U.S. President
Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat expressed support on Monday for the Israeli government's plan to build 3,000 additional housing units in the E1 section between Jerusalem...
