Posts Tagged: Politics
Netanyahu Mulling Naming May Golan Consul General in NY
JNS.org - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to appoint fellow Likud lawmaker May Golan as consul general in New York. Golan on Wednesday was...
US Pressing Niger to Normalize Ties with Israel
JNS.org - The United States is pressing Niger to join the Abraham Accords and normalize relations with Israel. Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke about the...
‘Iranians, Israelis Should Be Strategic Partners’: Iranian Crown Prince Pahlavi
i24 News - Iranian Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi on Wednesday held a working meeting in Tel Aviv with Israel’s Intelligence Minister Gila Gamliel and reflected...
PA Chief Abbas, Senior Hamas Officials in Saudi Arabia
JNS.org - Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas met with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in the Red Sea city of Jeddah on Tuesday. The Fatah leader’s...
Cohen Heads to Turkmenistan to Open Israeli Embassy
JNS.org - Eli Cohen is set to become the first Israeli foreign minister to step foot in Turkmenistan in nearly three decades when he arrives in...
Expose Yourself to Different Viewpoints
One of my recent articles was intentionally controversial. The aim was to point out that people rarely seem capable of hearing, let alone absorbing, another...
To Truly See, We Must Stop Demonizing Those Who Disagree With Us
“There is none so blind as he who will not see.” That, I think, applies nowadays to very many people. Seeing is not just looking....
ISNA Convention Uses Shame, Fear to Stir Radical Agenda
In a year when Muslim political candidates are breaking new ground or falling just short of doing so, it's not surprising to see politics dominate...
Where Will America’s Rabbis Lead Us This New Year?
What was American Jewry’s greatest failing in 5778? If your answer is that our communal life hasn’t been sufficiently partisan or focused enough on the...
Jewish Identity, Through the Eyes of Benjamin Disraeli
We may think that current political discourse is crude and vicious. But, believe me, beneath a veneer of gentility, politics in the British Empire was...
Alan Dershowitz: Israel Must Not Criminalize Political Differences
I recently returned from a visit to Israel, where the headlines focused on two investigations involving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The first is about conversations...
Likud Sources: Lieberman Has Eye on Prime Minister’s Position
Ynet - The Israeli political area was still reeling from the shock waves sent through it by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman Avigdor Lieberman,...
Member of Hungarian Anti-Semitic Party Learns of His Jewish Roots
Csanad Szegedi, a leader of Hungary's notoriously anti-Semitic party Jobbik, found out that he has Jewish roots, reports AFP. "I learnt not long ago that I...
The Future of Jewish Leadership: Journalist vs. Politician
Last week I wrote about the need for renewed focus on Jewish solutions as opposed to Jewish problems. Addressing requests for more thoughts on this...
