Daily Archives: October 8, 2024

Oct. 7 forever altered the global Jewish existence

For nearly a century, Jews in places like America, Canada, Great Britain and Australia took for granted their connection to and comfort within their homes and nations. Even if antisemitism still dwelt at the...
A public bomb shelter where Israelis were murdered at the Oct. 7 massacre one year ago, on a road near the Israeli-Gaza border in southern Israel, Sept. 19, 2024. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

The real lessons of Oct. 7 must not be ignored

The first anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas massacres in southern Israel adds yet another sacred date to a calendar already filled with those devoted to mourning tragedies in Jewish history. But the fresh...

Britain’s response to October 7 has been shameful

What do you say? What do you say to a bereaved father who waits, broken- hearted, for the head of his murdered son to be returned by his killers? What do you say to a...

The Abraham Accords are not about Palestinians

Many pundits blame the Abraham Accords for throwing Palestinians under the bus, arguing that peace between Arabs and Israel enraged Palestinians and set the stage for Hamas’s October 7 attack on Israel. But these peace accords – signed four years ago...

Nobel Peace Prize 2024: PRIO Director’s Updated List Announced

The Director of the Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Henrik Urdal, announced his updated list today for the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, with election observers topping the list. The 2024 list comprises of: OSCE’s Office...

Stop US intimidation of sovereign citizens of Israel

US sanctions against Israeli citizens and civil society organizations involve  unprecedented use of draconian measures usually applied against terrorist masterminds and drug lords- and they pose an unprecedented danger to freedom of speech in general, to...