Tag: Cities

Israel-Basher Picked to Speak on Israel

A prominent institute for the study of antisemitism has once again chosen a professor who is hostile to Israel and Zionists to deliver a lecture about Israel and Zionists. The Birkbeck Institute for the Study...

Venom unleashed

A vitriolic tsunami has been unleashed following the stunning election results in the USA which well and truly trumped all progressive woke commentators, Hollywood stars and their acolytes. A sight to behold is the spectacle...
A participant at the “We Stand Together” rally for Jewish unity and Israel at the Nationals Park baseball stadium in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, 2024. Photo by Abby Greenawalt.

The sorry symbolism of a pro-Israel rally that flopped

Only a couple of thousand people were in Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10 for an event billed as “Stand Together: An Event of Unity, Strength and Resilience.” And maybe as many as half...
Fans of the Maccabi Tel Aviv soccer team who flew on El Al rescue flight from Amsterdam arrive to the arrivals hall of the Ben-Gurion International Airport in Israel on Nov. 8, 2024. Photo by Jonathan Shaul/Flash90.

The Amsterdam pogrom is what happens when the world tolerates antisemitism

Much like the reaction to the Hamas massacre of 1,200 Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, it didn’t take long for some in the media and on the anti-Israel left to try to flip the...

Day Before Biden Admin Announced It Would Withhold Weapons From Israel, It Issued Sanctions...

Less than a day before the Biden administration announced its intent to cut off U.S. arms sales to Israel, it issued a sanctions waiver to bypass congressional prohibitions on arms sales to a host...

Hezbollah targets Tel Aviv in volley to central Israel

Rocket sirens sounded across central and northern Israeli communities in cities including Tel Aviv, Netanya, Ramat Gan, Herzliya and others. Alarms also sounded in cities located in the Upper Galilee region and Nahariya. According...

Dilemmas

We are faced with a situation in which difficult choices have to be made. The story of creation which we read in Synagogues last week tells us in the first few sentences that the world...

Interior Ministry suspends ties with Haaretz after publisher’s controversial Gaza war speech

The Interior Ministry announced Thursday it would suspend all cooperation and advertising with the Haaretz newspaper following controversial remarks made by the paper's publisher, Amos Schocken, at a conference in London where he criticized Israeli policies...

Days of judgment

One of the prayers recited during Rosh Hashanah services deals with what may lie ahead in the year to come. Michael Kuttner We are reminded at this time of the year that our lives are fleeting...

Palestinian Authority education: No room for a two-state solution

The current war in the Middle East often leads policymakers to think of a two-state solution as a panacea for peace. However, Palestinian Authority texts feature three fundamentals which belie any possibility of peace: 1. Delegitimization of...