Tag: Politics

Contrasts

A reader of J-Wire commented to me that it was left-wing socialists who had settled and developed what was then Ottoman-ruled and later British Mandated Palestine. This indisputable fact set me thinking about the similarities...

USAID Boasts of Funding Antisemitic Charity in Gaza Linked to Designated Terrorist Organization

The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), which is part of the State Department, has boasted of providing taxpayer funding to a Palestinian charity linked closely to the designated terrorist organization Hamas. A USAID August...

No Media Coverage

Israel - is easy to be proud of and for a variety of very good reasons. While many of the countries that surround her would like to see her demise....in the long run it would...

Inconvenient Reminders

Sweeping embarrassing and painful occurrences under the proverbial carpet is a popular pastime for many. There is always the possibility that some might throw a cold shower on current politically accepted thinking. In most cases, this...

Three pieces with the right questions to ask about EU funding of PA/UNRWA education

Response of  ​​the EU Dept of  Foreign Affairs and Security Affairs Regarding your questions, the EU is firmly committed to promote inclusive and quality education for the Palestinian people, including to ensure full adherence with the United Nations...

Citizens of Israel who live abroad plan protests against Israel during the weekend of...

Citizens of Israel who live abroad plan protests against Israel during the weekend of February 4 in the cities listed below. GIVE THEM  FEEDBACK Basel - https://fb.me/e/2vzu7Ybo5  Berlin - https://fb.me/e/27yJ55Ra9  Boston - https://fb.me/e/2OzPAR9HL  Cambridge, UK - https://fb.me/e/2EfUqvNbO  Chicago - https://fb.me/e/2ZWn3AR3O  London - https://fb.me/e/9AEbwlEOS  Los Angeles - https://fb.me/e/240LIQlHI  Madrid - https://fb.me/e/46iv4MaVM  Miami...

The initiative of the Palestinians: the UN will automatically fund UNRA permanently Israel today

Israel and the US are working together at the UN to torpedo an initiative by the Palestinians that could change the financing mechanism of the UNRWA agency, which handles the Palestinian "refugees". According to...

Why the ADL abandoned Antisemitism and went woke

In 2018, the ADL announced that it was no longer in the ‘kindness’ business. “Forget Kindness. Schools Need to Foster Social Justice,” Jinnie Spiegler, the ADL’s curriculum director, barked. By three years old, Spiegler claimed white...

OPINION: Ben-Gvir’s appeal is based on security, not bigotry

I never thought that traveling to London one week after a general election in Israel would place me in the eye of a storm. As I landed, I met people from the Jewish community...

Ballot box blues

If anecdotal feedback and surveys are anything to go by, an increasing number of potential voters are feeling tuned out as Election Day approaches on 1 November. My own unscientific soundings of various age groups...