Director Ridley Scott has given us a sequel, but there is a Jewish story to tell about this place, so please lend me your ears. And connect the dots to today’s Jewish story. Op-ed. Director Ridley Scott’s gladiators are back in the Colosseum, crossing swords in the sequel. A few weeks ago, I climbed the …
Assuming last week’s reports are correct and that UNRWA is voluntarily demobilizing, it is time to discuss how to ensure that this is what really happens. Op-ed. (Note: The title of this article is based on a phrase attributed toMark Twain: “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” In this case, the author wishes UNRWA …
Also published in: The last week has been awful for UNRWA, The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees. Which means it was a good week for humanity. The Dutch Parliament passed a bill to gradually cut off funding to UNRWA. They join 12 other former donor nations that already have. Next, UNRWA on Monday …
(Dec. 10, 2024 / JNS) Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, who is 89, recently announced that his longtime ally and right-hand man will become his temporary successor if Abbas becomes unable to serve. Rawhi Fattouh, 75, joined Yasser Arafat in 1968. He is an unrepentant terrorist, an antisemitic conspiracy theorist and an absolutist who dreams of …
Rami Chris Robbins Nov 17, 2024, 11:00 PM (GMT+2) On Friday, a French court ordered the conditional release of a pro-Palestinian terrorist who assassinated two US Army officers and an Israeli diplomat between 1982 and 1984. The killer, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, was involved in dozens of other attacks. Abdallah was convicted in France in 1987. …
What Huckabee, Rubio and Witkoff can learn from their predecessors when it comes to Israel and the Middle East. (Nov. 14, 2024 / JNS) President-elect Donald Trump announced the appointment of Mike Huckabee as U.S. ambassador to Israel and Steve Witkoff, a Bronx, N.Y.-born, Jewish real-estate investor, to be the U.S. Middle East envoy. He is …
Israel National News 11/3/2024 As the deadline to vote in the US nears there is a singular fact that all Jewish American voters must recollect. Between 2017 and 2021 America’s policies in the Middle East and Israel were successful. During this period, US policies and decision-making ushered in a period of relative peace. This era …
October 19, 2023 Book: Reform Judaism for the Rest of Us: Faith Versus Political Action Author: Alexander Maller Publisher: IUniverse Alexander Maller’s book tackles a subject he is passionate about: the future of the Reform Jewish movement in America. Maller is a loyal member of the faith. In a different era, he would have had …
The highlands on both sides of the town of Al-Zabadani, Syria look like rolling waves, not jagged peaks. Yet they reach 2,100 meters (7,000 feet) and peer down upon this popular summer retreat 26 kilometers (16 miles) northwest of Damascus. In the winter of 1974 – 45 years ago this week – these mountains were …
Multiple choice question: Name the person, place or thing that referred to Israel as a “scum state,” called for an international arms embargo of Israel, accused Israel of “war crimes,” and lashed out at the Jewish state more than any other nation on the planet. 1. The Islamic Republic of Iran 2. Louis Farrakhan 3. …