The Speaker of the Danish parliament will visit the Palestinian Authority this weekend but will skip Israel, Channel 10 News reported on Thursday. According to the report, the Speaker, Mogens Lykketoft, announced two months ago that he would be visiting the region, and the Foreign Ministry explained to Lykketoft that his Israeli counterpart, Knesset Speaker […]
We’ve got some creepy news from Hillary Clinton’s old stomping ground of Wellesley College. As reported by the Boston Globe, a realistic looking statue of a man in his tighty whities is freaking some women out at the college in Massachusetts. According to the college, the statue has been installed on the grounds of the […]
Join us Tuesday, February 11th at 12pm ET for a star-studded panel of commenters including SE Cupp, Keli Goff, Nikki Schwab and Eddie Scarry. The panel, “The Vanity Factor: How Did Politics Become So Shallow?,” will be moderated by Foundry Senior Contributor Genevieve Wood. Details are below. Panelists: SE Cupp, CNN (@SECupp) Keli Goff, The […]
Fatah, the ruling political party of the Palestinian Authority (PA), continues to incite violence against Israel on its Facebook page. According to Palestinian Media Watch (PMW), a prominent post reads, “Teach your children to love the soil. Teach them that we live in misery. Teach them that there is a seed in the soil; if you water it with blood, it will sprout […]
by Alex Margolin Today’s Top BDS Stories: 1. Must See! SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum teaches Oxfam a lesson on fighting poverty in a debate on the BBC’s flagship news program Newsnight. Telegraph reporter Jake Wallis Simons lays out Oxfam’s links to the BDS movement despite the organization’s official line against support for boycotts. NGO Monitor […]
Following news that at least 1,800 personnel records for veterans were destroyed or purposely misplaced at the Nation Personnel Records Center (NPRC), U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) sent a letter today to NPRC Director Scott Levins seeking an explanation on how this could have occurred and what steps are being taken to prevent another incident. The NPRC […]
U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) / Newscom Senator Pat Toomey (R-PA) this morning sent a letter to fellow lawmakers urging them to reject President Obama’s nominee for a key Justice Department post because he blocked justice while head of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund by portraying a “cowardly, unrepentant” cop killer as an American hero. […]
Dozens of Jewish women who fled abusive partners in Muslim villages spent the weekend in the scenic, central Israeli town of Yad Binyamin, in a Sabbath event organized by the Yad L’Achim organization. Yad L’Achim was key in helping the women escape abusive relationships to Muslim men, and has maintained a connection with each of them […]
February 3, 2014 16:59 by Alex Margolin SodaStream goes on the offensive against Oxfam, accusing the NGO of actively funding BDS campaigns against Israel. “Unsurprisingly, Oxfam has joined the BDS in this movement [to close down the West Bank factory],” SodaStream CEO Daniel Birnbaum said. “I’m saying ‘unsurprisingly’ because we found out that some of […]
The footage is old, and the quality grainy, but the message is unmistakable. A public relations video produced by the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit more than 30 years ago makes the case for Israel to retain the Judea and Samaria region, from a purely military perspective, and offers a unique glimpse into a very different age, […]
