Israel was finally accepted Thursday into a key international space coalition. Thirty-two years after establishing its space agency the Jewish state got the nod into the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space, receiving the nod from 117 nations — with only Namibia voting against its acceptance, the Jerusalem Post reports. “This […]
by Cinnamon Stillwell • Nov 3, 2015 at 12:57 pm UC Berkeley academic and boycott, divestment, sanctions (BDS) proponent Hatem Bazian doesn’t believe in religious freedom for Israeli Jews. In his latest Daily Sabah column, Bazian portrays Israel as a “bullying colonial thief” and Jews sharing the Temple Mount with Muslims as attempting to “destroy” […]
The latest “victim” of the wave of terror in Israel is the Knesset silverware cart. Visitors to the Knesset dining room this week said that they had a “difficult time” finding knives and forks for their meals, and were forced to search for the utensils until finding them in a remote corner of the room. It was […]
What makes an op-ed on BDS in the Washington Post by Jewish academics Steven Levitsky and Glen Weyl (more on their backgrounds courtesy of the JTA) so outrageous? While most supporters of BDS have a singular and obsessive hatred of Israel, Levitsky and Weyl open their piece by stating: “We are lifelong Zionists.” Expressing their disappointment […]
Russia and Iran have agreed to strengthen their cooperation in order to bring stability and security to the Middle East, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday, according to Reuters. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and his Iranian counterpart Mohammad Javad Zarif held a telephone conversation on Saturday at Moscow’s request, the ministry added. The […]
Yediot Aharonot, a newspaper franchise that vigorously opposes Binyamin Netanyahu, mocked him Tuesday when it featured a photo of him peering through binoculars while the binoculars’ lenses were still covered. The photo was snapped during Netanyahu’s visit to the Gaza Division in southern Israel. However, video from the event shows that while Netanyahu initially raised the […]
Nathan Thrall’s recent New York Times column is an error-filled diatribe that has no place on the pages of any legitimate newspaper. Worse than simply misleading readers, his bottom line is frightening. He claims that efforts to restore calm and prevent violence are actually not constructive: But what does seem guaranteed is that most Palestinians […]
Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz (Likud) slammed Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas at the Israeli American Council (IAC) conference in Washington DC on Sunday night, accusing him of being the “leader of anti-Semitism in the world.” “Any discussion of Abbas’s part in the terror will only reduce his actual involvement. He is the number one inciter in the world against […]
Three days after Arab rioters burned Joseph’s Tomb in Shechem (Nablus), the Samaria Regional Council sent an official delegation on Sunday night to inspect the damage at the holy site. The delegation was led by Sephardic Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Yosef, Samaria Regional Council Head Yossi Dagan, Samaria Chief Rabbi Elyakim Levanon, and Dagan’s deputy Davidi […]
By Dan Calabrese Some of you are going to think I’m being unfair to the media on this one. After all, the AP merely shot raw video without comment. USA Today merely posted it without comment. How is that bias? How are they making a martyr of the guy whose funeral was shown in the […]
