9/11 memorialised in Israel

September 12, 2023 by  
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As the world commemorated the 22nd anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, Keren Kayemeth Le’Israel-Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF), Jewish National Fund-USA (JNF- USA), and the Embassy of the United States of America in Israel held their annual memorial ceremony to honour those who perished during the dreadful attacks. Read more

US greenlights $3.5 billion Arrow 3 sale to Germany, Israel’s largest arms sale

August 18, 2023 by  
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The US government has approved Israel selling its Arrow 3 missile defence system to Germany, Israel’s Defence Ministry announced yesterday. Read more

Uncle Sham

July 7, 2023 by  
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As 4 July is celebrated by Americans at home and around the world it is a good time to reflect on whether the “goldene medina” is still the Promised Land for Jews. Read more

Israel is our business

March 3, 2023 by  
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Israel’s Six-Day War disrupted Benjamin Netanyahu’s graduation plans at Cheltenham High School, located less than a mile from the Philadelphia neighbourhood where I grew up. Read more

Dangerous times, and they are of our own making

February 24, 2023 by  
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I can’t recall having seen such a tumultuous first 60 days of any new Israeli government. Read more

Iran authorities execute four ‘Israeli spies’

December 5, 2022 by  
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Iranian authorities have executed four people accused of working for Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, the state-run IRNA news agency says. Read more

Unpredictable politics

November 20, 2022 by  
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I realise someone has to run a country. I just wish there was another viable alternative to current politics. Read more

Israel says building air defence alliance

June 21, 2022 by  
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Israel is building a US-backed regional air defence alliance, the Israeli defence minister says, adding that the apparatus has already foiled attempted Iranian attacks and could be boosted by President Joe Biden’s visit next month. Read more

Israel starts to export cannabis seeds to US

May 19, 2022 by  
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After nearly a year of discussions, a shipment of cannabis seeds took off from Israel to the US on Tuesday night, the first-ever shipment of cannabis seeds from Israel to a foreign country. Read more

Why we should care about the fate of Ukraine

February 16, 2022 by  
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It’s difficult to know where exactly the crisis over a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine will end. Read more

Feintooner

February 14, 2022 by  
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This week’s cartoon.  Quid pro no. Read more

How America is helping Iran get a nuclear arsenal

February 11, 2022 by  
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As Iran reportedly reaches the brink of obtaining enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon, the Biden administration is now astoundingly colluding with this lethal rogue state against the interests of Israel and America’s allies in the region. Read more

China overtakes US as Israel’s largest source of imports

January 25, 2022 by  
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China became Israel’s largest source of imports in 2021 with $10.7 billion, overcoming the previous top spot held by the United States, revealed Israel’s National Bureau of Statistics on Thursday. Read more

Biden administration remains ‘deeply blind’ to inherent flaws of UNRWA, say Mideast experts

January 9, 2022 by  
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The U.S. State Department’s Population, Migration and Refugees Bureau ended 2021 with another payment to the U.N. Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), a move some experts have criticized as wrongheaded and in line with an eagerness to blindly reverse policies put forth by the Trump administration. Read more

Pompeo: Israel has ‘duty’ to defend itself from Iran without US support

November 13, 2021 by  
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Former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo believes that Israel has the “duty” to defend itself from Iran if Tehran takes actions that threaten Israel wothout U.S. support…write Sean Savage and Ellie Cohanim. Read more

Senate confirms Thomas Nides as US ambassador to Israel

November 5, 2021 by  
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The U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed U.S. President Joe Biden’s nominee for ambassador to Israel, making banking executive Thomas Nides the United States’ top envoy to its closest ally in the Middle East. Read more

Israel to collaborate with US, UN on regulation of social networks

October 31, 2021 by  
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Israel’s Minister of Communications Yoaz Hendel met with executives from major online companies and legislators in New York and Washington to discuss support for the regulation of social networks, Globes reported. Read more

Israel can’t ignore China’s threat to the free world

Any time Israel has reason to doubt the reliability of America’s friendship, some in the Jewish state start thinking about the need to re-evaluate its attitude towards the world. Read more

American culture

October 8, 2021 by  
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The debacle in Afghanistan has proved how difficult it is to change another country’s culture. Read more

Abbas declares end to agreements with Israel, US

May 20, 2020 by  
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Palestinian Authority (PA) head Mahmoud Abbas declared an end to the agreements signed with Israel and the United States and said he was turning over responsibility for the PA territories back to Israel. Read more

Prepare for the overdue “big one”

July 13, 2018 by  
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Anticipated major earthquakes both geophysical and political are long overdue…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Despite Israeli, US opposition, Polish Senators pass bill criminalising terms linking Poland to the Holocaust

February 2, 2018 by  
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The Polish Senate passed a bill Wednesday criminalising statements linking Poland to the murder of Jews which occurred on its soil during the Holocaust, in an attempt to lay blame for the crimes that left more than 1 million Polish Jews dead during World War II squarely on German Nazis. Read more

Ready – Steady – Go!

January 5, 2018 by  
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The civil year 2018 is barely out of the starting blocks and we are already witnessing events which without a doubt will impact all of us no matter where we live…writes Michael Kuttner. Read more

Trump-Netanyahu Meeting Set To Expose Obama’s Collusion On Resolution 2334

February 10, 2017 by  
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One of the intriguing aspects of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to the White House on 15 February will be the evidence he produces to President Trump to establish former President Obama’s collusion in promoting Security Council Resolution 2334…writes David Singer. Read more

Obama and Kerry open door for Palestine Mandate Solution

December 29, 2016 by  
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US Secretary of State John Kerry – perhaps unwittingly – has now opened the door to reviving the solution contained in the 1922 League of Nations Mandate for Palestine – one homeland for the Jews and one homeland for the Arabs (“Palestine Mandate Solution”)…writes David Singer. Read more

The Trump revolution, Israel and American Jews

November 21, 2016 by  
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The victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. presidential elections will have long-term global repercussions at many levels…writes Isi Leibler. Read more

Trump Must Confirm Bush-Congress Commitments To Israel…writes David Singer

November 10, 2016 by  
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Donald Trump’s stunning Presidential victory – coupled with the Republican Party retaining control of the Congress – presents Trump with the opportunity to restore America’s tarnished reputation and integrity by affirming he will honour the commitments made to Israel by President Bush in his letter dated 14 April 2004 – overwhelmingly endorsed by the then Congress by 502 votes to 12. Read more

After Trump victory, new era in U.S.-Israel relations beckons

November 10, 2016 by  
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Anti-establishment Republican candidate Donald Trump earned what many considered a shocking victory over Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton Tuesday, officially ushering in the countdown to a new era in U.S.-Israel relations…writes Sean Savage/JNS.org. Read more

Trump hears from Israel

November 10, 2016 by  
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Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has spoken with president-elect Donald Trump who also received congratulations from president Reuven Rivlin. Read more

Does P5+1 = nuclear deal? Examining Iran’s negotiating partners

June 26, 2015 by  
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After more than a decade of intermittent negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program, the so-called P5+1 powers—the United States, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia, and China—are nearing a June 30 deadline to finalise the Framework for a Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action that was reached in April, or in other words, a final nuclear deal with Iran. Read more

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