After passing a resolution denying any Jewish connection to Jerusalem, the UN”s cultural agency UNESCO is planning to vote on another similar anti-Israel resolution. Arab states on Saturday presented a watered down version of a new resolution denying the connection between Judaism and the Temple Mount. A vote on the latest resolution is expected at […]
UNESCO to vote on yet another anti-Israel resolution Read More »
International, Middle EastBrandeis survey of 50 US campuses finds one of the strongest predictors of hostile climate toward Jews, Israel is active SJP group By Times of Israel staff An image from the documentary ‘Crossing the Line 2,’ which depicts rising anti-Semitic activity on North American campuses. (Courtesy) The City University of New York in Brooklyn, Northwestern
Israeli actress jokingly cites Israeli military training, Krav Maga as reason GOP nominee — who recently boasted about grabbing women — never touched her By Times of Israel staff Gal Gadot appeared as a guest on The Late Late Show with James Corden, on October 21, 2016. (Screenshot) Israeli actress Gal Gadot, who plays the
That time Gal Gadot met Donald Trump at the Miss Universe pageant Read More »
Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts –Seeming to parallel the dystopian world described by George Orwell in 1984 in which history and fact are manipulated to serve political ends, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) recently voted 24-6 to approve a resolution stripping the Temple Mount and Western Wall of its
“In another 20 days America will hold presidential elections. 20 days seems like forever. Election night is in three more weeks, and it will be a crazy night. No one knows how it will end,” said Republican candidate Donald Trump, in an exclusive interview with Israel Hayom. The full interview will be published tomorrow in
Trump: Clintons are bad for Israel relations Read More »
Middle East, USAFour Russian navy warships are on their way to the Mediterranean Sea led by Russia’s large and only aircraft-carrier Admiral Kuznetsov. The contingent from Russia’s Northern Fleet was spotted sailing past the Norwegian city of Bergen Wednesday, after the fleet announced the deployment in state media over the weekend. Besides Admiral Kuznetsov, the Kremlin is
Russian Air Carrier and Warships Sail to Mediterranean Read More »
International, Middle EastIRBUL, Iraq — With an offensive underway to oust Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, militants staged a surprise attack early Friday about 95 miles south in Kirkuk. “It was expected that (Islamic State) sleeper cells would make a move in Kirkuk one day,” Kirkuk Gov. Najmaldin Karim told the Kurdish news agency
Islamic State fighters attack police compound, power plant in northern Iraq’s Kirkuk Read More »
Middle EastNorway’s migration and integration minister has faced calls to resign after telling the country’s Muslim immigrants they must adapt to a society in which “we eat pork, drink alcohol and show our face.” Sylvi Listhaug, a member of the country’s populist, anti-immigrant Progress Party, made the comments in a Facebook post Monday. “I think those
Norwegian Minister Faces Backlash For Muslim Comments Read More »
International, Middle EastElite Iraqi forces retook a town on the eastern edge of Mosul on Thursday while Kurdish peshmerga fighters opened a new front in the offensive to wrest back the Islamic State (IS) group’s last major bastion in Iraq. Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi told an international meeting in Paris that the four-day-old offensive was “advancing faster
Iraqi forces make gains against IS group near Mosul Read More »
International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–A clip is circulating among alumni of the Fall River Jewish community that has Cantor Marcus Gerlich along with the Temple Beth El choir. singing Kol Nidre, It brings back memories from the best of my Jewish youth. Cantor Gerlich was a fine teacher and role model, who saw me and many others through
Kol Nidre: Its style and substance Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Last week, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) voted Christian and Jewish heritage off of the Temple Mount in Jerusalem; Tuesday they ratified their perfidy. The vote seems clearly a response to the expansionist, jihadist aspirations of members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) that sponsored
Breaking down the UNESCO vote Read More »
International, Middle EastA British lawmaker who is a well-known critic of Israel is blaming Israel’s treatment of Palestinian Arabs for the rise of anti-Semitism in the country. Jenny Tonge, a House of Lords member from the Liberal Democrat party, took to Facebook on Monday after the publication of a report which determined that the Labour party”s leadership
British lawmaker says Israel is responsible for anti-Semitism Read More »
International, Middle EastThe center-right and pro-Israel popular Italian newspaper Il Foglio organized an unprecedented protest at UNESCO’s offices in Rome against the UNESCO vote that denied the Jewish people’s connection to its holy sites in Jerusalem and to express the public’s anger at Italy’s abstention in that vote. Italy, the newspaper said, should have voted against the
Over 300 at Italian newspaper’s protest at UNESCO in Rome Read More »
International, Middle EastA group of Jewish American lawmakers on Wednesday issued a statement denouncing the UNESCO resolution which denies the Jewish connection to Jerusalem. The lawmakers signed to the statement are U.S. Representatives Nita Lowey (D-NY), Sandy Levin (D-MI), David Cicilline (D-RI), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Susan Davis (D-CA), Ted Deutch (D-FL), Eliot Engel (D-NY), Lois Frankel (D-FL),
Jewish Congress members denounce UNESCO resolution Read More »
International, Middle East, USA