Michael Herzog, a former peace-process negotiator and the older brother of new Israeli President Isaac Herzog, was reported on Thursday as a leading candidate to become Israeli ambassador to the United States, according to The Jerusalem Post. [JNS.org]
Brother of Israel President Possible Next Ambassador to U.S. Read More »
Middle East, USA
Published by Al-Araby Residents of a south Lebanon village caught members affiliated to Hezbollah on Friday morning and seized a rocket launcher the group used to fire into Israel. Videos shared online showed men in the Druze village of Shwayya, in the Hasbayya border district, capturing members of the Shia paramilitary group passing through the
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Middle East
Pro-Israel and establishment Democrats secured a major victory on Tuesday as their favored candidate, Cuyahoga County council member Shontel Brown, handily defeated former State Sen. Nina Turner on Tuesday to become the Democratic Party’s nominee in the special election to fill the vacant Ohio 11th Congressional District seat. Brown won by securing 50.2 percent of the vote against Turner’s 44.5 percent. [JNS.org]
Moderate Overtakes Progressive Democrat in Ohio Congressional Contest Read More »
Middle East, USA
The Biden administration has chosen a former White House Jewish liaison to resume the position on Thursday after months of pleading from Jewish communal organizations to name someone to the post. Chanan Weissman, 37, who currently serves the administration as director of technology and democracy at the National Security Council, was first reported by The Washington Post to have gotten the tap from U.S. President Joe Biden. [JNS.org]
Chanan Weisman Names White House Jewish Liaison Read More »
Middle East, USA
Israeli fighter jets struck terror sites in Lebanon early on Thursday, renewing Israel’s retaliatory measures following a rocket strike against Israel’s north on Wednesday. The airstrikes were in response to three rockets that were fired into northern Israel from Lebanon on Wednesday afternoon. Two fell on the Israeli side of the border, with the third landing in Lebanese territory, according to the Israeli military. [JNS.org]
Israel Renews Retaliatory Strikes on Lebanese Targets Read More »
Middle East
Published by Reuters By Parisa Hafezi DUBAI (Reuters) -Hardline Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi took the oath of office before parliament on Thursday, with the Islamic Republic’s clerical rulers facing growing crises at home and abroad. The mid-ranking Shi’ite cleric formally started his four-year term on Tuesday when supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei endorsed his victory
Hardline cleric Raisi sworn in as Iran president amid tensions with West Read More »
Middle East
By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “If the Republicans will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.” — Adlai Stevenson “During the 1948 war,” says letter-writer Bob Holden of Los Angeles, “the Israelis expelled more than half the Palestinian population (some 700,000) and seized their land and businesses
Telling the Truth About the Palestinians Read More »
Bruce Ticker, Middle East, USA
By Josh Hasten (JNS) Three Israeli documentary filmmakers arrived home safely from Nigeria at the end of last week, after what they described as 20 “hellish days” detained under inhumane conditions by the government’s Department of State Services (DSS) security agency. Rudy Rochman, David Benaym and Noam Leibman had set off for the African country
How three Israeli filmmakers wound up becoming the story in Africa Read More »
Middle East
Published by DPA Israel warned on Wednesday that its arch-enemy Iran is weeks away from acquiring weapons-grade nuclear material. “Iran has violated all of the guidelines set in the JCPOA and is only around 10 weeks away from acquiring weapons-grade materials necessary for a nuclear weapon,” Israeli Defence Minister Benny Gantz said, using the acronym
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Middle East
Israeli artillery units shelled targets in Lebanon on Wednesday, after three rockets were fired at northern Israel from across the border, according to the Israel Defense Forces. [jns.org]
Israel Returns Fire From Lebanon Read More »
Middle East
Israel’s ministerial committee approved new restrictions on fighting the spread of COVID-19, announced the Prime Minister’s Office on Wednesday. They are set to be instituted on Aug. 8 as a result of the uptick in Delta-variant infection rates in the country, according to the PMO. [jns.org]
Israel Adopts Tighter Rules in Response to COVID-19 Resurgence Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and Food
Gilad Erdan, Israel’s Ambassador to the United States and the United Nations, is urging the United Nations and world leaders to take action against the U.N. Relief Works Agency (UNWRA) after a watchdog report found more than 100 UNRWA educators and staff have publicly promoted violence and anti-Semitism on social media. [JNS.org]
Israel Ambassador calls for Firing UNWRA Workers Who Promoted Violence Read More »
International, Middle East, USA
Team Israel baseball’s hopes of an Olympic medal ended on Tuesday after it lost a game in dramatic fashion to the Dominican Republic. It lost 7-6 to the Dominicans after former MLB All-Star José Bautista drove in a walk-off, RBI single off Israeli pitcher DJ Sharabi in the bottom of the ninth inning to win the game. [JNS.org]
Team Israel Out of Running for Olympics Baseball Medal Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions
Artem Dolgopyat won Israel’s first Olympic gold medal in artistic gymnastics in Tokyo on Sunday, the country’s second-ever Olympic gold. [JNS.org]
Israel Wins Its Second Olympic Gold Medal Ever Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & Competitions