Following the recent appointment of an India-born Sikh as Canada’s new defense minister, the editor of the Jordanian daily Al Ghad wrote an analysis bemoaning the Arab world’s inability to fulfill its dreams of true democracy. He blamed “schizophrenic” voters
Amy Schumer has released a video on Instagram of her as a little girl singing “Happy Hanukkah.” Apparently, the 34-year-old comedian tried her hand at singing before moving on to stand-up. And if this adorable video is anything to go
TEL AVIV – A menorah was found vandalized in a park in New York City after a candle-lighting ceremony marking the first night of Hanukkah. This is the second time a menorah has been vandalized during the Jewish festival of
TEL AVIV – In honor of Hanukkah, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg posted a photo of a dog dressed in a yarmulke and tallit – the Jewish prayer shawl – to his Facebook page. The photo attracted a litany
TEL AVIV – Led by a structural engineer, a group of parents and kids built a giant menorah out of Lego in Fort Worth, Texas, reported the local CBS affiliate. The congregation of Ahavath Sholom synagogue in Fort Worth used
TEL AVIV – In a debate about Israel’s future, the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, and the so-called peace process, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach locked horns with American Jewish author Peter Beinart in Tel Aviv on Sunday, the first night of Hanukkah.
A menorah was stolen and vandalized from a synagogue in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Saturday, the night before the Jewish festival of Hanukkah. The menorah was pilfered from the local Chabad Lubavitch Jewish synagogue and then resurfaced damaged and
In a Sabbath address to Syrian Jews in Brooklyn, New York’s mayor compared Syrian refugees fleeing their homeland to European Jews fleeing the Nazis.
TEL AVIV – An expert on terrorism and former White House official says that the San Bernardino attacks were aided and abetted by President Barack Obama’s refusal to address radical Islam. According to the expert, terror attacks are the result
TEL AVIV – An article in Foreign Policy magazine states that 40 percent of women in the West Bank have had abortions even though the Palestinian leadership has outlawed it.
TEL AVIV – A renowned Saudi journalist said that extremist Islam is like Nazism and the only way to eliminate it is to combat its ideology, MEMRI reported. According to the journalist, imams, media personalities, and educators are more dangerous
TEL AVIV – Writing in the Jordanian daily Al-Rai, a regular columnist said that France and the West apply a double standard in their treatment of leaders in the Arab world, MEMRI reported. Saddam Hussein, Muammar Qadhafi and Yasser Arafat
TEL AVIV – A first ever royal seal impression of Judean King Hezekiah from the First Temple period was discovered in excavations near the Temple Mount, the Jerusalem Post reported. In an unprecedented archeological discovery that shines a light on
TEL AVIV – According to Israeli police, a Palestinian terrorist who stabbed two Israelis to death and wounded a third in a Jewish prayer room in Tel Aviv, expressed regret for the attack and cried during a reenactment of the
TEL AVIV – An Israeli non-profit lab wants to “hatch” chickens from the single cell of a real bird, eradicating the rearing and slaughtering of chickens, ISRAEL21c reported. Modern Agriculture Foundation (MAF) is the first lab in the world to
TEL AVIV – Despite repeated promises to stop the incitement, United Nations teachers in the Palestinian territories are glorifying knife attacks against what they term “Jewish apes and pigs,” the Geneva-based NGO UN Watch reported.
TEL AVIV – An official from Israel’s Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that the Iran deal was shortsighted and that the agreement would have no effect in halting Iran’s nuclear aspirations. The official also claimed that Iran’s success will inspire
TEL AVIV – Zvika Klein, a reporter for the Hebrew-language website NRG, fabricated a news website which ran the headline “7 men shot dead during Paris attack; 129 dead” and recorded people’s reactions in a viral video. The fake news
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently admitted on Israeli TV that he rejected an offer in 2008 from then-Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert which included Israel’s near-total withdrawal from the West Bank in addition to giving up control over Jerusalem.
TEL AVIV – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday instructed Israel’s Foreign Ministry to halt the implementation of European Union policies as well as its involvement in the peace process with the Palestinians. The Prime Minister, who is also
TEL AVIV – The Palestinian Authority (PA) Minister of Women’s Affairs, Haifa Al-Agha, praised Palestinian women’s “uniqueness” when compared with other women around the world because they rejoice when they receive news of the death of their sons, Palestinian Media
JERUSALEM – An Israeli winemaker is turning a nearly extinct variety of grape into wine that was last consumed in the era of the bible, ISRAEL21c reported. Using 3D and DNA analysis, Marawi grapes were found to be the same
TEL AVIV – News reports in the Arab world claim Russia is planning to escalate its military involvement in Syria by sending in ground troops and increasing airstrikes, according to translations provided by the Middle East Research Institute (MEMRI).
TEL AVIV – The newly formed “Ahmad Manasrah Football Tournament” is named after a 13-year-old terrorist who stabbed and critically wounded two people aged 21 and 13 in Jerusalem last month, Palestinian Media Watch reported. PMW found out about the event’s name through an article
TEL AVIV – The UN General Assembly adopted six resolutions against Israel in a single day on Tuesday, the NGO UN Watch reported, including a resolution calling for the return of the Golan Heights – together with its current inhabitants –to Syria. No resolutions
