International

BoD’s Arkush: The Consequences of Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘antisemitic views’

31 May, 2018

By Anna Mikhailova, Telegraph, 30.05.18 Jeremy Corbyn has been accused by one of Britain’s most senior Jewish leaders of holding “anti-Semitic views” which could drive Jewish people out of Britain if he becomes Prime Minister. Jonathan Arkush, the outgoing President of the Board of Deputies, said British Jews were for the first time asking “do […]

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Jeremy Corbyn can’t pretend he has only just noticed

27 March, 2018

The Labour leader refers to ‘pockets’ of antisemitism in his party but fails to say that for 30 years he was in them too   Hugo Rifkind, The TIMES, 26 March 2018   Did you know that Jeremy Corbyn’s mother fought at the Battle of Cable Street? I know it’s a well-kept political secret, a […]

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Corbyn & ‘Palestine Live’: The Ultimate Mainstreaming of Antisemitism?

14 March, 2018

DAN HODGES: Last week Corbyn and his anti-Semitic pals smashed the moral compass to pieces but the most terrifying thing of all? Nobody even cares Mail on Sunday, 11 March 2018 Imagine the following scenario. In the next few months an extreme party surges to the brink of power on mainland Europe. Its leader is […]

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A blueprint to combat the assault on Israel’s legitimacy in Europe

7 April, 2014

International

By ARSEN OSTROVSKY JPost.com Although successes of the BDS Campaign have been relatively limited in scope, the greater danger is that it keeps spinning the propellers assaulting Israel’s legitimacy. At its core, the assault on Israel’s legitimacy is a denial of the Jewish people’s right to self-determination in Israel, the nation-state and historical homeland of […]

SodaStream Shares Surge After IHH Show Reporting

6 April, 2014

International

SFI says: Lets explode the BDS myths From Seeking Alpha Shares of SODA surge, and there is always a reason for share price outperformance. Wal-Mart shelf space for SodaStream products is expected to expand meaningfully. Don’t bother trying to compare SODA’s valuation with other companies. Since SodaStream’s (SODA) strong showing at the International Home and […]

Upsee harness: Mother’s invention helps disabled son to walk

2 April, 2014

International

A revolutionary new harness designed by a mother to give her wheelchair-bound son a chance to walk has been launched on a worldwide market. Debby Elnatan, a music therapist whose son Rotem has cerebral palsy, said the idea for a support harness came from her own “pain and desperation”, but will go on to make […]

JPost: Rolling Stones – Israel gets some satisfaction

25 March, 2014

International

Veteran rockers are officially booked to perform at Tel Aviv’s Park Hayarkon on June 4. After months – even years – of speculation, Israelis can finally get some satisfaction. The Rolling Stones are officially booked to perform on June 4 at Park Hayarkon in Tel Aviv. Nobody was more satisfied than promoter Shuki Weiss, who […]

Cruise Line Cancels Tunisia Stops After Bar of Israeli Tourists

12 March, 2014

International

From JNS.org The Norwegian Cruise Line announced Tuesday that it is canceling all of its remaining port calls to Tunisia and ceasing all future port calls there in response to the Tunisian government’s refusal to allow a group of Israelis to disembark the Norwegian Jade ship in the Tunis-based port of La Goulette on Sunday. […]

Canada recognises Jewish refugees from Arab countries

6 March, 2014

International

Canada yesterday formally recognized the refugee status of the 850,000 Jews who fled or were expelled from Arab countries after Israel’s founding. The recognition follows a November 2013 report to the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs on “Recognizing Jewish Refugees from the Middle East and North Africa.” The report detailed the […]

Frontpagemag: Syrian Refugee Blasts BDS Movement

6 March, 2014

International

Aboud Dandachi, a Syrian blogger and refugee who opposes Assad, responded to the Syrian National Council’s condemnation of Netanyahu’s visit to an Israeli hospital treating Syrian wounded, by criticizing the SNC. If you can’t even bring yourself to say thank you to medical aid from Israel, how on earth are you ever going to bring […]

Frontpagemag: SodaStream and the Absurdity of BDS

6 March, 2014

International

By Daniel Greenfield Contrary to most people’s expectations, the BDS boycotts of Israel rarely target heavily pro-Israel companies or individuals. The academic boycotts are most prevalent in non-scientific areas of academia where the Israeli scholars they are targeting lean to the left. Imagine French academics boycotting US History professors over the Iraq War and you […]

TimesofIsrael: We stand in solidarity with Ukrainian Jews

5 March, 2014

International | National

We stand in solidarity with Ukrainian Jews: An open letter from the UK By Richard Black – TimesofIsrael blog We, Jewish students in the United Kingdom, stand by our Jewish brothers and sisters in Ukraine, during their hour of need. The history of Jewish life in Ukraine is even older than the country itself. In […]

Top 22 ways Israel aided Africa in the last three years

4 March, 2014

International

Developing African nations depend on Israeli technological, humanitarian, medical, ecological and agricultural advances in virtually every aspect of life. By Abigail Klien Leichman – Israel21C On a visit to Africa in 1958, Foreign Minister Golda Meir pledged Israeli help to find solutions for severe challenges in food security, water safety and sanitation, healthcare, economic growth, […]

No charity for Israel from Amnesty International

3 March, 2014

International

Amnesty International’s bias against Israel is so blatant it would be funny if it wasnt so sad. Prof. Michael Curtis deals the killing blow against this organisation and its litany of misdeeds Michael_curtis – The Commentator – 3 March 2014 11:24 We all thought Oxfam was the most bigoted international charity organization but along has […]

Times of Israel: Christian generosity for Ukranian Jews

3 March, 2014

International

By Yechiel Eckstein Times of Israel blog In these days, when our eyes and the eyes of the world are upon the Ukraine and the upheaval taking place there, we pray that everyone might have the opportunity to enjoy a life of democracy, freedom, and prosperity. As Israelis and Jews, we are focused mainly on […]