Monday, 21 March 2022 | Israel this weekend laid out a redline that should not be crossed to achieve a renewed Iran nuclear deal—removing Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) military group from the Foreign Terrorist Organization list (FTO). The Jewish state is worried the United States may do it anyway. “We are very concerned
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 March 2022 | Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called for Israel to arm Ukraine and stand with the besieged nation against the Russian invasion in a public address to the Israeli Knesset (Parliament) yesterday. Drawing parallels between Jewish and Ukrainian suffering over the years, the president invoked the Holocaust and the Nazi drive to
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 March 2022 | An Israeli police officer stationed in East Jerusalem’s predominately Palestinian Ras al-Amud neighborhood has been hurt in a suspected stabbing attack, Israel Police said on Sunday. Magen David Adom ambulance service medics arrived at the scene and provided first aid treatment to the wounded cop, in his early 20s, who
Continue Reading »Monday, 21 March 2022 | Israel is the ninth happiest place in the world to live, according to this year’s World Happiness Report. The 158-page listing for 2022 was published on Friday. Israel is two spots higher than last year and five spots higher than in 2020, when it was ranked at No. 14. Finland
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 March 2022 | With balloons in the colors of the Ukrainian national flag and just moments before a nighttime curfew takes effect, Ukraine’s remaining Jews celebrated Purim [Feast of Esther] under incessant Russian shelling. Chief Rabbi of Odessa and Chabad emissary in the city Rabbi Abraham Wolf told Ynet that “we will certainly
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 March 2022 | A US general said on Tuesday that Iran possesses advanced missiles, and poses the biggest threat to the region. During a Senate hearing, General Kenneth McKenzie explained that the Iranian missiles are still unable to reach Europe, but noted that in the past five to seven years, Iran has invested
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 March 2022 | US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides joined Americans for Peace Now (APN) in a webinar on Tuesday to discuss his new job and what his vision is for the region. “I’m center-left,” he said. “I’m left generally, but I put in the ‘center’ just to make myself feel better.” Nides
Continue Reading »Friday, 18 March 2022 | Israeli cargo planes took off for Poland on Thursday carrying 17 tons of equipment for the construction of the country’s “Kochav Meir” (Shining Star) field hospital in western Ukraine. Earlier this week, a medical delegation left for the area to assess the situation and start preparing the site. Doctors, nurses
Continue Reading »Thursday, 17 March 2022 | Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has served as lead mediator in cease-fire talks between Russia and Ukraine that have led to a document currently under discussion, unnamed sources told the Financial Times. The Israeli prime minister has maintained frequent contact with both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
Continue Reading »Thursday, 17 March 2022 | Reviving the Iran nuclear accord might be a done deal soon. After multiple stops, starts and pauses in the negotiations that started in April, Iran’s foreign minister said yesterday that only two more issues need ironing out before the Islamic state and Britain, China, France, Germany and Russia—with the US
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