Monday, 25 November 2024 | Rabbi Zvi Kogan, an Israeli citizen and emissary for the Chabad organization in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), was confirmed on Sunday to have been murdered in what Israel’s government called “an abhorrent act of antisemitic terrorism.” The UAE intelligence and security authorities found Kogan’s [body] after he went missing
Continue Reading »Monday, 25 November 2024 | The international community took a step toward renewing significant international sanctions on Iran over the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program last week, even as Iran is continuing to make substantial progress toward nuclear weapons. The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) reported on November 21 that Iran is capable of enriching
Continue Reading »Monday, 25 November 2024 | Former United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) Commissioner-General Pierre Krähenbühl repeatedly met with senior members of Hamas and other Palestinian terror groups, expressing the UN agency’s willingness to work together in the “spirit of partnership,” Geneva-based watchdog group UN Watch revealed over the weekend. Krähenbühl, who led the controversial
Continue Reading »Monday, 25 November 2024 | Last week, the prestigious Shanghai Ranking for academic institutions published its detailed 2024 departmental rankings, and overall, it was a positive year for Israeli academia. The decline in computer science rankings was halted, with the Weizmann Institute’s computer science department breaking into the top 100. Hebrew University climbed to 14th
Continue Reading »Friday, 22 November 2024 | The International Criminal Court [ICC] has issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, the tribunal in the Hague announced on Thursday afternoon. The court’s Pre-Trial Chamber “issued warrants of arrest for two individuals, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu and Mr. Yoav Gallant, for crimes
Continue Reading »Friday, 22 November 2024 | The International Criminal Court’s [ICC] issuing of international arrest warrants against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant over allegations of their responsibility for alleged “war crimes” in the Gaza Strip, raises several questions regarding jurisdiction, enforcement, international implications and practical consequences. Is Israel Subject to the
Continue Reading »Friday, 22 November 2024 | Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition organization based in London, reported Thursday evening that at least 82 terrorists and commanders in the pro-Iranian militias and the Lebanese Hezbollah organization were killed in the unusual attack in Syria attributed to Israel in Tadmor. According to the group, 56 of the
Continue Reading »Friday, 22 November 2024 | The arrest warrants issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former defense minister Yoav Gallant on Thursday are expected to prompt significant behavioral changes within Israel’s security forces, particularly the Israel Defense Forces [IDF], from Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi
Continue Reading »Thursday, 21 November 2024 | The US vetoed a UN Nations Security Council [UNSC] resolution calling for an Israel–Hamas ceasefire on Wednesday morning, citing its failure to condition a halt in hostilities directly to the release of the hostages, whom Hamas continues to hold in the Gaza Strip. “We could not support an unconditional ceasefire
Continue Reading »Thursday, 21 November 2024 | US ambassador-designate to Israel Mike Huckabee on Tuesday criticized the Biden administration’s approach to Israel, accusing it of applying more pressure on the Jewish state than on its adversaries. “We’ve put far more pressure, with Joe Biden, on Israel than we have on Hamas, Hezbollah and most importantly, the people
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