Ruth Yael
Prime Minister Netanyahu may impose another de facto freeze, as is currently the case in ‘east’ Jerusalem, in an attempt to satisfy both his American masters and the Israeli public. The “mini-freeze” option would involve allowing construction...
YNet has a fascinating excerpt from a recently released book by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal, called "Mossad – The Great Operations" (Hat Tip: Zvi F). The excerpt discusses how the Mossad and the IDF (and the US) found out that North...
Shortly after the Sabbath started in Israel, London’s Daily Telegraph reported that President Obama is coming to visit Jerusalem and Ramallah (Hat Tip: Gershon D). Mr Obama, who set Middle East peace as one of his top foreign policy goals when he...
Former US Ambassador to Israel and peace processor Martin Indyk writes an upbeat op-ed in Friday’s New York Times in which he gives four reasons why this time – as opposed to the previous 50 times – there really is going to be ‘peace’...
The United Nations is ‘closely following’ Israel’s treatment of three Hamas legislators and a former Hamas cabinet minister whom Israel is seeking to expel from Jerusalem. Richard Miron, spokesperson for the UN special coordinator for...
Archival resources in Cervera is the subject of an extensive report by Maria Jose Surribas-Camps in Barcelona. My very good friend Maria Jose has done research in Catalan and other archives for many Sephardic researchers, including Jeff Malka, Judy Simon,...
The oldest Jewish congregation in North America – New York’s Shearith Israel in New York City – has presented the first preservation phase of its cemetery on West 21st Street, in use from 1829-51. The burial site has more than 250 graves...
I will be on Chai FM 101.9 in South Africa at around 7:35 am local time today.Those of you who are not within radio range of Johannesburg, you can listen to me on the web by going here and clicking on Listen Live Now Worldwide.Johannesburg is currently...
Can we call this the icing on the cake? It’s yet another outrageous statement from Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan.Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan says he doesn’t view radical Palestinian group Hamas, Israel’s arch-foe, as...
