Monthly Archives: August 2016
UN, EU help Palestinians build ICC suit against Israel
Jpost Reports- The United Nations and the European Union have actively helped the Palestinian Authority build its global advocacy campaign against the Jewish state; including it’s filing of “war crimes” complaints” about Israel before the International Criminal Court. Over the … Continue reading
Eli Ivgi – 2001 world Nunchaku champion
Israel Kung Fu and world Nunchaku champion (2001) Eli Ivgi was born in and lives in Beit Shemesh.
Spanish court overturns regional Israel boycott
Jpost Reports- ACOM, an Israel lobby group working to combat BDS in Spain, successfully overturned a boycott decision passed by the city council of Vélez-Málaga in the Costa del Sol region this week. The Málaga court issued a preliminary restraining … Continue reading
Danon denies UN prisoner release demands, stating ‘Immunity is not given to terrorists’
Jpost Reports- Danon: “Immunity is not given to terrorists working to harm Israeli citizens.” Danny Danon addressing the UN Security Council, October 22, 2015. (photo credit:UN PHOTO/KIM HAUGHTON) The UN and Israel are at-odds again over Wahid Abdullah al-Bursh, the UN … Continue reading
Biden says expects Guantanamo prison to close before Obama leaves office
Jpost reports- STOCKHOLM – US Vice President Joe Biden said on Thursday he expected the military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, would close before President Barack Obama leaves office in January. “That is my hope and expectation,” he told a … Continue reading
A swami, a rabbi, a monk walk into a Jerusalem confab…
Jpost Reports- Interreligious dialogue among rabbis, priests and imams are commonplace. But “civilizational dialogues” among rabbis, the dean of Hindu gurus and a Myanmar holy man, though they have taken place in the past, are much less frequent. Be the … Continue reading
Comment: Does the UN facilitate crimes against humanity?
Jpost Reports- Five years after a cholera epidemic broke out in Haiti the United Nations admitted it played a role in causing the deaths of 10,000 and infecting 770,000. The disease “would not have broken out but for the actions … Continue reading
How Paris public schools became no-go zones for Jews
PARIS — Twenty-five years after he graduated from a public high school in the French capital, Stephane Tayar recalls favorably his time in one of the world’s most thorough education systems. As for many other French Jews his age, the … Continue reading
Victims of attacks in Israel lose US appeal vs Lebanese bank
Jpost Reports- NEW YORK – A US court on Wednesday rejected an appeal by victims of Hezbollah rocket attacks in Israel who sought to hold Lebanese Canadian Bank SAL liable for financing Hezbollah through its New York account with American … Continue reading
Liberman: Hamas doesn’t care about Gaza’s residents
Jpost Reports- Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman addressed Sunday’s rocket attack from Gaza while visiting an IDF base in th Galilee Tuesday. Liberman expressed that there will be no Israeli help in rehabilitation of Gaza until the strip is demilitarized. Be … Continue reading
