April 9, 1940 and October 1, 1943 were the darkest days in the history of the Jewish community in Denmark. These momentous dates are inextricably bound up with two separate but related events: Germany’s invasion of Denmark — the first country in Western Europe to be occupied by the Nazis — and Germany’s belated attempt […]
The needle is stuck. Despite concerted efforts by the United States, Egypt and Qatar to end the protracted war in the Gaza Strip and gain the release of the remaining Israeli hostages by means of a new ceasefire, the negotiations have failed and the status quo prevails. Which is another way of saying that Israel […]
David Ben-Gurion, Israel’s first prime minister and longest-serving one until Benjamin Netanyahu eclipsed his record, is the subject of Yariv Mozer’s reverent documentary, Memories of Ben-Gurion, which is now available on the Izzy streaming platform. Mozer, in this occasionally engaging 54-minute film, does not even attempt to paint a comprehensive portrait of Ben-Gurion, who was […]
Canada’s recent decision to recognize Palestinian statehood was not unexpected, but it hinges on several key commitments that the Palestinian Authority must carry out. Canada has long supported the concept of a Palestinian state, but waited for years to translate principle into reality. On July 30, just days after France and Britain separately announced their […]
Israel is fighting a losing battle to staunch international momentum toward recognition of Palestinian statehood. Yesterday, shortly after France announced its intention to recognize a Palestinian state, which has yet to be formed, Britain declared it would extend recognition to a Palestinian state unless Israel agrees to certain conditions. Canada, Australia and Finland are considering […]
The severe hunger crisis in the Gaza Strip has blackened Israel’s reputation, left Israeli hostages in the lurch, and diverted attention away from the war Israel has been assiduously waging against Hamas for almost the past two years. In a bid to improve its battered image, which ties into false assertions that Israel is committing […]
There has been a noticeable shift among some young American Jews regarding their attitude to Israel. In short, they are far more critical of Israel than their fathers or grandfathers. This seismic transformation, having brewed for years, has accelerated since the Hamas atrocities of October 7, 2023 and Israel’s ferocious military response, which degenerated into […]
When Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed seasoned diplomat Deborah Lyons to a two-year term in 2023 as Canada’s envoy to combat antisemitism and preserve Holocaust memory, he accentuated the positive. “Ms. Lyons will be a critical voice in fighting antisemitism and preserving the memory of the Holocaust so that younger generations know the truth […]
Something is terribly amiss with the food distribution system Israel and the United States created in the Gaza Strip a few months ago to alleviate hunger and starvation among its 2.2 million inhabitants. The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF), conceived by Israel and managed and financed by the United States, was established to avert endemic food […]
If Israel was a normal country, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu would have resigned almost immediately after the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, the greatest single catastrophe in Israel’s seven-decade history. It would have been unreasonable for him to have stepped down so soon after this unprecedented disaster, which resulted in the deaths of about […]