Nir Oz, a kibbutz near the Gaza Strip, was attacked by Hamas terrorists on October 7, 2023. The intruders killed, injured and abducted one quarter of its population of 400 men, women and children. Dani Rosenberg, an Israeli filmmaker, visited Nir Oz about a month later with the intention of making a film about this […]
The unification of Jerusalem, Israel’s capital, was one of the defining moments of the Six Day War period. Until 1967, Jerusalem was divided into western and eastern sectors. Israel controlled the western half. Jordan was in charge of the eastern portion. Israelis were not allowed into East Jerusalem and Arabs were not permitted to visit […]
Israel’s Arab citizens were placed under military rule from the end of the 1948 War of Independence until 1966. Under this draconian arrangement, they were subjected to nightly curfews, their movements were strictly circumscribed, and they were forbidden to work outside their towns and villages unless they obtained special permits. This system was overseen by […]
Avida Livny’s Israeli documentary, A Deal With the Devil,? delves into one of the most controversial chapters of the Zionist movement in British Mandate Palestine. It will be screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, which runs from June 5-15. In August 1933, seven months after Adolf Hitler’s appointment as chancellor of Germany, the Anglo-Palestine […]
The killing of two Israeli embassy staffers outside the Capitol Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C. last week has focused renewed attention on the pro-Palestinian movement in the United States. Yaron Lischinsky, 30, and Sarah Lynn Milgrim, 26, who were engaged to be married, were fatally shot by Elias Rodriquez, a 31-year-old anti-Israel activist from Chicago. […]
Syria, Israel’s northern neighbor, has been antagonistic toward Israel since its birth as a nation in 1948. It would be fair to say that Syria, often called the beating heart of Arab nationalism, has been one of Israel’s fiercest, most indomitable enemies. All this could change in the future if Israel plays its cards right […]
Elias Rodriguez is the newest face of antisemitic venom, joining a long list of extremists hostile to Jews. On May 21, outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., he fatally shot Yaron Lischinsky, a 30-year-old Israeli, and his fiancé, Sarah Milgrim, 26, an American from Kansas. Employed by Israel’s embassy, they had just attended […]
A joint statement issued by Canada, Britain and France on May 19 regarding the ongoing Israel-Hamas war, the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, and Israel’s conflict with the Palestinians comes across as partially half-baked and in need of clarification. Signed by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President […]
Last June, in a long overdue verdict, Israel’s Supreme Court ruled that the exemption haredi yeshiva students have enjoyed from compulsory military service since statehood is legally invalid. Although there are currently about 80,000 ultra-Orthodox males between the ages of 18 to 24 who are eligible for recruitment, the armed forces exercised restraint recently and […]
Israel’s just and necessary war in the Gaza Strip has aroused criticism from even some of its friends. The high Palestinian death toll, plus the humanitarian crisis brought on by Israel’s current offensive to ensure that Hamas’ military and governing capabilities are destroyed, have produced stark photographs and videos that have tarnished its image. Foreign […]