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April 9, 2023

Ala.-Israel Task Force to honor Chief Justice Parker, Cherokee Chief Smith

Seth Penn, Consul General Anat Sultan-Dadon and Chief Larry Smith at a November 2021 ceremony. The Alabama-Israel Task Force will honor Alabama Supreme Court Chief Justice Tom Parker and Chief Larry Smith of the Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama at […]
April 4, 2023

Explaining Israel’s Crisis, Part 3: What Were the Protests Really About?

Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 2021. Credit: Igal Vaisman/Shutterstock. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — Since the announcement of a package of proposed judicial reforms by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, a small protest movement quickly gained momentum, […]
April 2, 2023

Explaining Israel’s Crisis (Part 2): It’s about much more than the court

Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 2021. Credit: Igal Vaisman/Shutterstock. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — In “Explaining Israel’s Crisis (Part 1): Why Reform the Supreme Court?,” we explored the reasons Israel’s new government put advancing judicial reform at the forefront […]
April 1, 2023

Explaining Israel’s Crisis (Part 1): Why Reform the Supreme Court?

Israel Supreme Court in Jerusalem, July 2021. Credit: Igal Vaisman/Shutterstock. by Alex Traiman (JNS) — For the last several weeks, hundreds of thousands of Israelis have taken to the streets to protest a highly controversial package of judicial reforms being […]
March 31, 2023

What, exactly, is Palestinian nationhood?

by Nadav Shragai (Israel Hayom) — Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich entered good company when he recently shoved a historical truth in the face of the Palestinians — ”There’s no such thing as a Palestinian people. In his book “A […]
March 31, 2023

In Atlanta, Another Fact-Free “Intersectional” Attack on Israeli Police Exchanges

by Abha Shankar Investigative Project on Terrorism News American officers learn “brutal policing tactics” and “racialized” views on counter terrorism and drug interdiction when they interact with their Israeli counterparts on exchange programs, a speaker claimed earlier this month during […]
March 30, 2023

IFCJ launches Passover welfare drive for those in need

Passover. Credit: Chava Goldstain/Shutterstock. (JNS) — The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews is launching one of its most ambitious welfare distribution projects ever ahead of the upcoming Passover holiday. In the days leading up to the April 5 seder, […]
March 30, 2023

Who is really “pro-Palestinian?” Not the terror apologists

File photo. by Bassam Tawil (Gatestone Institute) — An anti-Israel group called Palestinian Solidarity Forum on March 20 invited officials from the Iranian-backed Palestinian terror groups Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad to speak at an event at the University of […]
March 30, 2023

Anti-Israel Human Rights Watch: Same Slant, Different Director

Tirana Hassan. Credit: Allison HRW via Wikimedia Commons. (JNS) — Human Rights Watch, an NGO with a history of anti-Israel advocacy, announced its interim executive director Tirana Hassan will now hold the position permanently. “Different leader, same antisemitic, Israel-obsessed, Jew-hating,” […]
March 28, 2023

Why there is no peace: The Palestinian terrorist’s mother urged him to become a martyr

by Stephen Flatow (JNS) — When a teenager informs his parent that he intends to do something rash, any normal, responsible parent tries to dissuade him. “Don’t do something crazy just because your friends are doing it.” Or “But that […]
March 25, 2023

Problematic legacy: Don’t believe the Jimmy Carter revisionists

Former President Jimmy Carter speaks onstage at Emory University in Atlanta on Nov. 10, 2008. Credit: Nir Levy/Shutterstock. by Jonathan Tobin (JNS) — The stock of historical figures rises and falls with the changing times that follow them. That is […]