Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: YouTube Screenshot Iraqi protesters surround US embassy in Baghdad It began with the US military strikes last Sunday against the Iranian proxy militia Kataeb Hezbollah, in retaliation for the group’s rocket attack a week ago that killed an American contractor on an Iraqi military base. It was the largest attack on a militia […]

Photo Credit: IDF Flickr CC Golani Brigade recruits, IDF {Originally posted to the BESA website} “In the Netanyahu era,” argued a recent article in the monthly Hebrew magazine Liberal, “we are unable to launch a real war in Gaza. The leadership has no way to sell its cost to the public.” Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: […]

Photo Credit: DS Levi NYPD protect the NYC flagship headquarters of the Anti-Defamation League , March 2017 The increased presence of NYPD officers in Brooklyn’s “Jewish neighborhoods” is only one of myriad elements in a new plan introduced by New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio intended to combat hate and anti-Semitism. “Diversity is our […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia / AdmiralHalsey NYPD officers in Crown Heights, Brooklyn New York City Mayor Bill De Blasio introduced this week a range of new measures designed to raise the security profile in multi-ethnic neighborhoods with large visibly Orthodox Jewish populations. De Blasio’s New Plan to Combat Hate, Anti-Semitism in NYC Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: […]

Photo Credit: Israel Mission to the UN Ambassador Danny Danon sharing intelligence on Hezbollah tunnels infiltrating Israel with the UN Security Council Just before the deadline at midnight Monday night, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced he would extend the tenure of Israel’s United Nations Ambassador Danny Danon a second time, after all. Danon’s last day […]

Photo Credit: Pixabay For the first time ever in the State of Israel, the government reports the fertility rate of Jewish women has surpassed that of their Arab counterparts, primarily due to Chareidi and Settler births. According to 2018 data released Tuesday by Israel’s Central Bureau of Statistics, the fertility rate for Jewish and Other […]

Photo Credit: CDC This image depicts a young child with the characteristic cervical swelling brought on by the mumps infection. Modi’in has announced the city is providing a special vaccine to its residents after a number of teens in the local Bnei Akiva branch were diagnosed with the mumps. It is not known how many […]

Photo Credit: Ministry of Foreign Affairs Israeli exports increased by almost 70% in the past decade, the exports to China grew five-fold, and 2019 will break another record in Israeli export which is expected to reach $114 billion, an increase of 4.5% compared to the previous year’s figures, according to a report by Israel’s Foreign […]

Photo Credit: TPS Internal Hamas Document Implicates Group in Elimination of Senior Islamic Jihad Commander in 2019. An internal Hamas document reveals its alleged involvement in the IDF’s assassination of senior Islamic Jihad commander Baha Abu al-Atta in the Gaza Strip in November and exposes the ongoing power struggle between the various Gaza factions. The […]