Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Tomer Neuberg / Flash 90 President Reuven Rivlin shake hands with Idan Clayman, head of the IDF Organization for the Disabled event in recognition for IDF casualties and the victims of hostilities, at Beit HaLochem in Tel Aviv on December 15, 2019. Israel’s Defense Ministry published data on Sunday revealing that it recognizes […]

Photo Credit: Amos Ben Gershom / GPO Eduardo Bolsonaro, Chairman of Brazil’s International Affairs and National Defense Committee, and son of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and wife Sara Netanyahu The son of Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro, Eduardo Bolsonaro, told a gathering in Jerusalem Sunday night that Brazil will move […]

Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Mufti of Jerusalem Amin al Husseini saluting the Bosnian Waffen SS {Originally posted to the BESA website} Israel’s Declaration of Independence notes the historic role played by Palestinian-Jewish volunteers to the British Army during WWII: In WWII the Jewish Community of this country contributed its full share to the struggle of […]

Photo Credit: Yehuda Haim/Flash90 Haredim clash with police during a protest over the jailing of accused defector Yehuda Tombek, December 8, 2019. A severe indictment with the potential for prison time was filed against Rabbi Yehuda Tombek, who is defined by the IDF as a defector “who has been absent from service with the intention […]

Photo Credit: courtesy This is the conclusion of the interview posted last week: Zionism As A Reflection of Jewish History – Interview with Alex Ryvchin Q: You quote a writer describing the attendees at Third Zionist Congress, including “a bearded Persian” and “an Egyptian in a fez.” Did Herzl recognize a need for Zionism among […]

Photo Credit: Marc Israel Sellem/POOL Prime Minister Netanyahu arrives at the weekly cabinet meeting, December 15, 2019. Speaking at the start of his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said: “In recent days we have heard a senior Iranian Revolutionary Guard commander again threaten that Iran will destroy Tel Aviv from Lebanon. […]

[embedded content] The Christian Greek Orthodox community in Bethlehem has been in a tumult in recent days following the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) intention to expropriate the lands of the Church of Nativity which belong to the Church. A few days ago, 11 institutions associated with the Greek-Orthodox Church published a statement protesting the ongoing attempt […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir/TPS Omar Shakir, Israel dismissed the latest report by the Human Rights Watch (HRW) organization accusing the Jewish State of various wrongdoings as “a report drafted by a man known for his hostile and biased attitude toward Israel.” HRW on Thursday published a report titled “Born Without Civil Rights: Israel’s use of […]

Photo Credit: Israel Police Spokesperson’s Unit On Saturday, Jerusalem police arrested a woman on suspicion that she set fire to a synagogue in Jerusalem. The woman set fire to the wooden front door, damaging it slightly. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); The Police stated […]

Photo Credit: Mendy Hechtman/FLASH90 The Satmar Rebbe Rabbi Zalman Leib Teitelbaum in Jerusalem, January 28, 2013. The Satmar Rebbe, Rabbi Zalman Teitelbaum, on Sdaturday night attended a special Melave Malka meal in Jersey City, in memory of Moshe Zvi Deitch and Leah Mindel Ferentz Hy’d, who were murdered last week in an anti-Semitic attack by […]