Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: Wikipedia commons A portrait of Lord Balfour and his Declaration {Originally posted to the Elder of Ziyon website} A reporter from Al Quds al Arabi asked Karen Pierce, the British head of the UN Security Council this month, whether she renounces the Balfour Declaration, whose 102nd anniversary was Saturday. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: […]

Photo Credit: TPS Palestinian Authority policemen in the city of Hebron An IDF unit operating in the Arab town of Samua in the Hebron area on Monday was chased out by a group of armed Palestinian Authority (PA) security men who threatened the troops. Footage of the incident obtained by TPS shows PA security men […]

Photo Credit: Yossi Zamir/Flash 90 PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his adviser Nir Hefetz, Dec 13, 2009. National Union chairman and Transport Minister Bezalel Smotrich on Tuesday morning responded harshly to a report by News 12 journalist Amit Segal regarding police questionable conduct in interrogations of former Netanyahu aide Nir Hefetz who later turned state’s witness. […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir/TPS Omar Shakir, After months of legal proceedings and court hearings, Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday ruled that the work permit of Omar Shakir, the Israel and Palestine Director at Human Rights Watch (HRW), should not be renewed and that he should be deported from Israel. The ruling states that […]

Photo Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash90 Sara Netanyahu with their son Yair, December 13, 2015. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday contacted Israel Police Acting Commissioner Motti Cohen regarding a man on Facebook named “Tzvika Sabag” who has called for Netanyahu’s murder and that of his family. He asked the Acting Commissioner to open an investigation of […]

I know that I sound like a broken record. OK, none of you are old enough to know what that sounds like. How about a scratched CD, one that plays the same phrase over and over and over: Bibi, Gantz, Lieberman, Lapid: get your acts together. It is a matter of life and death. Advertisement […]

Photo Credit: Hillel Maeir/TPS New Olim arrive in Israel. Aug. 15, 2017 The Ministry of Immigration and Absorption on Monday evening launched events celebrating Aliyah day in honor of the Olim, new immigrants to Israel. During a special ceremony, Minister of Immigration and Absorption Yoav Galant awarded a prize to Olim whose special achievements were […]