Author: David Rutman

Photo Credit: The White House President Trump with Turkish President Erdogan, June 28, 2019. Turkish presidential sources told BBC in Turkish that President Donald Trump’s October 9 letter to President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was “thoroughly rejected” by the Turkish president. How thoroughly? The same Turkish presidential sources said: “President Erdogan received the letter, thoroughly rejected […]

Photo Credit: Israel Mizrahi The Kuzarim. Their very name recalls wonderful tales of a people we know little about but who have nonetheless left a lasting impression on Jewish history, folklore, identity, and, most conspicuously, literature. The Khazars were a semi-nomadic people who lived from the 7th to 10th centuries in what is today southwestern […]

Photo Credit: EU2017EE Estonian Presidency via Wikimedia UK PM Boris Johnson UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson tweeted on Thursday afternoon: “We’ve got a great new deal that takes back control — now Parliament should get Brexit done on Saturday so we can move on to other priorities like the cost of living, the NHS, violent […]

Photo Credit: The US army in the occupation of Germany, 1944-1946 Concentration camp victim identifies an SS guard, 1945 Bruno Dey, 93, a former guard at Stutthof concentration camp near Danzig (Gdańsk) in northeastern Poland, goes on trial in Hamburg on Thursday, in what could be the last Holocaust-related criminal cases. Dey was 17 when […]

Photo Credit: Koby Gideon (GPO) President Rivlin with Polish Righteous Among the Nations, 16 October 16, 2019 President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday met at the presidential residence with a delegation of Polish veterans and Righteous Among the Nations, headed by Acting Head of the Office for War Veterans and Victims of Oppression Jan Józef Kasprzyk, […]

Photo Credit: Flash90 Ayelet Shaked at a press conference, September 15, 2019. MK Ayelet Shaked (New Right) told Reshet Bet radio on Thursday morning that she refused to sign the new affirmation of loyalty to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: ‘banner’, zid: ThisAdID, pid: 16, onscroll: 0 }); […]

Photo Credit: DOD photo by Sgt. Amber I. Smith via Wikimedia Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman al Saud, {Originally posted to the BESA website] To the surprise of many, Saudi Arabia announced recently that it will offer work visas to Arab citizens of Israel. Responses were divided into two main camps: those who see this […]

Photo Credit: Manfred Reinert / Pixabay Miami Two men leaving a Florida synagogue after Sukkot prayers on Monday were attacked on Monday by a homeless man later identified as 66-year-old Larry Greene. The incident took place outside the synagogue on Collins Avenue in Sunny Isles Beach, FL. Advertisement ‘); _avp.push({ tagid: article_top_ad_tagid, alias: ‘/’, type: […]