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August 25, 2016
Netanyahu to receive Hudson Institute Award during visit to NY
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address the U.S.-Israel relationship and the challenges Israel faces in the Middle East at a dinner hosted by the Hudson Institute during his visit to New York next month.
The Middle East prepares for US elections
From Jerusalem to Beirut to Cairo, the upcoming US elections are being closely followed, partly for their entertainment appeal, but also as the US remains crucial for its role in the Middle East.
Volunteers ride to the rescue in Italian earthquake disaster, Israel offers to send support team
Within hours of the earth shaking and houses collapsing, thousands of volunteers from all over Italy had descended on the country\’s stricken central mountains to bring what help they could.
NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio: Fighting BDS ‘consistent with progressive values’
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said that defending Israel from the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement is “consistent with progressive values.”
In crime-ridden Israeli Arab city, police seek new approach
On the rundown streets of Umm al-Fahm, an Israeli-Arab city of 50,000, locals in smoky cafes are reluctant to speak. Violent crime at the hands of drug gangs is rife here. Reprisals are common. Israeli Jews rarely set foot in the city.
Trump rejects Clinton’s charges of racism, ties to KKK
Donald Trump on Thursday came out swinging against Hillary Clinton for her recent attacks in response to his personal outreach to minority voters, and labeling him as a racist, suggesting it’s an attack on “decent people” supporting the Republican ticket.
Clinton: Trump has helped mainstream racism and anti-Semitism
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Thursday attacked Donald Trump for turning a blind eye on his white nationalist and anti-Semitic supporters and for spreading some of their messages on social media.
Burkini ban is great for business, says Israeli-French maker of modest swimsuits
According to the latest tally, at least 30 French municipalities have banned the product that the Paris-born businesswoman Yardena G. sells for a living.
Egyptian Olympian lashes out after Israeli flag photobombing
An Egyptian Olympian who appears in a viral photo featuring an Israeli flag said on Facebook that she was photobombed by “dirty” people and there will “never be peace between me and these people in my life.”
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