“We have a Judeo-Christian religious character, not an Islamic one.”
Europe
By placing the nuclear deal in the context of Iran’s hostility and aggression, Trump made it self-evident that no US interest is served in continuing to give Iran a free pass.
Subject to threats and intimidation, a delegation of young Arabs is joining the battle against BDS, representing the silenced majority of Israeli Arabs which has become an integral part of Israel in almost every field. Thanks to them, the battle for equality, social justice and reconciliation between the nations have a better chance of succeeding.
The Turkish military this week scouted Syria’s Idlib province, in the north-west of the country, in preparation for a military operation in the province.
Refugees are back in the news. This summer, the number of migrants crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa is likely to rise significantly.
In eastern Ukraine, the sounds of the ceasefire — small arms fire, mortars, light machine guns and artillery — look set to continue to be heard.
This is an appropriate theme in this season of Yom Kippur.
The referendum is highly important for both sides, those for and those against.
Since 2015, Britain has been one election away from having an antisemitic prime minister.
“Ms. Merkel is in effect a lame duck.”
Let us hope that this will be the first of many more recognition that it is improper, not least in a university setting, for one side to silence the other, especially by deceitful means.
And the key to strengthening and supporting the community is to bypass its failed leadership and speak and interact directly with American Jews.
The autumn of 2015 was unusual in almost every way on the north Aegean Greek island of Lesbos from which I am writing.
Among Jews, there’s heightened concern about a rise of anti-Semitism.
Merkel and Schulz both agree that there should be no upper limit on the number of migrants entering Germany.
