Bernie Sanders, the perfect Jew for the new Democrat Party: A sad paradox

It’s sad to see a Jew that is so disconnected from his roots that he consistently hesitates defending Israel when it’s attacked by Islamic terror groups and even unpardonable when Sen. Sanders jumps to support a habitual hater of Jews.

OpEds – Bernie Sanders and the Jews: A sad paradox
By David Rubin

 

Senator Bernie Sanders is running again. Most observers consider him to immediately be one of the early front runners, but in a political party seemingly obsessed with identity politics, and ostensibly respectful of ethnic/religious roots, it’s certainly reasonable to explore the roots and connections of this Jewish-American who is now a leading candidate for President of the United States. Continue Reading »

Palestinians kill Israeli plan for railway link to Arab Gulf States

“Israel offered us the chance to participate in a railway scheme linking Haifa to Jenin to a number of Arab capitals,” the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister said on Twitter. “But we rejected the offer,” al-Sheikh said. “We won’t normalize relations with Israel.”

By i24NEWS

 

Palestinian official Hussein al-Sheikh rejected an Israeli offer to establish a railway link between Israel and several Arab states that would go through the West Bank on Friday.

“Israel offered us the chance to participate in a railway scheme linking Haifa to Jenin to a number of Arab capitals,” the Palestinian Authority’s Civil Affairs Minister said on Twitter. Continue Reading »

French President Macron: France to adopt int’l definition of anti-Semitism

Acknowledging a “resurgence of anti-Semitism (in France) that is probably unprecedented since World War II,” President Emmanuel Macron vows that his government will seek to adopt the international definition of anti-Semitism and he promised to enact legislation to combat online hate speech.

Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

The French government will adopt an international organization’s definition of anti-Semitism and propose a law to reduce hate speech from being circulated online, French President Emmanuel Macron said Wednesday.

Macron, speaking at the annual dinner of a Jewish organization, said France and other parts of Europe have seen in recent years “a resurgence of anti-Semitism that is probably unprecedented since World War II.” Continue Reading »

Israel’s ‘BERESHEET’ ready for launch, and going to the moon TONIGHT!

If launch is successful 🚀, Israel will be the 4th country to land on the Moon, after the U.S.,former USSR and China.
– Due to Israeli technology, the spacecraft is the smallest such craft by weight and least expensive.

By YAFIT OVADIA

 

Israel will take its first step to the moon late Thursday night, as the lunar spacecraft Beresheet launches from the coast of Cape Canaveral, in a mission that, if successful, will place the Jewish state in an exclusive club of nations capable of landing on the lunar surface.

Beresheet – Genesis in English – will be launched at 3:45 a.m. Continue Reading »

Gantz & 2 other ex-Generals teem up with Lapid to dethrone Netanyahu

FIRST ‘serious threat’ to PM Netanyahu:  Former IDF Chief of Staff and Israel Resilience Party leader Benny Gantz, leads former IDF Chiefs of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi and Moshe Ya’alon, who was a Defense Minister for Netanyahu, to join Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid, in a rotation agreement to head a new center-left government following the April 9 election.

By Yuval Karni

 

Israel Resilience Party leader Yair Lapid and Yesh Atid Party leader Yair Lapid signed a rotation agreement and will run together in the upcoming April 9 elections, they announced early Thursday.

Gabi Ashkenazi will also join them, making him the third former IDF chief in the party, in addition to Gantz and to former defense minister Moshe Ya’alon. Continue Reading »

Showcased at Aero India: Israel’s new ROCKS ‘bunker-buster’ missile by Rafael

This new Israeli air-to-surface bunker-buster missile can also be used against quality targets, whether stationary or mobile, in areas where the enemy uses countermeasures against GPS systems, and can be fired from a significant distance away, reducing detection & exposure of the host aircraft.

By ANNA AHRONHEIM

 

With tensions still high between Israel and Iran a new air-to-surface long-range missile designed to destroy targets deep underground in heavily defended areas has been developed by Israeli defense giant Rafael Advanced Defense Systems.

Dubbed “Rocks,” the innovative missile is being presented this week for the first time at the Aero India Air Show in Bangalore, India. Continue Reading »

U.S. Court of Appeals revives Palestinians’ $1 billion genocide lawsuit

The more than 30 pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes, conspiracy to expel non-Jews from the disputed territories and genocide include the billionaires Sheldon Adelson & Larry Ellison, Bank Leumi BM & Bank Hapoalim BM, construction & support companies such as Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co & Volvo AB, 13 nonprofits, and the United States government.

By Reuters

 

A US appeals court has revived a $1 billion lawsuit by Palestinians seeking to hold billionaire Sheldon Adelson and more than 30 other pro-Israel defendants liable for alleged war crimes and support of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip. Continue Reading »

Poland demands official apology from Israel, or ‘Feel the Chill’

Polish leaders demand apology after being aggrieved by PM Netanyahu’s comments in Warsaw about the Poles’ complicity in Nazi crimes against Jews, then flabbergasted when newly appointed Foreign Minister Israel Katz supported Netanyahu by quoting former PM Yitzhak Shamir, who said, ‘Poles suckled antisemitism from their mothers’ milk.’

By David Rosenberg

 

The Polish government demanded Tuesday that Israel formally apologize for statements by the Israeli foreign minister it deemed “racist”, amid a worsening diplomatic row between the two countries.

On Tuesday, Poland’s deputy foreign minister, Szymon Szynkowski, said Israel must “distance itself from their foreign minister’s statement and apologize for it,” the Polish Press Agencyreported. Continue Reading »

Thursday’s launch to the moon will put Israel with US, Russia & China

If Thursday’s launch of Israel’s Genesis spacecraft is successful, Israel will become the 4th country to land on the moon.
• Genesis technology makes it the lightest, least expensive craft to venture to the moon.

By Ilan Gattegno, Associated Press and Israel Hayom Staff

 

A nonprofit Israeli consortium said Monday that it hopes to make history this week by launching the first private aircraft to land on the moon.

SpaceIL and state-owned Israel Aerospace Industries told a news conference that the landing craft – dubbed “Beresheet” (Genesis) – is scheduled to take off from Florida, propelled by a SpaceX Falcon rocket on its weekslong voyage to the moon. Continue Reading »

Israel Police arrest 3 Bedouin thieves for poisoning, hanging farm dogs

The main defendant was arrested at his home in southern Israel; the 2nd and 3rd defendants, arrested soon afterwards, were all charged with killing 6 dogs, stealing 30 sheep and other property at the Ashkelon Magistrate’s Court.
– Watch Israel Police special unit perform incredible surgical arrest.

BY JERUSALEM POST STAFF

 

Three people were indicted on charges of stealing 30 sheep from Yakhini, a moshav (rural community) in southern Israel, poisoning five dogs and strangling another dog to death, according to a report released by the Border Police spokesperson on Tuesday.

The indictment comes following an intensive investigation carried out by the Israel Police, Border Police, the Border Police Intelligence Center, and the National Center for Intelligence and Investigations of Agricultural Crime. Continue Reading »

Christian leader accuses Omar of waging jihad against Jews from Congress

Evangelical Christian leader, “Ilhan Omar is waging an unholy war against the Jewish people from Congress.”  Launching campaign to demand Congresswoman Omar’s resignation over anti-Semitism, she says, “The Jews don’t stand alone.”

By Arutz Sheva Staff

 

Laurie Cardoza-Moore, President of Proclaiming Justice to The Nations has launched a nationwide campaign to demand Ilhan Omar’s immediate resignation from Congress over her recent anti-Semitic tirades. Cardoza-Moore who serves as a United Nations Special Envoy for the World Council of Independent Christian Churches (WCICC) which represents over 44 million congregants worldwide and whose “Focus On Israel” television program reaches a global audience of over a billion, has begun a petition to increase pressure upon Omar to stand down. Continue Reading »

V4 summit in Jerusalem nixed after Polish PM bows out over Holocaust remarks

Already aggrieved by PM Netanyahu’s surprising comments in Warsaw about the Poles’ complicity in Nazi crimes against Jews, Poland’s top officials went ballistic after newly appointed Foreign Minister Israel Katz supported Netanyahu by quoting former PM Yitzhak Shamir, who said that ‘Poles imbibe antisemitism from their mothers’ milk.’

By HERB KEINON

 

An extraordinary summit of four central European countries in Israel meant by Jerusalem to highlight the sub-alliances it is building in Europe – and by those countries as a way to assert their independence from Brussels – was scuttled Monday when Poland decided not to attend because of what it viewed as offensive comments by acting Foreign Minister Israel Katz. Continue Reading »

7 Labour MPs resign: UK’s Labour Party is ‘institutionally anti-Semitic’

WATCH as 7 centrist MPs resign from Britain’s Labour party, each explaining their personal concerns over the entrenched anti-Semitism in a party “behind a culture of bullying, bigotry and intimidation” under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

By Cnaan Lipshitz/JTA

 

Luciana Berger, a British-Jewish lawmaker, has quit the Labour Party over its anti-Semitism problem, along with six other members of the House of Commons.

Berger, who frequently has spoken out about anti-Semitic hate speech directed at her and other Jews by Labour members, and the others announced their resignation on Monday, dealing a major blow to Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn and his supporters. Continue Reading »

#BDSfail: Silly pro-BDS US Rep. Rashida (D) has a ‘Made in Israel’ website

Can’t help but laugh 😂: U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’ (D) who is a rabid supporter of Palestine and has supported the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, uses her Israeli made website to do so.

By Ryan Jones

 

The Israel Advocacy Movement has uncovered a juicy and hilarious bit of information that once again exposes both the foolishness and failure of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel.

Rashida Tlaib was among a handful of radical Democratic candidates to suddenly find herself in the spotlight after winning a seat in the US House of Representatives.

Louis Farrakhan supporter and Sharia law advocate Linda Sarsour (3nd from Right) stands with Muslim Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (2nd from Right) holding a map where they have replaced the State of Israel with Palestine.

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Israel follows US in deducting ‘Pay to Slay’ funds by withholding $138 million

The decision to withhold payments began last year when Israel’s Knesset passed a law requiring an ‘equal amount’ deducted from tax transfers to the PA, unless the generous monthly stipends to Palestinian security prisoners and their families ceased.
– Outraged PA officials condemned the decision, threatening it would damage ongoing security cooperation.

By i24NEWS

 

Israel’s security council approved a million dollar freeze on funds transferred to the Palestinian Authority (PA) in a bid to offset terrorist’s salaries, after months of bureaucratic wrangling culminated in the government’s sizable to slash the West Bank-based body on Sunday.

The tax revenue cut amounts to approximately $138 million, which is over NIS 500 million and according to media reports will likely be deducted incrementally over a 12-month period. Continue Reading »