Israel Readying ‘Laser Wall’ to Intercept Rockets | US Lawmakers Slam Report ‘Demonizing’ Israel | ‘Disproving the Israel ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Charge’

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Top News Israel Readying ‘Laser Wall’ Defense System to Intercept Rockets, Bennett Revealsby Sharon WrobelIsrael plans to launch its “laser wall” defense interception system within a year to protect the country from missiles and other threats, Prime Minister Naftali…MoreUS Lawmakers, Jewish Groups Slam Amnesty Report as ‘Demonization’ of Israelby Algemeiner StaffA leading progressive Congressman and the ranking Republican member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee joined other US lawmakers, Jewish groups…MoreFaculty Group Urges Middle East Association to Support Dialogue on ‘Discriminatory’ BDS Resolutionby Dion J. PierreAn academic group representing more than 800 faculty members urged the Middle East Studies Association (MESA) on Monday to foster open dialogue on a…MoreIDF’s Kochavi: ‘Immoral, Reprehensible’ Conduct by Soldiers in Death of Palestinian-Americanby Sharon WrobelIsrael’s military will dismiss two IDF commanders and reprimand a battalion commander in response to an internal investigation, which found that last…MoreWhoopi Goldberg: ‘I Stand Corrected,’ the Holocaust ‘Was Indeed About Race’by Shiryn Ghermezian“The View” co-host Whoopi Goldberg issued an on-air apology Tuesday for asserting that the Holocaust was “not about race,” after several efforts since Monday to…MoreFlorida Gov. DeSantis Rejects Criticism Over Response to Neo-Nazi Rallies, Calls Demonstrators ‘Jackasses’by Benjamin KersteinFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday dismissed claims that he was too slow to criticize recent neo-Nazi demonstrations in his state, calling the protestors…MoreIsrael’s Yatir Forest in Danger of Disappearingby i24 NewsYatir Forest, Israel’s largest human-planted forest and the world’s largest planted forest in a sub-desert area, is now in danger of disappearing. Home to the…MoreIsraeli Cybersecurity Startup Island Comes Out of Stealth With Almost $100 Million in Financingby Meir OrbachIsraeli cybersecurity startup Island, which was first exposed in Calcalist last month, officially came out of stealth on Tuesday. The company, which develops a...More |
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Opinion Beyond Biased Headlines: Disproving the Israel ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ Chargeby Gidon Ben-ZviLast month, the Israeli police obeyed the law by carrying out the court-ordered eviction of the Salihiya family in Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah/Shimon HaTzadik neighborhood. Israeli courts had previously…More
New UAE Textbooks Are a Good Start, But Questions Still Remain About the Futureby James M. DorseyAn Israeli NGO gives the United Arab Emirates (UAE) high marks for mandating schoolbooks that teach tolerance, peaceful coexistence, and engagement with non-Muslims “The Emirati curriculum…More
Reuters Promises ‘Impartial’ Reportage After Watchdog Expresses Concerns Over Journalist’s Israel Tweetsby Rachel O’DonoghueWith thousands of major clients in nearly 130 countries, Reuters is known as one of the “big four” news agencies, alongside the Associated Press…More
The Amnesty Report on Israel Affirms the PLO’s 60-Year ‘Apartheid’ Strategyby Dan DikerA new Amnesty International report, called “Israel’s apartheid against Palestinians: a cruel system of domination and crime against humanity,” is the latest in a series of political assaults on Israel by…More
Hamas Is Busy in Istanbul, and Jerusalem is Worriedby Nadav ShragaiThe Israeli security establishment is warning the country’s political echelon not to get over-excited about the possibility of improving relations with Turkey. While the possibility of a meeting in…More |
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