Tag: Israel

Israel to Its Citizens: Be Armed and Alert in Public to Foil Terrorist Attackers

Commentary While most governments of democracies, and all governments of tyrannies, strive to strip their law-abiding citizens of the right to bear arms, Israel now does the opposite. Get guns, keep them loaded, and be ready to shoot when out in public, it tells its citizens. Because police can’t be everywhere at all times, there’s…


After Failed Socialist Experiment, Most of Israel’s Collective Farms Opt for Capitalism

Laurie Rimon fell in love with the Israeli collective farm of Kfar Blum after spending a high school year there in 1969-70. She emigrated from the United States to Israel as soon as she graduated high school in 1971. She’s now a dual citizen. Rimon remembers a crucial change in her outlook toward the Jewish state’s…


Former Israeli Prime Minister: Putin Promised Not to Kill Zelenskyy

TEL AVIV, Israel—A former Israeli prime minister who served briefly as a mediator at the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine says he drew a promise from the Russian president not to kill his Ukrainian counterpart. Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett emerged as an unlikely intermediary in the war’s first weeks, becoming one of the…


Iran Blames Israel for Isfahan Drone Strike, Claims ‘Legitimate Right’ to Respond

Tehran has officially blamed Israel for a drone strike last week that damaged a military facility in the Iranian city of Isfahan. “Preliminary investigations suggest that the Israeli regime was responsible for this attempted act of aggression,” Saeed Iravani, Iran’s ambassador to the United Nations, said on Feb. 2. In a statement delivered to the…


Democrats Introduce Resolution ‘Recognizing Israel as America’s Legitimate’ Ally

A group of 32 House Democrats signed on to a new resolution on Feb. 2 that recognizes Israel as America’s “legitimate and democratic ally” while also condemning anti-Semitism. The bill, H.Res.92, was introduced by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-N.J.), who is Jewish, shortly after Holocaust Remembrance Day. The resolution states that Jewish Americans have “contributed in unique and positive ways to…


White House, Lawmakers React to Omar’s Removal From HFAC

House Republicans on Feb. 2 voted to remove Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) from the House Foreign Affairs Committee (HFAC) over past comments that critics have called anti-Semitic. The resolution passed the lower chamber along party lines, with 218 Republicans voting to remove Omar and 211 Democrats voting against the resolution. One lawmaker voted present. Three…


Israel Accelerates Gun Ownership Process in Response to Terror Shooting at Synagogue

Israel will speed up applications for owning a gun in response to a shooting outside a synagogue on Jerusalem’s outskirts that claimed the lives of seven people on Friday. The government’s Security Cabinet announced such measures on Saturday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu promised to “strengthen” Jewish settlements in the West Bank. “Firearm licensing will…


Blinken Calls for ‘Two-State’ Solution Amid Mounting Israel-Palestine Violence

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel-Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli-Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…


Blinken Calls for ‘2-State’ Solution Amid Mounting Israel–Palestine Violence

On the second day of a three-day Middle East tour, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Jan. 30 repeated calls for a “two-state” solution to the perennial Israel–Palestine conflict. Blinken made the appeal amid steadily escalating Israeli–Palestinian violence that in recent days has claimed more than a dozen lives. At a joint press conference…


Palestinian Teen Wounds 2, Day After 7 Killed in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM—A 13-year-old Palestinian opened fire in east Jerusalem on Saturday, wounding two Israelis, officials said, a day after another attacker killed seven outside a synagogue in the deadliest attack in the city since 2008. The shooting in the Palestinian neighborhood of Silwan in east Jerusalem, near the historic Old City, wounded a father and son,…