Baruch Dayan HaEmet. I begin by noting with sadness the passing of Esther Pollard, here in Jerusalem. She stood by her husband Jonathan through many incredibly tough years. A year ago they were finally permitted by the US government to make aliyah. A couple of weeks ago, Esther contracted Covid; …
Read More »New Israel Fund & Adalah fight with the ICC to Prosecute Israel.
Im Tirtzu tells us that the Israeli NGO Adalah, a prominent grantee of the US-based New Israel Fund, announced week that it is “prepared to submit legal material” to the International Criminal Court against Israel. They say … “International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda – the highest legal …
Read More »J Street Only Considered “Pro-Israel” in Progressive Circles.
J Street held its annual conference in late October 2019 where it had several Democratic presidential candidates address the left-wing crowd. The loudest applause was, not surprisingly, heard for the most progressive candidates: Senators Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. Sen. Bernie Sanders addressing J Street Conference October 28, 2019 It …
Read More »Hebrew U Prof. Calls IDF Soldiers “Jewish Terrorists,” hopes “Lightning Strikes Them Down”
Im Tirtzu; Press release. – Hebrew U Prof. Calls IDF Soldiers “Jewish Terrorists,” Hopes ” Lightning Strikes Them Down” In response to Israel’s recent demolition of illegal Arab buildings in Wadi al-Hummus, senior Hebrew University professor Amiram Goldblum called the IDF soldiers who demolished the buildings “Jewish terrorists” and wished …
Read More »From Israel: The Ethiopian Riots – Distortion and Truth!
Last Sunday, June 30, news broke that an unarmed Ethiopian 19 year old, Solomon Teka, had been shot dead by an off-duty policeman in Kiryat Haim, a neighborhood of Haifa. Although this was not the fact of the matter, as we shall see below, many jumped to the conclusion – …
Read More »From Israel: “A Revolting Thought”
It’s only a thought, or a rumor, at this point. I want to call your attention to a new, expanded (and highly informative) page I have put on my website about Israel’s rights to the Golan Heights: https://www.arlenefromisrael.info/israels-legal-rights-to-the-golan-heights/ As time allows, I will be updating my site in other ways …
Read More »Im Tirtzu: New Video Game sends Shockwaves through the internet.
Press Release Im Tirtzu – “The Foreign Agents are Coming”: New Video Game Sends Shockwaves Through the Internet. A new video game following an IDF soldier’s journey home as he tries to dodge terrorists and far-left activists obstructing his path, has been making large waves on social media. The game, …
Read More »New Israel Fund: “Subversive Political Organization Operating as Opposition in Israel”
New Campaign Takes Aim at New Israel Fund: “Subversive Political Organization Operating as Opposition in Israel” A new campaign launched by the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu is calling on the Israeli government to end all cooperation with the New Israel Fund. The campaign will see billboards titled “Ridding Israel of …
Read More »The New Israel Fund (NIF) has crossed the red line.
Bereft of popular support, government support, and the support of the Supreme Court, the NIF has decided to engage in a smoke and mirrors pseudo-populist uprising. For shame! The American-based New Israel Fund (NIF) has never hidden its mission to save Israel from itself, and its bedrock conviction that …
Read More »Adalah, Dismantling Zionism.
Adalah is also known as the Legal Center for Arab Minority Rights in Israel. It is funded by a number of left-wing organizations including: the New Israel Fund (NIF); the Ford Foundation; the Open Society Foundation (George Soros); Oxfam; and the European Commission. Adalah claims to be “an independent human …
Read More »Into the Fray:Preserving the Jewish state – Post-Paris imperatives?
“If Israel is to survive as the nation-state of the Jewish people, it will have to contend adequately with two fundamental imperatives: the geographic imperative and the demographic imperative.” Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose – attributed to Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, (1808 –1890, editor of Le Figaro). Translated …
Read More »Bedouin settlement, are we missing the point?
This Op-ed, was published in the Jerusalem Post on 9/12/2013. Ari is the International Relations Director of Regavim. Recently a day of rage in Israel was initiated to protest the Begin Plan, the Governments’ proposal to accommodate Bedouin settlement in the Negev. DEMONSTRATORS AGAINST Prawer-Begin plan outside Knesset, May 28, …
Read More »New Israel Fund “Stirring the Pot”
From Ma’ariv by Ben-Dror Yemini who is a senior journalist with the Hebrew only daily Ma’ariv. He lectures about the spread and impact of anti-Israel propaganda. It has been posted as a request. There is no URL. I was told it was an op-ed in Ma’ariv so this would …
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