The Columbia Spectator reported over the weekend that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may be addressing Columbia students again by the end of the month, this time at a small private dinner with the Columbia International Relations Council and Association (CIRCA). [[READMORE]] Members of the group were informed over the summer that they might have the opportunity to… More ▸
Measured against Utopian dreams of a Jewish state with no criminals, corruption or compromises, the real Israel will always fail. Instead, we need to appreciate Israel for its achievements, writes a leading Conservative rabbi from New Jersey. More ▸
Tel Aviv University and Rome’s Sapienza University signed a wide-ranging cooperation agreement at a ceremony in which the mayor of Rome censured Israel Apartheid Week. More ▸
Things were looking great for the Jews in the year 2000, but then a sharp turn for the worse brought a decade of worldwide anti-Semitism and anti-Zionism, growing threats to Israel and the near collapse of the global financial system. Is there any cause for optimism? More ▸
The French comedian Dieudonne said he secured funding from Iran for films meant to “combat” Zionism in France. More ▸
A New Zealand cafe owner who evicted two Israelis from his establishment during Israel’s invasion of Gaza apologized. More ▸
Durban has become a dirty word in some international circles, a reminder of the 2001 U.N. anti-racism conference that devolved into an anti-Israel, anti-Jewish debacle. Now as preparations for a follow-up conference proceed, worries abound that efforts to once again villify Israel and the West are gaining the upper hand. One U.N. watcher analyzes the… More ▸
Iran’s president had his big day at the United Nations yesterday, giving a speech slamming Zionists and replete with classic anti-Semitic motifs: The Zionists are murderers, deceitful and dominate global finance despite their “minuscule” number, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said. Then he went on CNN to talk with Larry King about how the Zionists start wars, have… More ▸
After ridiculing claims by Jewish right-wingers that the iconic shooting of 12-year-old Mohammed al-Dura was a hoax, the Jerusalem Post’s Larry Derfner responds to a rebuttal by Richard Landes and Philippe Karsenty with a detailed analysis of what is, and isn’t, known about the shooting. Karsenty is the French Jewish media watchdog who was sued… More ▸
One of the top candidates to be the new U.N. high commissioner for human rights may bring the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva to new lows, warns one pro-Israel watchdog organization. Mexican Ambassador Luis Alfonso de Alba – who is the front-runner for the post, according to Human Rights Tribune, rarely missed an opportunity… More ▸
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