The Arab Spring period featured large-scale civil wars, uprisings and the involvement of external elements in failed states, as old orders fell apart. But new developments depict a different scenario, according to an ex-senior intelligence officer.
“Targeting Jewish businesses is straight-up anti-Semitic,” California State Sen. Scott Wiener wrote in a series of Twitter posts that included photos of the graffiti and past anti-Semitic vandalism of the store.
Like every mortal on the planet, Benjamin Netanyahu is not irreplaceable or unblemished, though his record indicates that he is by far the most capable candidate to lead Israel in these challenging times.
“All students deserve to learn in an environment that is free from discrimination and harassment,” said Catherine Lhamon, assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education.
Jew-hatred is as old as the Judean Hills, predating even the rebellion of the Jewish nation against Roman imperialism and colonialism from 66 to 73 C.E. Among the punishments Rome inflicted: renaming the conquered Jewish territories.
Committee head MK Yifat Shasha-Biton “fell into a trap set by the opposition,” says coalition chairman Miki Zohar • Israeli Restaurants Association CEO: “Shasha-Biton voted according to her conscience.”
Lebanese journalist Jerry Maher: Lebanese political system has given up on confronting Hezbollah “to protect their financial, economic and political gains.”
A Ra’anana-based organization known as Nevet (“sprout”) currently provides 8,000 Israeli children in 130 schools from 50 municipalities with breakfast each morning during the school week. That amounts to 1.3 million meals a year.