Our own, up-to-the-minute, weekly brief on Israel by Jackie Congedo, Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council (JCRC). It's a five-minute-read; our goals are insight, objectivity, and careful curation of the most important, relevant, and current news.
The Israeli military uncovered a new tunnel built by Palestinian militants stretching from the southern end of the Gaza Strip into Israel. The discovery comes amid several days of escalation in violence between Israel and militant Hamas rulers. Thursday night militants fired mortar shells…
Israel has closed off the West Bank as of midnight Thursday amid fears of attacks orchestrated by Hamas during the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins tonight. According to news sources, Israel has “warnings” of plans for terror attacks in coming days.
The United States remains opposed to action on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict at the United Nations Security Council.“I can firmly shut that door,” said Mark Toner, a State Department spokesman. “Our position hasn’t changed in terms of action on this issue.” The UN Security…
MK and former envoy to the US, Michael Oren, called for Senator Bernie Sanders to apologize for the “Gaza blood libel” saying his claims of Israeli ruthlessness and inflated death toll endanger the Jewish state’s security. “He doesn’t mention the fact that Hamas hides behind…
