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Category Archives: International relations
Good News Friday Part I: The Israel-India renewed friendship
The visit this week of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the first ever official visit of an Indian Prime Minister to Israel, is too important to relegate to a small item in a regular Good News Friday post, so this … Continue reading
Closing a circle: Former Refusenik Yuli Edelstein returns to Moscow as Knesset Speaker
This week Yuli Edelstein, the Speaker of the Knesset, made history by being the first Israeli to address the Russian Parliament. And in wonderful twist of history, Edelstein was formerly a Prisoner of Zion or a Refusenik – a Jew … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news, support Israel
Tagged diplomacy, gulag, Knesset, parliament, Prisoner of Zion, refusenik, Russia, Soviet Union, USSR, Yuli Edelstein
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Good News Friday
Another week with its troubles has gone by and thank goodness it’s Friday, as we welcome in both Shabbat and a new month, so it’s time for another Good News Friday installment. Let’s start with Israel’s brilliant biomedical field. Researchers … Continue reading
Posted in International relations, Israel news, Slice of Israeli life, support Israel, Technology
Tagged 1967, Ambassador, Australia, cardiac, El Al, Golan Heights, Good News Friday, heart
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Hitting back at the UN
Perhaps under the influence of US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, who has taken a staunchly pro-Israel stance and has castigated the UN several times for its anti-Israel bias; or maybe because of the wave of terror attacks hitting … Continue reading
The British elections – what went wrong?
Almost right up to election day most of us were feeling pretty blasé about the British elections. Theresa May was sure to get in with an even larger majority than she had before. After all, who would vote for that … Continue reading
Posted in Antisemitism, International relations
Tagged antisemitism, Board of Deputies, Britain, Conservatives, elections, Jeremy Corbyn, Jonathan Arkush, Labour Party, Theresa May, UK
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Good News Friday
I was hoping for some really good news from the British elections yesterday, but unfortunately that was not to be. It could have been worse is about the best we can say. But more about that after Shabbat. For now … Continue reading
