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David Isaac

Explore Senior Israel Correspondent David Isaac’s expert analysis on Jewish history, politics, and current events at JNS.

Boycotts erode “community cohesion” and “overwhelmingly target lsrael,” contributing to the “horrific rise in anti-Semitism in the U.K.,” according to a government summary of the bill.
Israel is not taking the threat posed by NGOs like Palestinian Vision seriously enough, according to the head of Zionist NGO Im Tirtzu’s Arabic-language research department.
The 100-strong delegation accompanying President Guillermo Lasso aims to strengthen bilateral ties, especially in the fields of security and technology.
Since its ostensible establishment in 1967 by then-IDF Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan, the state of affairs on the mount has been in near constant flux.
“The Netherlands is making it very clear that the so-called conclusions of Amnesty International are incorrect, the term apartheid is a very serious allegation and in some cases, a malicious term, and clearly doesn’t apply to Israel,” said Shaun Sacks, a senior researcher at NGO Monitor.
“We remember Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. We remember King David,” said Rabbi Moshe Chaim Lau, the son of Holocaust survivor and former Israeli Chief Rabbi Isaac Meir Lau. Like others at an event that melds the sorrow of the past with hope for the future, he believes the world won’t forget.
“This is crazy what we’re doing. We’re in Auschwitz, a delegation of Arabs and Israelis. I hope that in 10 to 20 years’ time, this won’t be news,” said Rawan Osman.
“It is our job to ensure that their voice and their memory never dies out,” says Shmuel Rosenman, chairman of March of the Living.
“We expected pushback. It was quite the opposite. They’ve had enough,” said Arik Agassi, chief operating officer of IMPACT-se, noting that the parliament has been aware of the incitement in Palestinian schools for years.
“During Ramadan, Israel ensured that hundreds of thousands of Muslims could go to the Temple Mount and pray at Al-Aqsa despite provocations by terrorist organizations, despite attempts to stoke violence,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid.
“In my eyes, this is the most important thing this government has done up until now,” said Yishai Merling, head of the Settlement Division of the World Zionist Organization.
Why does Joseph’s Tomb continue to attract Jewish pilgrims despite the dangers?