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It alleges Israel-based Elbit Systems supplies “surveillance technology for the separation wall in the occupied West Bank, a wall the International Court of Justice has called a violation of human rights.”
“The school year just started, and we already see an attempt to attack the Jewish state,” said Ilan Sinelnikov. “The anti-Zionist forces don’t take a break; neither do students equipped to fight back.”
Norm Eisen, a former U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic, said she “exemplified a core Jewish principle: ‘tzedek, tzedek tirdof,’ justice, justice shall you pursue. She understood it was not just a Jewish virtue but an American one.”
The coalition will work to underscore the significance of the Trump administration’s pro-Israel and pro-Jewish policies.
Despite his achievements—and the mention of his Jewish son-in-law, daughter and grandchildren—the U.S. president expressed astonishment that the Jewish vote “seems to be almost automatically a Democratic vote.”
The designation has been criticized by some, including Al Jazeera Media Network, as being part of the newly signed Abraham Accords with Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called it a “pivot of history” and “new dawn of peace.”
President of the American Zionist Movement Richard Heideman noted that the Abraham Accords bode well “for the future of Israel, Zionism and the Jewish people with all people.”
“The new peace agreements between Israel and the UAE, and Israel and Bahrain, are the product of a profound geopolitical shift that has taken place in the region over the past several years,” said Ilan Berman, senior vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council.
Amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, synagogues nationwide have drastically adjusted their holiday programming to minimize congregant interactions and time spent in one area. Still, the point, say rabbis, is to celebrate the arrival of the New Year, in whatever form that looks like.
“There’s just a rush of excitement from people to get to know each other, to work together and to seize common opportunities,” senior adviser to the president Jared Kushner told JNS.
American Sephardi Federation executive director Jason Guberman noted that the Emirati and Bahraini normalization deals with Israel exemplify “a new era, but one rooted in history.”