JNS The Daily Syndicate - Wednesday, July 19, 2023

Wednesday, July 19, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

Herzog crafts a story of partnership to survive toughest of disagreements

Herzog took the topic of Israel’s judicial reforms and spun the “heated debate” in Israel as “a virtue and a tribute to the greatness of Israeli democracy,” pledging that he would “seek to find amicable consensus on the issue,”

President Joe Biden welcomes President Isaac Herzog to the Oval Office, Oct. 26, 2022. Source: POTUS/Twitter.

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, July 19, 2023. Source: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

Herzog hails Israel’s ‘greatest partner and friend’ in Congress address

Israeli President Isaac Herzog had a “wonderful meeting” with U.S. President Joe Biden, whom he called a “huge friend of Israel.”

A Royal Saudi Air Force F-15 Strike Eagle departs for a training mission over the Nevada Test and Training Range in the U.S., Jan. 27, 2011. Photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman/U.S. Air Force via Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli-Saudi security cooperation ‘would be Iran’s nightmare’

Despite the absence of formal normalization, Riyadh and Jerusalem are ripe for greater cooperation, observers say.

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah, March 9, 2016. Credit: Flash90.

US lawmakers call on Biden to end PA’s ‘pay for slay’

The Congress members asked Secretary Blinken for an update on the Palestinian policy of rewarding terrorists.

Pastor John Hagee speaks at the annual Christians United for Israel (CUFI) Summit in Washington on July 17, 2023. Credit: CUFI.

Courage, combating antisemitism take center stage at CUFI’s ‘chai’ national summit

“We’re spending into the nine figures to fight antisemitism. We need a more coordinated and collaborative approach,” Malcolm Hoenlein, vice chairman of the Conference of Presidents, told JNS.

Melissa Langsam Braunstein

Melissa Lantsman stands up to speak in the Chambre in Ottawa during Question Period on June 23, 2022. Credit: HOC-CDC. Bernard Thibodeau/House of Commons Photo Services.

‘Very hard’ to separate self, Jewish upbringing, says deputy Canadian opposition leader

“You can see various instances where liberals have moved away from an unequivocal support of Israel, while the Conservative Party still stands with Israel,” Melissa Lantsman told JNS.

Israeli fashion designer Elie Tahari. Credit: Courtesy.

‘Israel is the center of my life,’ affirms renowned fashion designer Elie Tahari

The son of Iranian immigrants, who personally dressed Hillary Clinton and is the subject of a newly released documentary, has adapted his business to a post-pandemic world.

EU diplomat Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff went paragliding off the coast of Gaza to raise awareness for a "Free Palestine." Credit: European Union.

Diplomat paraglides over Gaza for ‘Free Palestine,’ drawing ire

German diplomat Sven Kühn von Burgsdorff's visit to the coastal enclave marked the end of his posting in the region.

Akiva Van Koningsveld

Orna Toeg, head of the South Africa department at KKL-JNF, Yechezkel Lifshitz, director-general of the Israel Water Authority and Yehonatan Bar-Yosef, JNF-KKL's project manager for Water Quality Management and Ecology, plant a tree at Mamelodi Environmental Centre in South Africa. Credit: Courtesy of the South African Zionist Federation.

Israeli water experts, regional municipal leaders meet in South Africa

The Israeli delegation included Yehezkel Lifshitz, the director of Israel’s Water Authority, and Yehonatan Bar-Yosef, project manager of Water Quality Management & Ecology at KKL-JNF.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a Cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, May 14, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Netanyahu reportedly seeks to moderate ‘reasonableness’ bill

Soldiers of the elite Maglan unit. Credit: IDF.

Elite IDF reservists vow to continue to serve

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife, Sara, celebrate Mimouna, a Jewish-Moroccan celebration marking the end of Passover. Credit: GPO.

In a first, Moroccan king invites Netanyahu to visit

Extricating an oil lamp from a crevice between boulders. Photo by B. Zissu/ Te’omim Cave Archaeological Project.

Cave near Beit Shemesh possibly used for necromancy in Roman times

Screenshot of an Israeli air strike in the Damascus area. Source: Twitter

Syria: 2 soldiers wounded in Israeli strikes near Damascus

The bus after the attack in Burgas, Bulgaria, that killed five Israelis and their driver in 2012. Source: Screenshot.

Bulgaria commemorates Israelis killed in Hezbollah bombing

Gigi graffiti analyzed using ArchCUT3-D developed at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, July 18, 2023. Credit: Hebrew U.

New 3D software sheds light on ancient engraving techniques

Israelis visit the Hula Valley lake in northern Israel on November 12, 2022. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.

Study: Prehistoric Hula Valley residents traveled far for high-quality flint

French police preparing to face rioters in Nanterre, France on June 29, 2023. Credit: PVNF/Shutterstock.

Islamist media celebrates riot-fueled vandalism targeting French Jews

A firefighting plane works to extinguish a blazeout in Moshav Kedma, in south-central Israel, May 31, 2021. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Israel to assist firefighting efforts in Greece

Etgar Lefkovits

Ice-skating rink. Credit: Pavel Danilyuk/Pexels.

Ontario ice rink dedicated to memory of murdered Jewish philanthropy leaders

A scuba diver swims in the Eilat Dolphin Reef. Photo by Asaf Zvuloni/Israel Nature and Parks Authority/Flash90.

American tourism to Israel sees significant boost

Check-in at Ben-Gurion Airport, July 7, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

‘Israeli bid for US visa waiver hinges on pilot for Palestinian Americans’

Miller Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman, answers reporter questions at the department's press briefing on July 18, 2023. Source: YouTube.

No Visa Waiver Program update expected from State amid Herzog visit

Israeli President Isaac Herzog addresses a joint session of Congress in Washington, with Vice President Kamala Harris and House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy in the background, July 19, 2023. Credit: Screenshot/C-SPAN.

American Jewish groups celebrate Herzog’s speech to Congress

U.S. House Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) (left) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.). Credit: EPA/Jim Lo Scalzo/Israel Hayom.

Eight members of Congress boycott talk by Israel’s president

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken (left) and Israeli President Isaac Herzog in Washington, D.C. on July 18, 2023. Credit: President's Spokesperson.

Herzog meets with Blinken after White House visit

Flags of Hezbollah fly during a funeral salute. Credit: Crop Media/Shutterstock.

Congress members call on EU to deem Hezbollah a terror group

The U.S. Capitol in Washington. Photo by Orhan Cam/Shutterstock.

In rebuke to Jayapal, US House passes pro-Israel resolution

Israelis block the Ayalon Highway during a protest in Tel Aviv, July 5, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Biden calls to slow down judicial reform, seek consensus

The Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., January 2023. Photo by Jud McCranie via Wikimedia Commons.

Israel reportedly having trouble getting artifacts loaned to White House

The California Department of Education building in downtown
Sacramento. Credit: ZikG/Shutterstock.

California court fight begins for parents wanting funds for special needs

Then-U.S. Vice President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem, March 9, 2010. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

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