JNS The Daily Syndicate - Thursday, July 27, 2023

Thursday, July 27, 2023


	THE DAILY SYNDICATE

U.S. Special Envoy for Iran Robert Malley speaks to VOA Persian at the U.S. State Department in Washington, D.C., on March 7, 2021. Credit: VOA Persian via Wikimedia Commons.

US State Department to brief lawmakers on suspension of Iran envoy Malley

“A conviction would not necessarily sideline any nuclear deal,” said analyst Matthew Brodsky. “But it would provide a basis for more congressional oversight.”

Ariel Sharon, prime minister from March 2001 to April 2006, was unable to carry out his duties after suffering a second stroke on Jan. 4, 2006. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash90.

The health of an Israeli premier

Unless the Knesset mandates transparency, prime ministers will continue to play things close to the vest because the public likes a strong leader.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang in Jerusalem, July 25, 2023. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Israel-Vietnamese trade deal opens Southeast Asia market

The agreement may make it easier to sell to Malaysia and Indonesia.

This 2,000-year-old coin was discovered in Jerusalem's City of David National Park. Credit: The Israel Antiquities Authority.

Evidence of Second Temple’s destruction unearthed in Jerusalem

“For the Freedom of Zion” was inscribed on it.

The UAE and Israeli flags. Credit: Leonid Altman/Shutterstock.

Netanyahu offers condolences to UAE president on death of his brother

Three days of mourning will follow the passing of Sheikh Saeed bin Zayed Al-Nahyan,

Relatives and friends attend the funeral of Holocaust survivor David (“Dugo”) Leitner in Moshav Nir Galim in Israel on July 27, 2023. Photo by Liron Moldovan/Flash90.

Funeral takes place in Israel for Holocaust survivor David Leitner, 94

He celebrated liberation from a Nazi concentration camp each year with falafel; the tradition has spread around the world.

A OneFamily widows' retreat in 2019. Credit: onefamilytogether.org.

Women who lost loved ones to terror gather in Jerusalem

The OneFamily event saw the bereaved come from across Israel.

Children at the Pardes Jewish Day School in Scottsdale, Ariz., play on covered equipment, July 2023. Credit: Courtesy.

Arizona schools adjust to sweltering heat as kids start new academic year

Despite a summer of record high temperatures, it’s business as usual in the Grand Canyon State.

Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem, July 27, 2023. Source: X.

Ben-Gvir ascends Temple Mount for Tisha B’Av

A rocket purportedly fired from Jenin, in northern Samaria, on June 26, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Jenin-area terrorists fire rocket at Israeli town

U.S. CENTCOM chief Gen. Michael Kurilla (left) meets with Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi in Tel Aviv, July 26, 2023. Credit: Israel Defense Ministry.

CENTCOM chief talks Iran threat with Israeli defense minister

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at a ceremony for outgoing Supreme Court Justice George Karra in Jerusalem, May 29, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Likud lawmaker withdraws bill to limit powers of attorney general

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds an autographed copy of Chinese President Xi Jinping's book that Ambassador Cai Run gave him during their meeting in Jerusalem, July 26, 2023. Credit: Prime Minister's Office.

Chinese president ‘looking forward’ to Netanyahu meeting

Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh (left) and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas visit Odwan Hospital in the northern Gaza Strip, Nov. 8, 2006. Photo by Ahmad Khateib/Flash90.

Abbas, Haniyeh hold ‘unity talks’ with Erdoğan in Turkey

Foreign Minister Eli Cohen attends a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Jan. 25, 2023. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Israel and Ivory Coast sign framework agreement

NASA World Wind Landsat or Blue Marble image of Papua New Guinea. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Astrophysicist believes he may have found alien life

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses a conference in Israel organized by “The Jerusalem Post” and the Simon Wiesenthal Center's Museum of Tolerance, April 27, 2023. Credit: TPS.

DeSantis campaign fires staffer for video featuring Nazi symbol

San Diego Police Department car in the city center. Credit: Adbar via Wikimedia Commons.

Jewish man attacked, tzitzit torn in Southern California

Activists and protesters in Tel Aviv against the government's proposed judicial overhaul, July 18, 2023. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

featured column

Melanie Phillips

Why compromise is unlikely in Israel’s crisis

A bill to help Kim Jong-un, backed by extremists

Stephen M. Flatow

Mideast leader flouts democracy, receives American aid anyway

King Abdullah II has been praised, funded and armed by American presidents since he assumed the royal throne 24 years ago.

Voicing concern or crossing lines? The American role in Israeli affairs

It’s important to pay attention not just to the explicit expressions of critique but the subtler nuances of diplomatic conduct.

Recognizing antisemitism

Antisemitism has sought to “other” the Jew, to treat the Jew as unacceptable company, to deny Jews their place in society.

Summer swim. Credit: Pixabay.

column

Sleepaway camp builds character

Besides good fun and bad food, it was the first opportunity for many of us to spend some real time away from our homes.

podcast

Biased press legitimizing blood libels against Jews

Jonathan S. Tobin

podcast

The unreasonableness of the ‘reasonableness’ rule

Caroline B. Glick

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