By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem, Israel — March 17, 2016 … Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, this morning, issued the following statement on the passing of former Mossad Director Meir Dagan: “I would like to express deep sadness on the passing of Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Meir Dagan. Meir was a daring fighter and commander who greatly… Read More »
The Nazi salute and intent to murder Jews is the same. By Ruthie Blum Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — July 28, 2015 … There is good reason to refrain from bandying about the word “Holocaust” with abandon. The defining atrocity of the 20th century has to be given the gravitas it deserves. Comparing lesser events… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — July 27, 2015 … Former Arkansas governor and 2016 GOP presidential candidate Mike Huckabee recently stated that: “The Iran nuclear deal is marching the Israelis to the door of the oven.” Huckabee added: “What’s ‘ridiculous and sad’ is that President Obama does not take Iran’s repeated threats seriously.… Read More »
Iran, Obama and the EU. Do they care if Israel is attacked with nuclear weapons? By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — July 14, 2015 … Just when one thought that the Middle East could not deteriorate any further, Obama pens an agreement with Iran. At the time that Obama and Iran agreed that… Read More »
By Israel News Agency Staff Jerusalem, Israel — May 8, 2015 … Israel President Reuven Rivlin addressed an official state ceremony marking seventy years since the victory of the Allied forces over Nazi Germany. The ceremony was dedicated to the Jewish servicemen and women who fought and served in the Allied armies. “We mark here this… Read More »
By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — April 15, 2015 … Israel President Reuven Rivlin this evening at Yad Vashem, addressed the official ceremony marking the commencement of Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day. “We stand here tonight, in painful silence at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, on the eve of Holocaust Memorial Day,”… Read More »
“I will go anywhere I am invited in order to enunciate the State of Israel’s position and in order to defend its future and its existence.” By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel — March 7, 2015 … US President Barack Obama spoke today in Selma, Alabama. Obama marked 50 years since 600 protesters… Read More »
US Congress – Fully Packed, 26 Standing Ovations. By Israel News Agency Staff Washington, D.C. — March 3 … Communicated by the Prime Minister’s Office to the Israel News Agency. “Speaker of the House John Boehner, President Pro Tem Senator Orrin Hatch, Senator Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and House Majority Leader… Read More »
(Photo: Reuters) By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency New York — October 21, 2014 … Over 4,000 people attended a demonstration yesterday against the “Death of Klinghoffer” opera in New York City. Many were Jewish, some were Christian. All were angry. They all had one objective – to illustrate that this opera about a 69-year-old wheelchair-bound… Read More »
“The most emotional moment was when we found, near the gas chambers, a wedding ring inscribed with a Hebrew wedding vow,” said archaeologist Haimi, whose relatives were murdered in the camp. By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem — September 17, 2014 … An archaeological dig in Poland has exposed the location of the gas chambers at the… Read More »