Tag: June
Former London Mayor Compares EU to Napoleon, Hitler, Ahead of June 23 Brexit Referendum
The Brexit camp wants Britain to take back full control of its borders and reduce the number of people coming over to work.
US, Setting Example For Israel, Releases Taliban Terrorists
The Gitmo Five were released without a prisoner exchange.
US Lawmakers in Bolivia to Press for Ostreicher’s Release
Two members of Congress are in Bolivia to press for the release of an American Jewish businessman who has been jailed there without charges...
Yankees Offer Youkilis $12 Million
The New York Yankees reportedly offered Jewish free agent Kevin Youkilis a one-year, $12 million contract.
Youkilis, a three-time All Star for the Boston Red...
Will the New Israel Fund Also Fight Anti-Jewish Incitement?
The New Israel Fund recently announced that it “is undertaking a comprehensive survey to identify those most involved in inciting racism and violence.” Incitement to violence and intolerance is a particularly troubling problem plaguing Israeli society today. This problem is all the more severe when the incitement comes from respected public figures and political leaders. But will the New Israel Fund will also include anti-Jewish incitement coming from the Israeli Left?
New Brit Mila Legislation May Be Weeks Away in Germany
Ritual circumcisions have resumed in the Cologne region of Germany, ending a controversy started in a Cologne court in June, when judges decided ritual circumcision constituted “bodily harm” to boys and religious coercion.
Turkish Report Holds Syria Responsible for Downed Warplane
A report by the Turkish Military Prosecutor's Office has concluded that a Turkish warplane shot down in international air space in June was hit by a Syrian missile, according to the Turkish daily newspaper Hürriyet on Thursday.
The Conflicts with Syria Should be Resolved Amicably and Peacefully
NATO is right to want to see the end of communist regimes, but their methods are all wrong. Surely, Turkey will support NATO’s efforts to make Syria a democratic country. However, Turkey will not do anything that will push it into a war with Syria. First of all, Syrian lands are old Ottoman lands and that makes Syrians our very own brothers and sisters. Turkey will never do something that could hurt Muslims and will never allow something like that to happen, either.
German state of Berlin Declares Circumcision, Not Brit Milah, Legal
Berlin declares circumcision legal only if performed by a doctor. Brit Mila by a Mohel is still illegal.
Missing Florida Millionaire Left Tefillin on Abandoned Boat
Guma Aguiar, a Florida businessman and philanthropist who went missing in June, left his tefillin on his abandoned boat.
Turkey’s Trade Deficit Reveals an Economy in Deep Trouble
At 18% interest, consumers have to borrow to pay the interest on previous loans. In other words Turkish banks are capitalizing interest, and booking profits on loans that would go sour if they stopped lending additional money to borrowers to pay the interest. The much-vaunted strength of Turkey's banks appears to be an illusion.
Dramatic Drop in Infiltrators
The Ministry of the Interior reports a dramatic drop in the number of illegal infiltrators crossing into Israel from the Sinai.
Only At Orchidea
I had the tremendous zechut to attend the wedding of my granddaughter Rachayli Fuchs to Shaul Klein in June, and then, much to my delight I was able to make one of the Sheva Berachot. My guest list was composed and invitations extended. The divrei Torah would be delivered by my grandson Rabbi Raphael Fuchs and my nephew Meir Greenwald.
Jihadi Tourism Hits Europe
In Norway, for example, an ethnic Norwegian convert to militant Islam who has received terrorist training from al-Qaeda's offshoot in Yemen, is awaiting orders to carry out an attack on the West, officials from three European security agencies said on June 25. Although the terrorist-in-waiting is believed to still be in Yemen, even if he is found he cannot be extradited: under Norwegian law it is not a crime to attend a terrorist training camp.
Two Arabs Arrested for Arson in Jerusalem Vicinity
The Jerusalem Fire Department reports that two hundred fires have been extinguished since the beginning of the summer. Most of them have been determined to be caused by arson.
J.E. Dyer: Tumultus Post-Americanus
The Tumultus Post-Americanus is now well underway. There is no initiative on our collective part – we have done nothing but react in the last three years – and possibly even less appreciation of how the world is changing. The forms of international discourse – the processes of the UN, the G-8 and G-20, the IMF – are being adhered to now because they are a convenience, not because they produce anything useful.