Giorno: 5 Agosto 2021

Iranian hardliner Raisi, tied to mass executions, sworn in as regime president

Post Content Iran’s new hardline president Ebrahim Raisi, who has been tied to mass executions and crackdowns of political opponents, was sworn in on Thursday as dissidents urged international leaders not to play ball with the regime. Iranian officials declared Raisi the winner of a June election marked by low turnout and dogged by accusations […]

Foreign Minister Lapid has checkmated Prime Minister Bennett

Read More Foreign Minister Yair Lapid, who is also the alternate prime minister, can and should be criticized for running away from the coronavirus cabinet (nobody had any expectations of the other escapee, Finance Minister Avigdor Lieberman, but for the record, he should also be condemned). Lapid’s behavior is the fruit of a shameless political […]

Talk of a another COVID lockdown is sending tremors through the Israeli economy

Read More The Israeli economy, which has been rebounding smartly since the end of the last of three coronavirus lockdowns earlier this year, is bracing for a chilly autumn amid increasing talk of a new lockdown to contain the resurgent COVID-19 epidemic. Finance Ministry Director General Ram Belinkov told a press briefing on Thursday that […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics: athletics, cycling, modern pentathlon and more – live!

Read More Key events Show 7.00pm EDT 19:00 Preamble Live feed Show 7.31pm EDT 19:31 Men’s 50km walk: Will Tomala’s lightning pace hurt him in the final stages? He’s approaching the 3hr mark and the temperature continues to climb. Canada’s Evan Dunfee has made a small break to try to catch the Pole, but his […]

Pompeo says he never saw missing whisky, hints State Department incompetence

Post Content Former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said he has “no idea” about the whereabouts of a nearly $6,000 bottle of whisky that was apparently gifted to him by Japan, hinting that it could have gone missing due to State Department “incompetence.” The comments come after it was reported that State Department was investigating […]

Biden Signs Bill Awarding Medals to Jan. 6 First Responders

President Joe Biden on Thursday offered “profound gratitude” to law enforcement officers who responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol breach as he signed legislation to award them Congressional Gold Medals for their service.The president thanked the officers for saving the lives of…

In Israel, a picture is really worth a thousand words

Read More Odeh Bisharat wrote an op-ed in Haaretz’s regarding a photograph taken from “Blue Box,” Michal Weits’ excellent documentary about her great-grandfather, Yosef Weitz, “the redeemer of the land” and head of the Jewish National Fund, which covered the country with forests. The photograph depicts Weitz standing on a plot of empty land, map […]