Chasing the Zionist dream, one settlement at a time
March 12, 2021
(JNS) Exactly one year ago, Israel was poised to realize the dream of applying sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria with U.S. support and the tacit consent of a few Arab states. Israel, however, chose not to take this path, preferring the immediate achievements of the signing of the Abraham Accords to a possible confrontation with the Palestinians and the international community.
The realization of the sovereignty dream was postponed and, as Israel Hayom’s Ariel Kahana argued earlier this week, may have been missed entirely. With Joe Biden now president of the Unite.
Former world leaders take stand against ICC investigation of Israel
Karim Khan (pictured) is due to take over from current ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda in approximately two months.
In a letter to the incoming ICC prosecutor, a group of 16 leaders, including the former premiers of Canada, Australia, Spain and Uruguay, state their concern at the “unprecedented campaign of delegitimization against Israel.”
By Ariel Kahana, Israel Hayom and JNS Staff
A group of former heads of state and high-ranking ministers on Friday sent a letter to newly-appointed International Criminal Court prosecutor Karim Khan, warning him against launching a war-crimes investigation against Israel. Such an investigation, the letter states, would politicize the court and thus harm its standing.
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Exactly one year ago, Israel was poised to realize the dream of applying sovereignty to large parts of Judea and Samaria with US support and the tacit consent of a few Arab states. Israel, however, chose not to take this path, preferring the immediate achievements of the signing of the Abraham Accords to a possible confrontation with the Palestinians and the international community.
The realization of the sovereignty dream was postponed and may, as
Israel Hayom‘s Ariel Kahana argued earlier this week, have been missed entirely. With Joe Biden now serving as US president, it will take a massive effort, and maybe even a miracle, to advance such a move. This is clear from the recent statements by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in which he stopped short of endorsing former US President Donald Trump’s recognition of the Golan Heights as part of Israel. He said that unlike Israel’s practical control over the territory, which the US fully suppo
We must not wait for the international community to approve construction in Judea and Samaria. That will come once Israel has established the facts on the ground.
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By Philissa Cramer
(JTA) A man who died in December reportedly left a significant gift for the French town that shielded his family and thousands of others from the Nazis during World War II.
Eric Schwam, who died at 90 on Dec. 25, 2020, willed his estate to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon, the mountain town where his Jewish family hid for two years, according to CNN.
Le Chambon-sur-Lignon in France is one of only two locales honored collectively by Israel’s Yad Vashem Holocaust museum for rescuing Jews. (The other is Nieuwla. For access to this article please sign in or