Chairman Mansour Abbas of the United Arab list, or Ra’am party, is making headlines with an apparent change of heart. Speaking to Globes-Israel, Abbas said that “The state of Israel was born as a Jewish state, and it will remain one.” And the comments similar to an Arabic statement he made a month ago. But this a far-cry from the supposedly default Arab-Israeli position, in that Israel should be a “State of all its Citizens” and not characterized as a Jewish state. So, where did this come from? And what will come of this next?
Poverty, another growing crisis amidst the pandemic, in Israel at an all-time high. The Latet organization releasing its annual alternative poverty report – alleging that some 223,000 Israeli households fallen into economic hardship since the start of the Covid-19 outbreak. And this, making for a...
As the covid cabinet unveils its latest restrictions, it’s important to note that not everyone was on board with the decisions made. Because despite the accelerating spread of the Omicron variant – hospitalizations and severe illness still down. In fact, just one Israeli infected with Omicron, so...
12 ambassadors to the United Nations visited Israel this past week. The trip - organized by Israel’s ambassador to the UN, Gilad Erdan, in order to illustrate Israel’s challenges in the region. The ambassadors of Argentina, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Ecuador, Nauru, Samoa, Palau, South ...
