FBI Says When It Will Reveal Las Vegas Shooter Motive
We likely won’t find out what motivated Stephen Paddock to shoot dead 58 country music fans from the window of a Las Vegas hotel room—the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history—for at least another nine months, if ever, the FBI agent in charge of probing the case reportedly revealed on Wednesday. In an interview […]
First Muslim judge on way to Supreme Court?
Since the establishment of the State of Israel, two Christian Arab judges have served in the Supreme Court: Judge Salim Jubran, who recently retired, and Judge George Karra, who was recently elected and still serves in the Supreme Court. However, an Arab-Muslim judge in permanent appointment has yet to serve in the Supreme Court (Judge […]
Poll: Most Jewish, Arab youth want to interact with each other
A poll conducted by the Rafi Smith Institute for the Dov Lautman conference on democracy among Israeli youths found that 79% of Arab youths had never spoke to a Jewish youth about democracy and coexistence before. The poll also found that 85% of Jewish youths had never spoken on those subjects with Arab youths. Most […]
UN votes 128-9 to reject US decision on Jerusalem
The UN General Assembly on Thursday adopted by a decisive vote of 128 to nine, with 35 abstentions, a motion rejecting the US decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. President Donald Trump had warned ahead of the vote in the 193-nation assembly that “we’re watching” and threatened reprisals against countries backing the measure, which […]
UN General Assembly rejects Trump’s Jerusalem move
The United Nations General Assembly has defied unprecedented threats by the US to resoundingly adopt a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. The non-binding measure passed at an emergency meeting on Thursday with 128 votes in favour, and nine against. Thirty-five countries abstained. It passed despite intimidation by Trump, […]