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New on Broader View: June 2014
- American Jews: Can Israel rebuild the Jewish people? by Haviv Rettig Gur, Times of Israel, June 22
- Demographics: The Ethnic Inequality Myth by Steven Plaut, Middle East Quarterly, Summer 2014
- Hamas: 10 Things You Should Know by Neil Lazarus, BuzzFeed, June 12
- Law & Lawfare: Crimea and the West Bank by Eugene Kontorovich, Commentary, June 1
- Polls: Palestinian Hardline Views, Pragmatism by David Pollock, Washington Institute, June 25
- Refugees: Equal rights for emigration by Evelyn Gordon, Jerusalem Post, June 6
More at BDS, Churches, Colleges & Universities, Europe & Israel, Egypt, Gaza, Iran, Islam, Israelis, Jerusalem, NGOs, Palestinians, Political Process, Turkey, U.S.-Israel Relationship
- Kidnapped teens Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Shaer, and Naftali Frenkel last of dozens of similar attempts; Hamas celebrates the abduction, condemns Palestinian Authority commitment to non-violence; children around the world pose with a three-finger gesture applauding the kidnapping, while Israel supporters tie yellow ribbons and promote #EyalGiladNaftali #BringBackOurBoys
- Israel’s response: Large-scale searches on West Bank, arresting Hamas leaders & members, denying Hamas terrorists in Israeli prisons ability to watch World Cup soccer on TV
- Recent visitors to Israel include the Rolling Stones, singer will.i.am of the Black Eyed Peas, actor-musician Hal Linden, the governor of Georgia, British singer-songwriter Michael Rosenberg, actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta Jones (celebrating their son’s bar mitzvah), Zambia's president (for medical treatment), Romania’s foreign minister, 54 agriculture students from Nepal, and a record number of American tourists
- Attack from Syria killed 15-year-old Israeli, injured two others; Israel retaliated against Syrian military targets
- Presbyterian Church (USA) votes to divest from three companies doing business in Israel. Netanyahu calls the decision “disgraceful,” J Street: “not helpful.”
- Israel has dramatically slowed settlement construction
- Reuven Rivlin elected Israel’s 10th president; outgoing President Peres spoke before U.S. Congress, received Congressional Gold Medal
- Terror attacks against Israel in May included 5 rocket & mortar launchings from Gaza and 107 attacks in the West Bank and Jerusalem; IDF uncovers weapons cache in Nablus, strikes Gaza after escalating rocket attacks
- Palestinian premier admits that “unity” government lacks power in Gaza
- Israeli gaming company Dragonplay bought for $100M
- South Carolina introduces vanity license plates supporting Israel
- US pharmaceutical giant Merck signed a cooperation agreement with Israel’s Chief Scientist
- Tel Aviv Shabbat dinner sets Guinness World Record
- Israel signs R&D agreement with California
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