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New on Broader View: July 2016
- American Jews: ‘Right’ is wrong by Paul Gross, Jerusalem Post, July 4
- Europe & Israel: A Deadly Blind Spot by Evelyn Gordon, Commentary, July 20
- Lebanon: The next one will be far worse by William Booth, Washington Post, July 23
- Political Process: Barriers to Peace by David Pollock, Washington Institute, July 6
- Settlements: A Primer by Michael Koplow, IPF, July 7
- U.S.-Israel Relationship: Strengthening Ties by Ron Dermer, Times of Israel, July 10
More at BDS, Churches, Colleges, Demographics, Hamas, IDF, Iran, Islam, Israelis, Law, Lebanon, Media, NGOs, Palestinians, Public Diplomacy, Syria, Terrorism, Turkey, Water, Zionism.
- Rabbi Miki Mark killed in shooting attack near Hebron
- Prime Minister Netanyahu visits Africa, strengthens relations with Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda, even Somalia and Chad; renews diplomatic ties with Guinea. Israel also improves relations with Russia, Mexico, Kazakhstan, Paraguay, Cyprus and many other European countries, Egypt, Jordan, and (unofficially) Saudi Arabia.
- Cisco acquires Israeli cyber company CloudLock for $293 million; Swiss firm Doodle buys chatbot maker Meekan; consultancy giant Accenture purchases cyber-security company Maglan; Sony invests $50M in storytelling platform Interlude; eBay to acquire SalesPredict; Keter Plastic sells 80% stake to European fund; Israeli company “exits” in the first half of 2016 totaled over $3.3 billion.
- Israelis win international awards and honors in athletics, universities, gymnastics (again); youth chess, physics, and math; “smart” companies, and international airports
- Statements supporting Israel and opposing anti-Israel boycotts recently issued by 8 U.S. state governors, the president of Portland State Univ., a NY state senator (and candidate for U.S. Congress), and the Republican party platform; French municipality of Bondy votes to boycott Israeli settlement products; Spanish city supports BDS, loses Israel flights
- Recent visitors to Israel include the presidents of Paraguay and Cyprus, foreign minister of Egypt, former British prime minister Tony Blair, a former Saudi general with a delegation of Saudi business people and academics, the governer of Virginia; officials from Mali, Chad, and Somalia; 30 members of the French parliament; musician Carlos Santana, director Quentin Tarantino, actor James Caan; presidents and chancellors from top U.S. universities and colleges, cyber-security and counter-terrorism experts; cancer researchers, students from Taiwan, law-enforcement and intelligence officials from 7 countries, U.S. Marines training with the IDF, and 150 Palestinians farmers.
(Lots more at http://www.BroaderView.org/News) |
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