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New on Broader View: April 2016
- American Jews: Detached from Jewish Memory by Daniel Gordis, Mosaic, April
- Antisemitism: The Left’s hatred of Jews by Stephen Pollard, Telegraph, April 28; Anti-Zionism is the new anti-Semitism by Jonathan Sacks, Newsweek, April 3
- BDS: Disneyland of hate by Igal Ram and Eliana Rudee, Jewish Journal, April 20
- Law: Junk Constitutional law by Mark Yudof, Times of Israel, April 1
- Palestinians: After Abbas, Le Déluge by Grant Rumley and Jonathan Schanzer, inFocus Quarterly, Spring
- Political Process: The Process Is an Obstacle to Peace by Michael Mandelbaum, Commentary, April 14
More at Colleges & Universities, Europe, Islam, Lebanon, Liberals, Media, NGOs, Palestinians, Syria, U.S.-Israel Relationship, Zionism.
- 21 injured in Jerusalem bus bombing; Hamas claims responsibility
- Israel finds & destroys new terror tunnel from Gaza
- IsraAID delivers earthquake relief in Japan & Ecuador
- Israeli government reaffirms sovereignty over (but not annexation of) Golan Heights
- Boycott resolutions passed by CUNY doctoral students, graduate students at NYU and U Mass–Amherst, and Univ. of Chicago undergraduate student government; rejected by Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn Faculty Senate and Univ. of Minnesota student government
- Francisco Partners Buys Israeli Company SintecMedia, for $400 million; Oracle buys Israeli big-data company Crosswise for $50M; China’s Fosun to buy Israeli skin-care company Ahava for $77M; other acquisitions include Genome Compiler, cybersecurity company NorthBit, and mobile-ad startup Inneractive; overall, 81 Israeli startups raised $1 billion in first quarter of 2016
- Israeli innovations show promise in preventing diabetes and treating asthma, leukemia, and prostate cancer
- Israelis win international awards and honors in rhythmic gymnastics (again), tennis, judo (again), wrestling, car racing, wine, digital diplomacy, universities (6 of the world’s top 100), political campaign TV ads, water technology, agricultural machinery, and best places to raise a family (#4)
- Recent visitors to Israel include U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan, Singapore’s Prime Minister, Polish Defense Minister, French Health Minister, San Francisco mayor, 600 young innovators, nanotech scientists, actor Kevin Costner, Scottish musician Donovan, singer and TV star Pat Boone, British R&B star Craig David, 20 Eurovision contestants, supermodel Naomi Campbell, robotics experts, Forbes’ under-30 leaders, an Iraqi former diplomat, a Syrian bone-marrow donor, and thousands of Egyptian Coptic Christian pilgrims.
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