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Dec 10, 2024 | 
jewishpress.com | Rachel Avraham
As we speak, Iran and Russia are vying for influence in the greater Middle East region. In Syria, we see that the Assad regime, backed by Iran and Putin’s government, was toppled by Syrian rebels backed by Turkey. In the past, such advancements by Syria’s rebels would not have been possible, given how much both Iran and Putin were helping the Assad regime to stay in power.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
israelnationalnews.com | Rachel Avraham
The political advocary Freedom House organization, based in Washington D.C., recently released a press release claiming that “Israel cannot remain a democracy without protecting press freedom.” In the press release, Freedom House claims “ CPJ ranked Israel as one of the world’s top jailers of journalists in the aftermath of the October 7 attack. As of October 23, 2024, the organization had documented 69 arrests of journalists in the 'West Bank' and Gaza.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
foreignpolicyblogs.com | Rachel Avraham
Uncategorizedby | on December 2nd, 2024 | In recent days, the Israeli Ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek gave an interview to the Azerbaijani media, where he proclaimed that the friendship between Israel and Azerbaijan is blossoming: “Israel was among the first countries to recognize the independence of Azerbaijan; I think we were seventh.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
foreignpolicyblogs.com | Rachel Avraham
Uncategorizedby | on November 25th, 2024 | As we speak, millions of people who live in the Global South are experiencing the harsh reality of climate change, even though it was the Global North who disproportionately caused the problem. Since the Industrial Revolution in the late 1700s, human beings have been the primary drivers of changes in the Earth’s climate.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thej.ca | Rachel Avraham
Calls for Resistance, Hypocrisy, and Rising Antisemitism Spark Concerns in Winnipeg Read More » Why do hate incidents against Jews in Canada vastly outnumber all other minorities? Read More » Hassan Diab will lecture on “social justice in action” at Carleton’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Read More » Critics argue Temple Emanu-El’s new course, led by a lecturer critical of Israel, risks presenting a skewed view on anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
thej.ca | Rachel Avraham
Calls for Resistance, Hypocrisy, and Rising Antisemitism Spark Concerns in Winnipeg Read More » Why do hate incidents against Jews in Canada vastly outnumber all other minorities? Read More » Hassan Diab will lecture on “social justice in action” at Carleton’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology. Read More » Critics argue Temple Emanu-El’s new course, led by a lecturer critical of Israel, risks presenting a skewed view on anti-Zionism and antisemitism.
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Nov 6, 2024 | 
jewishpress.com | Rachel Avraham
The Washington Post has published a series of biased articles in recent days. In these articles, the Washington Post demonstrated that it is no friend of the State of Israel and one of its closest allies in the Muslim world, Azerbaijan. By attacking Israel and Azerbaijan, the Washington Post has demonstrated that it is not a balanced newspaper, which respects the contributions of America’s allies.
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Nov 5, 2024 | 
foreignpolicyblogs.com | Rachel Avraham
Uncategorizedby | on November 5th, 2024 | As the international community prepares for COP29, the focus should be how the world plans to address the global climate change crisis and there should be no distractions from this important goal. As we speak, nearly three billion people face water scarcity across the planet. In the Middle East, this water scarcity is acutely felt, as there was a grave heat wave this past summer, which led to a great drought and massive desertification.
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Nov 3, 2024 | 
foreignpolicyblogs.com | Rachel Avraham
Uncategorizedby | on November 3rd, 2024 | During a conference at the Paris Business School on October 30th , 2024, prominent experts and politicians gathered to discuss the growing threat of nuclear escalation in the ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia. Amid increasing concerns over the worsening geopolitical tensions, attendees warned of the risk of nuclear war between NATO and Russia, with almost all nuclear deterrence agreements between the U.S. and Russia currently suspended.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
foreignpolicyblogs.com | Rachel Avraham
Uncategorizedby | on October 31st, 2024 | IntroductionThe Salpanovs Case is tied to the beginning of the Armed Conflict in Ukraine that began in theDonbas region in 2014. In February 2024, the UN Assistant Secretary-General recounts “Theapproaching anniversary of the invasion is not only an occasion to recount the horrors of the pasttwo years, but also a reminder that the armed conflict in Ukraine did not begin on 24 February2022, but has been ongoing in the country’s east since 2014,”.
