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Signs of the Times

Official PA Cartoon Depicts Destruction of Israel

A cartoon in the official PA [Palestinian Authority] daily presents the reconciliation and unity between Fatah and Hamas as a means to destroy Israelis/Jews. Photo credit: palwatch.org Israel is depicted as the head of a snake or worm, wearing a Jewish skull cap with a Star of David on it. The head may be intended

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Alarming Success of Extremist Parties in Europe

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has voiced concern at the growing success of extremist parties, including neo-Nazi parties, in the European Parliament elections. The “alarming” results came on the heels of the deadly attack at the Brussels Jewish Museum, in which four people were killed by an unidentified gunman in an attack authorities have described as

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Anti-Semitic Parties on the Rise in Europe

Anti-Israel march in LondonJacqueline Abromeit/shutterstock.com The rise of far-right politics in Europe reached new heights in the April 7th elections in Hungary when “Jobbik,” the self-professed “radical right-wing” political party which has often been accused of blatant anti-Semitism, won 20.54% of votes, making it the third largest party in the country and the single largest

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Inside Iran Arms Ship: 40 Missiles, 400,000 Bullets

GranDuc/shutterstock.com The Iranian arms ship that was captured by the Israel Navy in March was unloaded in Eilat, and revealed 40 M-302 long-range missiles, as well as 181 22-millimeter mortar shells and 400,000 7.62 bullets. The ship was brought to Israeli territory after [the] elite Navy unit Sheyetet raided it some 1,500 kilometers [932 mi]

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Moldova—Russia’s Next Step?

Could Trans-Dniester follow in the footsteps of Crimea?www.wikipedia.org/Serhio Recently the world watched as Crimea broke away from the Ukraine and was formally annexed to Russia. Nations gave lip service to the defense of Ukraine’s sovereignty over the territory but when it came down to it, Russian actions trumped Western rhetoric. Was this a unique case

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Passing of a Warrior

 Ariel “Arik” Sharon February 26, 1928–January 11, 2014 Earlier this year, Ariel Sharon lost the last fight of his life. Bridges for Peace would like to take this opportunity to offer condolences to the people of Israel in the loss of a man who, in many ways, embodied the history of the modern State of

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Rabbis Write Open Letter against Kerry’s Peace Plan

 Secretary Kerry An open letter by a group of Israeli rabbis spoke out against US Secretary of State John Kerry’s efforts to reinvigorate the stalled Israeli–Palestinian peace process. The group calls itself SOS Israel and the Committee to Save the Land and People of Israel. Their open letter, which almost sounds like Israel’s prophets of

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Souvenirs with Nazi Symbols

The Bulgarian town, Bansko, where the Nazi souvenirs were found An Israeli traveling in Bulgaria was shocked to find mugs carrying the picture of Adolf Hitler and decorated with swastikas in a souvenir shop in a ski resort. She later realized the shop was not [the] only one carrying the Nazi paraphernalia, and found similar

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Iranian TV Airs Simulated Attack

A screenshot of the Iranian documentary, “Nightmare of Vultures.” Iranian television aired a documentary called the “Nightmare of Vultures,” which included a chilling computer simulation of an attack on Israeli targets. The broadcast, which was aired just before the Friday Muslim prayers, shows an Iranian response to an attack from Israel. Targets included the Israel

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Christmas Carolers Sing “Burn Kikes”

{image_1}The Anti-Defamation League has come out against an anti-Semitic Christmas broadcast from Romania. Director Abe Foxman says, “This pastoral scene of Romanian carolers singing perverse, bigoted and vicious anti-Semitic lyrics utterly shocks the conscience.” He continued, “Something is wrong in a society where virulent anti-Semitism masquerading as Christmas cheer could appear on public television and no one blinks. It is a throwback reminiscent of the anti-Semitism that pervaded Romania prior to and during the war, which led to the death of tens of thousands of Jews in the Holocaust.”

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