The boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) movement markets itself—particularly on college campuses—as a non-violent effort supporting Palestinian rights. A closer look reveals its true goal: to delegitimize and ultimately destroy Israel.
We talked with former U.S. Ambassador Dan Shapiro about the decision to recognize Jerusalem, the state of the U.S.-Israel relationship, and what President Trump and Prime Minister Netanyahu want from one another.
Four days after the catastrophe, the first Israeli search-and-rescue team arrived in the Tōhoku region and began to provide much-needed humanitarian relief. Israel was the first nation to establish a field hospital, and by the following week, IsraAID had initial operations up and running in Miyagi Prefecture, where the effects of the tsunami were especially destructive