US State Department slams Israeli stagnation on religious freedom reform

Annual report homes in on hot-button areas of Western Wall pluralism, conversion and who has the right to pray at the country’s holiest sites By AMANDA BORSCHEL-DAN 22 August 2017 323shares timesofisrael.com Jewish men pray during the holiday of Tisha B’Av at the Western Wall in the Old City of Jerusalem, on August 1, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)…

Israeli poll observer shocked by Spanish police violence during Catalonia vote

Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova is part of an international delegation invited by Catalan government to observe independence referendum By TOI STAFF and AGENCIES 1 October 2017 373 shares timesofisrael.com Ksenia Svetlova of the Zionist Union party seen during an introduction day for new Knesset members on March 29, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90) A Zionist Union MK observing Catalonia’s independence referendum…

KNESSET MEMBER OBSERVING CATALAN ELECTION CAUGHT IN POLITICAL CROSSFIRE

BY LAHAV HARKOV  OCTOBER 1, 2017  jpost.com “Spanish politicians who criticize Israel should look at what’s going on in their home,” MK Svetlova said. MK Ksenia Svetlova with a rubber bullet in Barcelona as observer in the Catalonian election, October 1, 2017.. (photo credit:MK KSENIA SVETLOVA)  Zionist Union MK Ksenia Svetlova found herself in the middle…

Why Israel supports Kurdish referendum (and why the rest of the world should follow suit)

Ksenia Svetlova, Contributor Member of Israeli Knesset, expert on the Middle East huffingtonpost.com 09/25/2017 03:04 am ET Today the women and men of Kurdistan will answer the most important question of their lives. Should Kurdistan break away from Iraq to pursue its independence, or should it preserve a status quo of unstable co-existence under the…

Why Israel supports Kurdish referendum (and why the rest of the world should follow suit)

huffingtonpost.com Ksenia Svetlova, ContributorMember of Israeli Knesset, expert on the Middle East 09/25/2017 03:04 am ET Today the women and men of Kurdistan will answer the most important question of their lives. Should Kurdistan break away from Iraq to pursue its independence, or should it preserve a status quo of unstable co-existence under the rule…