The charge of racism against an individual, institution or nation – when made by members of privileged identity groups – is more than an indictment. It amounts to the secular Left’s version of excommunication.
A plan for cable cars to take worshippers to the Old City is debatable but calling it a nefarious Israeli plan to "Judaize" the capital reveals the motivations of some critics.
The pledge goes further than what the prime minister said during his visit to Hebron on September 4, when he vowed that Jews would never be driven out of the city.
The summit in Ankara, bringing together countries whose Syrian allies are combatants in a ruinous eight-year war, will focus on the Idlib region, the last remaining territory held by rebels seeking to overthrow Syrian President Bashar Assad. Current fighting in northwestern Syria also raises the risk of a new migrant wave towards Turkey, which currently hosts some 3.6 million Syrian refugees.
Matthew James Amiot, 36, was arrested Friday on suspicion of starting the fire last week, the city's police chief said at a news conference on Sunday. Steve Hunegs, director of the local Jewish Community Relations Council: Fire is "a searing reminder of the challenges we face with rising anti-Semitism and bigotry in this country."
