Hizballah’s Influence Now Pervades Every Aspect of the Lebanese Government
No one can tell where one ends and the other begins.
July 18, 2019
While Her Brother Worked to Obtain Britain’s Support for Zionism, Fanny Weizmann Spied for Germany
Doctor, Zionist pioneer, and undercover operative.
During World War I, Chaim Weizmann and his associates sought to align the Zionist movement with the Western allies—a policy that brought enormous success in the form of the Balfour Declaration. But many Jews found Britain and France, allied as they were with viciously anti-Semitic Russia, unworthy of sympathy. So it is perhaps unsurprising that Weizmann’s own sister, Minna—who went by the name Fanny—agreed to spy for the Germans from, of all places, Palestine. Lenny Ben-David writes:
July 18, 2019
Turkey’s Turn Eastward, and What It Means for Israel
Ankara has chosen Russia, Iran, and China over NATO.
How a Half-Jewish German Spy Smuggled the Lubavitcher Rebbe out of Poland
“The Roosevelt administration had decided to toss the Jewish community a bone.”
A Moat from the First Crusade Discovered Outside Jerusalem
A reminder of the murderous conquest of the city.
While Her Brother Worked to Obtain Britain’s Support for Zionism, Fanny Weizmann Spied for Germany
Doctor, Zionist pioneer, and undercover operative.