Emily's Israel Blog

President Trump has claimed that the Golan Heights belongs to Israel and not to Syria via Twitter along with recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel. The Golan Heights is currently under Israeli occupation since the victory of the 1967 war followed by a unanimous vote by the United Nations (UN) to annex Golan Heights in 1981. However, in the article , this does cause an concern from many Arab organizations such as: Hamas, the Palestine Liberation Organization, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry, Druze, the Islamic Jihad, Fatah, the Arab League, and other Israeli-Arab parties in response to Trump's tweet over different reasons and are more in favor to the Golan Heights being returned to Syria. These actions of Trump’s tweet has cause Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “bump” for his own personal gain commented by Druze leaders. Trump has also involved the United States to finally acknowledge Israeli jurisdiction over the Golan Heights.  Map of Golan Heights: Between Isr

Instagram and other social media websites have been a place to vocalize opinions on social matters. Actress Gal Gadot takes a supportive stance of Rotem Sela's post over the ongoing inclusive battle of Jewish-Arab equality and also included quotes from the Bible/Torah to further her point in the article written by Itay Stern, a Haaretz contributor. However, there are many people who have strongly opposed Sela's post to the point where posts have escalated to violent tones. Netanyahu, who is Israel's Prime Minister, takes on the opposing side so strongly and his post not only excludes Arabs but quotes that the state of Israel is a state only for Jews. Sela has called out the Israeli government to not ignore the elephant in the room: meaning Jewish-Arab impartiality. Other celebritie s and influencers have steered their opinions in support of Sela about improving Jewish-Arab relations.   Gal Gadot https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2933757/ In support of Stern's artic

Israel's new spacecraft will go to the moon   soon!  Gorgeous Picture! Photo Credit: AFP / SPACEX