Tag: Assassination

In Salman Rushdie's "Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder," he reflects on his experience of being stabbed during a talk in Buffalo and the subsequent recovery process.
This video delves into four lesser-known Mossad missions, including assassinations, rescues, and ingenious strategies, showcasing the agency's relentless pursuit of justice and security for Israel and the Jewish people.
The mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition figure, raise various conflicting hypotheses, from poisoning to a staged assassination orchestrated by the Russian government.
Alexei Navalny, a prominent Russian opposition leader, has been assassinated by Putin's regime in a Siberian penal colony.
In a televised speech, Hezbollah leader Hasan Nasrallah blamed Israel for the assassination of a senior Hamas leader in Beirut and vowed retaliation.
Israel's Supreme Court made two controversial decisions this week, striking down a constitutional amendment and asserting its authority to remove a sitting prime minister.
Saleh Al-Arouri, the deputy chairman of Hamas, was assassinated in a drone strike in Beirut.
In Israel Update: Episode 3, Michael Doran and Gadi Taub discuss recent events in Israeli jurisprudence.
On Tuesday, an Israeli drone assassinated Hamas deputy chairman Saleh al-Arouri in Beirut, Lebanon.
Dan Senor discusses recent events in Israel like the assassination of a Hamas leader in Lebanon and the Supreme Court's decision on judicial reform, before delving into the significance of Claudine Gay's resignation from Harvard.
A top Hamas leader, Saleh Al-Arouri, was killed in Beirut along with two other Hamas leaders in an attack.
Walther Rathenau, a German Jew, became the first Jew in Germany to reach the position of foreign minister in the Weimar Republic.
The podcast discusses the assassination of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and criticizes a controversial Associated Press article about him and his death, questioning the level of decency in journalism.
Paraguayan criminal prosecutor Marcelo Pecci, known for his extensive investigations into anti-narcotics, corruption, organized crime, and terrorism financing, was assassinated while on his honeymoon in Colombia.
Recent court filings and press reports suggest that two men apprehended for impersonating federal agents in Washington, D.C. may have been part of an Iranian assassination team with the mission to kill high-ranking U.S. officials, including John Bolton.
In this episode of the Jewish Lives Podcast, we dive into the life and impact of Yitzhak Rabin, Israel's first native-born prime minister.
Lokman Slim, a political activist and critic of Hezbollah, was found dead near a Lebanon village where he had been shot.
In a discussion by Allison Kaplan Sommer, Don Futterman, and Noah Efron, they touch on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's paradoxical stance on new elections in Israel, while Alternate Prime Minister Benny Gantz's voting behavior contrasts with his preferences, possibly leading to further elections.
The assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh has raised questions about the future of Israel-Iran relations.
The podcast discusses the Supreme Court's ruling on religious shutdowns, questioning the severity of the current COVID spike, and criticizes the response to the assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist in Tehran.
In a special Israel Policy Forum briefing, Ambassador Itamar Rabinovich, who was Israel's envoy in the United States during Yitzhak Rabin's second term, discusses the legacy of the late prime minister 25 years after his assassination.
In the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln's assassination in 1865, a religious controversy arose when President Andrew Johnson declared a day of mourning that coincided with the Jewish holiday of Shavuot.
Israeli filmmaker Yaron Zilberman discusses his movie "Incitement" and the political extremism surrounding the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin on the People of the Pod podcast.
Noah Efron, Charlotte Hall, and Don Futterman discuss three main topics including Israel's extensive history of targeted killings, the controversial Holocaust complicity bill in Poland, and the proposal to allow unaccredited tour guides in Israel.
In the podcast episode, Noah Efron, Charlotte Hall, and Don Futterman explore three pressing topics: the history and ethics of targeted killings in Israel as discussed in Ronen Bergman's book, "Rise and Kill First"; the controversy surrounding Poland's Holocaust complicity bill and Israel's response; and Israeli Tourism Minister Yariv Levin's proposal to allow unaccredited tour guides to lead tours.