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Mar 25, 2026, 6:07 AM

Zionist’s Guide to the World Cup–Yet More Qualifiers

Currently, there are forty-two nations that have qualified for this summer's FIFA World Cup. One might think that forty-two nations would be sufficient to determine the king of the world's most popular sport–all the more so as a thirty-two...

Nov 15, 2025, 3:58 PM

American Decay vs. Israeli Renewal: A Tale of Two Democracies

It was a revealing week on opposite sides of the globe. In the United States, the Epstein email release dominated the news cycle like a chemical spill from a septic tank, confirming yet again that many of our “pillars...

Cedric Vloemans

Oct 10, 2025, 5:30 PM

When terror gets a state and democracy doesn’t

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The world’s hypocrisy: why Kosovo deserves what Palestine never will When Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez passionately defends the “right” of Palestinians to their own state, he does so with the moral conviction of a man standing on the right...

Jul 14, 2023, 6:40 PM

How Israel Shot Itself in the Foot

Up until 3 years ago, Israel and Serbia had excellent relations. In fact, the Serbian government at the time was one of the most pro-Israel in Europe, they were even prepared to move their embassy to Jerusalem in 2020....

Feb 16, 2023, 7:57 AM

From Israel to the Balkans: Albania, Kosovo, Montenegro

Our group, photographed along the trail in Albania between Balqine and Dobërdol, included American, British and Israeli hikers; journalist Larry Luxner is second from left. (Photo by Virtyt Gacaferri)

TREKUFIRI, Albania — Barely three months after receiving an email invitation to experience the “Peaks of the Balkans,” here I was standing on one—and not even knowing which country we were in. As sheep bells trinkled in the distance, I looked...

Feb 7, 2023, 7:23 PM

Albania’s rescue of Jews is focus of new children’s book

Maya Klinger Cohen proudly holds up a Hebrew-language version of her new book, "The Photographer's Son," which tells the story of Albania's rescue of Jews during the Holocaust.

Eighty years after the horrors of the Holocaust, the inspiring example of how ordinary Albanians saved not only their own tiny Jewish community from the Nazis—but also the lives of nearly 2,000 Jews from Austria, Germany, Greece and Yugoslavia—is...

Feb 3, 2023, 7:52 AM

Israel’s Diplomatic Own Goal

Israel's Diplomatic Own Goal - Serbia and 'Kosovo' Two years ago this month, Israel established diplomatic relations with the self declared republic of ‘Kosovo’. The formalizing of relations with ‘Kosovo’ came about as part of a deal brokered by the United States between Serbia and...

Feb 23, 2022, 5:14 PM

Flourishing Diplomatic Relations Between Israel and Kosovo

Embassy of the Republic of Kosovo in Israel February 2022. Photo by Carrie Hart

Thursday, February 17, 2022, marked the first time in history that the Embassy of Kosovo in Jerusalem hosted an evening celebration of Kosovo’s 14th year of independence. This occasion also marked the first year of full diplomatic relations between Israel...

Feb 9, 2022, 5:18 PM

Israel-Kosovo ties a year on; Jews honor wartime rescuers

The Embassy of Kosovo on Jerusalem's Keren Hayesod Street is one of only three full-fledged embassies located in Israel's capital, along with those of the United States and Guatemala. (Photo by Larry Luxner)

JERUSALEM — Raul Teitelbaum, a 90-year-old Holocaust survivor descended from Polish Ashkenazim, is alive today because Kosovar Muslims protected him during World War II. Likewise, Shelly Rachel Levy-Drummer owes her life to the Rezniqis, who hid her grandfather, Dr. Haim Abranavel, from...

Jun 19, 2021, 3:32 PM

Is Israel losing the war on global antisemitism?

Pro-Israel rally in Kosovo. Photo by Radio Evropa e Lire. Used with permission.

From May 10-20, 2021, during Israel’s 11-day “mini-war” with Hamas, there were 256 recorded anti-Semitic incidents worldwide. It was a 50% increase compared to what was recorded just one week before. In April and May 2021, global antisemitism skyrocketed...

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