Sunday marks both Nakba Day and Pesach Sheni (Second Passover), and both Hamas and Jewish Temple Mount activist organizations called for people to visit, setting up a potential clash.
Published: MAY 14, 2022 14:20
Each of the 396 pages is insured for $1 million; curator says father of Zionism’s vision of modern Israel is ‘prophecy’ with its depiction of light rail
Susan Burns, curator at the Central Zionist Archives in Jerusalem points to the opening of Herzl’s ‘Altneuland,’ May 9, 2022. (Screen grab/ Channel 13)
The original handwritten German manuscript of Theodor Herzl’s novel, “Altneuland” (Old New Land) went on public display this week for the first time at the Herzl Center in Jerusalem, as part of a new exhibition celebrating 120 years since it was published.
The utopian novel, published in 1902, outlined the founder of modern Zionism’s vision for a Jewish state.
According to the center’s website, the new exhibition features a tour of Herzl’s study, now featuring the manuscript, and an additional exhibition that ties Herzl’s vision of a Jewish State to the modern State of Israel.
“It’s like touching the handwriting of one of the writers of the Old Testament, maybe even Moses,” Herzl Center chair Uri Zaki told Channel 13 news, explaining the value of the manuscript.
“If I’m forced to, I can give you an evaluation — each page is insured at the moment for $1 million, and “Altneuland” has 396 pages,” he said.
UK defense ministry: Ukraine’s Kherson region to request accession into Russia • Moscow has “no hostile intentions” towards Finland, Sweden
Published: MAY 14, 2022 09:19
Updated: MAY 14, 2022 11:21
Russian President Vladimir Putin delivers a speech during a meeting of the executive board of the General Procurator’s Office in Moscow, Russia April 25, 2022.
(photo credit: SPUTNIK/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV/KREMLIN VIA REUTERS)
Moscow will take adequate precautionary measures if NATO deploys nuclear forces and infrastructure closer to Russia’s border, Russian news agencies quoted Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Grushko as saying on Saturday.
“It will be necessary to respond … by taking adequate precautionary measures that would ensure the viability of deterrence,” Interfax agency quoted Grushko as saying.
Moscow has no hostile intentions towards Finland and Sweden and does not see “real” reasons for those two countries to be joining the NATO alliance, Grushko added.
He also reiterated the Kremlin’s earlier statement that Moscow’s response to NATO’s possible expansion will depend on how close the alliance moves military assets toward Russia and what infrastructure it deploys. Read full story
Finland’s plan to apply for NATO membership, announced on Thursday, and the expectation that Sweden will follow, would bring about the expansion of the Western military alliance that Russian President Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.
The Russian-imposed military-civilian administration in Ukraine’s Kherson region said it will ask Russia to include it in the Russian Federation, the British defense ministry said on Saturday.
If Russia carries out an accession referendum in Kherson, it will almost certainly manipulate the results to show a clear majority in favor of leaving Ukraine, Britain said in a regular Twitter bulletin.
