Once upon a time, one could imagine Netanyahu quelling the flames of this dispute with Australia over the cancellation of MK Simcha Rothman's visa, but the Netanyahu of today instead chose to fan them

Rooney's pledge follows mass arrests at protests against the U.K.'s ban on Palestine Action, which she sees as a suppression of dissent to safeguard British ties with Israel. 'The ramifications for cultural and intellectual life in the U.K. are and will be profound'

Wiesel joins several other notable Jews featured in the Distinguished Americans series, including Jonas Salk, who developed the first influenza and polio vaccines, Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Edna Farber, illustrator Shel Silverstein, and U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg