Negotiators from the Likud and Yisrael Beytenu parties have agreed to accept the latter’s demands for the death penalty for terrorist murderers, as a condition for entering the coalition government. According to the agreement, the IDF military court – which is technically able to level the death penalty, but maintains an unofficial moratorium on it […]
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Middle EastAs a coalition agreement with Yisrael Beytenu appears imminent, Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon spoke out on Thursday about his likely successor and the emerging deal that would transfer the Defense Ministry from Yaalon to Avigdor Liberman. Speaking at a conference for the IDF”s Nahal infantry units, Yaalon blasted his critics and made thinly veiled references
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Middle EastJerusalem (dpa) – Can an art exhibit improve ties between Israelis and Iranians? Curator Yossi Lemel hopes so, which is why he has put together a display of art from Iran – the first of its kind in Israel – which he says will help smash prejudices and build a bridge between the two enemy
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsFrench Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault said Thursday he had called for a planned Middle East peace conference to be held in Paris on June 3. “I have suggested that the conference initially planned for May 30 be held on June 3,” Ayrault said after talks with US Secretary of State John Kerry on the sidelines
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My sense of panic has been building up from the moment I first heard (which I alluded to in a previous comment) that what I had feared was about to become reality: Avigdor Lieberman, as Israel’s next minister of defense, was one step closer to becoming prime minister. A
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Middle EastBoycotts against Israel are making headlines again. The American Anthropological Association (AAA) is voting this month on whether to boycott Israel. If the resolution passes, AAA will be the largest and oldest academic association to do so. In response, many heads of U.S. universities, including MIT, the University of Chicago and all 10 University of
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAPresumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Wednesday released a list of 11 names of judges he plans to vet to fill the empty seat on the United States Supreme Court vacated by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, the Associated Press reported. Trump’s list includes: Steven Colloton of Iowa, Allison Eid of Colorado, Raymond
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USAA number of Arab Israeli businesses are demanding an exemption from laws prohibiting the import of non-kosher meat, and have turned to the Supreme Court, calling for the restrictions to be nullified vis-à-vis Arab citizens. Currently meat imports require certification from the Israeli rabbinate, preventing importers from bringing in cheaper, non-kosher meat. The claimants in
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir, PhD NEW YORK — The influx of millions of Syrian refugees to Europe is more than likely to become another source of radicalization that could increase the number of violent extremists among the refugees and lead to further acts of terror in their host countries. Depending on how long the refugees
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Bibi (Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu) is a caricature of Israel, both as viewed from within and without. He is loved and hated, admired and loathed, perhaps in about the same proportions among Israelis and those who watch Israel. Being the archetype of Israel helps to explain his longevity at the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsraeli natural gas deal revived thanks to softening of contested clause (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) After a series of hurdles, a breakthrough has been achieved in the negotiations over a deal that would regulate the exploration, harvesting, and development of Israel’s Tamar and Leviathan offshore natural gas fields. The framework agreement has been contested
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-57th in a Series- Exit 27, Dunbar Lane, Harbison Canyon, California By Donald H. Harrison HARBISON CANYON, California – In this small community in the back country of San Diego County, the 4Ms of the Stroh family—Marty, Melissa, Mason and Max—are known for keeping the flame of Judaism burning bright inside their home, and for
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO—Four candidates in San Diego’s affluent First City Council District indicated they want the large cross atop Mount Soledad to stay in place. At a Men’s Club-sponsored forum at Congregation Beth Israel, which lies within their councilmanic district, all four were non-committal about whether
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, Shor M. MasoriBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ The Justice Department filed a suit against North Carolina’s law that mandates people use the bathroom commensurate with the gender on their birth certificates. Although this ultimately will be decided by a Federal judge, transgender groups hope that the case can be heard by a jury of their pee-ers. *
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