If Tel Aviv has one truly religious holiday, it’s Yom HaZikaron, Israeli’s Memorial Day. On Tuesday night, 20,000 people packed Rabin Square (the place where Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated after participating in a peace rally 20 years ago) for the yearly memorial to those who died in Israel’s war and militant attacks. The […]
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(AFP) Black American leader Jesse Jackson voiced “disgust” Wednesday. May 11, at the ideas of French far-right veteran Jean-Marie Le Pen, after the surprise revelation that they had dined together in Paris. The pair traded tense Twitter posts after the far-right anti-Semite posted a picture of them at a restaurant in the French capital at
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International, USAOpposition leader Yitzhak Herzog has finally responded directly to recent reports of an impending deal to bring his left-wing Zionist Union party into a “unity government” – and issued his list of terms for joining the Likud-led coalition. “Over the past few days I have heard a lot of cynical and sardonic insights from commentators
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Middle EastThe Zionist Union has demanded Opposition Leader Yitzhak Herzog stop negotiations with the ruling Likud party Friday, despite Herzog stating that rumors of a breakthrough in talks for a unity government were premature. MK Stav Shaffir called the talks a “betrayal” to Zionist Union voters. “For an entire year, we promised it would be ‘us
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Middle EastSenator Ted Cruz (R-TX), who recently ended his presidential campaign, wrote a strong op-ed in the New York Times on Friday in which he demanded an increase in defense aid to Israel in light of Iran’s ballistic missile tests and open threats. Cruz began by noting that Iran on Monday announced it conducted another ballistic
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An hour-long video has emerged of controversial world heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury expressing offensive views on homosexuality, pedophilia, bisexuals and Jewish people. The boxer’s comments were recorded in an interview, which appeared on YouTube and the SportsViewLondon website, midway through a training camp for his rematch title fight with Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko on July
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International, Sports & CompetitionsRona Ambrose, interim leader of Canada”s Conservative Party, issued a statement congratulating Israel on the 68th anniversary of its independence. “The story of Israel is a great example to the world. Overcoming unimaginable suffering and tragedy, the people of Israel have built a vibrant society, an innovative economy, and a democracy that is an example
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International, Middle EastI Can’t Wait By Rabbi Yaakov Marks SAN DIEGO — “And when you come to the land, you will plant all types of fruit trees. For three years the fruit will be prohibited; in the fourth year it will be sanctified to praise G-d, and in the fifth year and from then on you may
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Jewish ReligionIsraeli Mossad ad blends clear and cryptic techniques to recruit cyber workers (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Mossad wants you—if you can figure out what this says. That is the message of the Israeli spy agency’s latest campaign to recruit cyber workers, launched on the eve of the country’s Independence Day. The ad, which includes
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This week we read parashat K’doshim. K’doshim means: “holiness.” K’doshim contains laws and instructions to follow if we desire to be holy and Godly human beings. K’doshim contains a verse that, at first glance, does not make sense: “You shall each revere his mother and his father,
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Jewish ReligionBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Memorial Day and Independence Day provided their annual demands for reflection. There were lots of ceremonies and long speeches, which I missed with firm resolve. I’ve heard what is said on these days, and have internalized the feelings. Fortunately I could avoid being one of the million Israelis visiting military
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USALet There be Water: Israel’s Solution for a Water-Starved World by Seth M. Siegel; Thomas Dunne Book, 2015. 352 pp. $27.99 By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — This book will make you cry. Or stamp your feet or beat your head against a wall. The narrative is familiar. Israel, a (once) poor country in the middle of an
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, The World We ShareBy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — I was born in a still-young Israel just a few years after its inception in 1948. My father and mother were there, however, as the British withdrew on May 14 of that year, lowering the Union Jack over the port of Haifa, and raising the stakes considerably for the
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK–The forced resignation of Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu suggests only one thing—President Erdogan, who is totally absorbed by his lust for power, will tolerate no one in his government to deviate from any of his political positions. Prime Minister Davutoğlu was no exception. Although the Turkish constitution grants the Prime
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