WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) — Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Tuesday, July 29, repeated its call for an immediate ceasefire between Hamas and Israel. APN condemned the criticism coming from senior Israeli officials and Knesset members targeting Secretary of State Kerry and President Obama for their efforts to find a way to end the […]
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Danish, Swedish and Dutch ambassadors to Israel, as well as officials from the embassies of Britain, Belgium, Italy, Hungary, Austria and Germany took part on Monday (Jul. 28) in an urgent meeting of the Knesset Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs Committee on the situation of Jewish communities in Europe.
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International, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hamas’ propaganda machine has been working relentlessly to generate a depiction of the events that suits their objectives in their war on Israel. Using news, multimedia and social media, they have been presenting lies and a distorted account of the events to garner the populations support for their cause.
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By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV (TNA) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu issued a statement at the Defense Ministry in Tel Aviv on Monday evening, July 28, sharing the grief of the families of IDF soldiers who have fallen in the war against Hamas and outlining Israel’s strategy to defeat Hamas. “There is no more
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Yasser Arafat’s estate was worth almost one billion dollars by the time he had died.[1] It wasn’t because he was an enterprising capitalist. However, he did manage to take a substantial cut of money from the billions of dollars that the Western countries of Europe and
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Clearly annoyed with anonymous sources in Israel who leaked details of a cease fire proposal that was rejected, State Department spokesman Jen Psaki told of the efforts of her boss, Secretary of State John Kerry, to achieve what she described as a “humanitarian” break in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Here
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individual to a key Administration post: · Rabbi David Nathan Saperstein – Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom, Department of State President Obama said, “I am grateful that Rabbi Saperstein has chosen to dedicate his talent to serving the
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Jewish Religion, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is appalled by the anti-Semitic, threatening op-ed that renowned Spanish writer Antonio Gala wrote in El Mundo. “Shame on Antonio Gala and shame on El Mundo for publishing his anti-Semitic screed,” said Dina Siegal Vann, Director of AJC’s Latino and Latin American Institute. In his
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Israeli Cabinet unanimously rejected the terms of a Gaza ceasefire proposed by Hamas front men Qatar and Turkey. Secretary of State Kerry expressed surprise and chagrin at the vote. The Israelis expressed surprise and chagrin at Kerry’s support for a document that offered Hamas “arrangements to secure the
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In a recent article I had written about the war on women that is taking place in the Middle Eastern world, I had come across some quotes that were attributed to Sandra Fluke, who was allegedly interviewed by NPR. In essence, these quotes which I later
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)–Mothers who live near green spaces deliver babies with significantly higher birth weights, according to a new study, “Green Spaces and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes” published in the journal, Occupational and Environmental Medicine. A team of researchers from Israel and Spain, including Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), evaluated nearly 40,000 single live
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – IDF forces continued to operate inside the Gaza Strip on Monday, July 28,, their main objective are still the terror tunnels. A senior IDF officer was quoted on Sunday saying that Israel is in possession of all of the attack tunnels that Hamas dug from Gaza to Israel.
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Although House Republicans insist that racism plays no role in their decision to sue President Obama, they have hired Marcia Clark and Christopher Darden as the prosecuting attorneys for their case. * Miramax announced the production of a sequel to the science fiction classic The Day the Earth Stood Still. In
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