Published by DPA International German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrived in Israel on Wednesday on her fifth trip since the Gaza war began and called on Israel to hold off on its ground offensive in the city of Rafah. She also urged the government to agree to a ceasefire in view of the worsening humanitarian […]
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International, Israel, Nordot
Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 14 (ANI/TPS): Aiming to combat rising antisemitism and provide insight into the realities of Israeli military service, a delegation of injured Israeli soldiers took their stories to American college campuses. The October 7 Hamas attacks shocked the world, as Hamas killed 1,200 Israelis, abducted 240 hostages, and
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In honor of its jubilee year, the 50th year since the orchestra was founded, TICO is performing at each of its concerts the fifth symphony of a great master. This concert opened with the most famous of all, Beethoven’s Fifth. [Eileen Wingard]
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Eileen Wingard, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, San Diego County, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
I was reminded of Israel’s military tour de force in Entebbe when I read of the recent rescue of hostages Fernando Marman, 60, and Luis Har, 70, from a Rafah apartment. The reuniting of the hostages with their families and community members brought elation and joy to them. [Amy Neustein, Ph.D]
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Amy Neustein, International, Israel, Jewish History, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
President Joe Biden, a “sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory,” insists that Hamas must be rewarded for its genocidal war against Israelis with a state of its own, a State of Palestine. [Steve Kramer]
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Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Steve Kramer, USA
Published by NJ.com Democrat Tom Suozzi has won a special election in New York for the U.S. House seat that was left vacant when Republican George Santos was expelled from Congress. Suozzi defeated Republican Mazi Pilip to retake a seat he held for three terms before giving it up to run, unsuccessfully, for governor. The
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Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – Republicans impeached US President Joe Biden’s immigration chief on Tuesday, the culmination of months of attacks on the Democratic administration as they seek to make border security a key issue in November’s election. Conservatives in the House of Representatives, which is narrowly controlled by Republicans, blame Homeland Security Secretary
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Observing portions of the proceedings affirmed for me why the filibuster is a waste of time. I watched the senators take three cloture votes. A version of the bill combining border security with foreign aid failed the first cloture vote. Cloture votes for two subsequent versions passed after border security was dropped from the bill. [Bruce Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, International, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA
Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – President Joe Biden urged the US House on Tuesday to pass vital war aid for Ukraine, saying history would judge them if they chose Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump over the cause of democracy. “History is watching,” said Biden, repeating the phrase five times in televised remarks from the
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 13 (ANI/TPS): The National Library of Israel has embarked on a massive project to collect and archive any materials from around the world that have been published about the October 7 massacre, both the good and the bad. While scholars and the curious public explore the new
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International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Nordot, USAPublished by Mirror By Ashley Cowburn & Dave Burke Labour has suspended a second election candidate in just 24 hours after he allegedly referred to “f***ing Israel ” in a meeting with party activists. The former MP and parliamentary candidate for Hyndburn Graham Jones also said Brits who fight for Israel should be “locked up”,
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Published by DPA Lebanon has received a written proposal from France that aims to halt border clashes between pro-Iranian Hezbollah fighters and Israeli soldiers, a Lebanese government source told dpa on Tuesday. “I can confirm that Lebanon received this proposal, which calls mainly for Hezbollah to withdraw its fighters around 10 kilometres from the border
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She suggested a dish from the Brazilian state of Bahia, Moqueca. It’s a curry-style fish dish (I asked them to hold the shrimp) that is served with rice. While there’s no actual curry in it — because the sauce is made with coconut milk and has bell peppers — the flavor reminded me of Thai food. It was a little sweet, but also savory from the bell peppers. Pretty good actually. [Sandi Masori]
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International, San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Staff and Bylined Contributors, Travel and Food
Many readers will be surprised by the 82 pages of facts that Dr. Sperber reveals from both Jewish and non-Jewish sources about vegetarianism, how animals are treated, often in unhealthy ways for the animals and those who eat them, and how animals suffer. [Rabbi Dr. Israel Drazin]
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Business & Finance, Israel Drazin-Rabbi Dr., Jewish Religion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, The World We Share, Travel and Food, USA