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MDA reunites family separated in Holocaust

January 26, 2017

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release)– Magen David Adom (MDA), Israel’s national emergency medicine service and operator of the national blood services center, is also Israel’s national society within the international movement of the Red Cross and Red Crescent. Under this capacity, MDA operates a division for tracing. The organization’s association with the Red Cross exposes it

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

The political world is in its fluid state

January 26, 2017

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The world will be fluid for some time. Barack Obama downsized the weight of the US. We’re amidst an upsurge in Muslim violence, chaos in a number of Middle Eastern countries, plus the resurgence of Russian power in Ukraine, Syria, and Libya, all this against the milk toast approach of Obama

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Trump is an aberration in America’s story

January 26, 2017

By Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — This past Saturday, millions of Americans marched in concert together in civil disobedience and out of the most fervent patriotism there is—love. I had the opportunity to participate in the Women’s March that filled the downtown streets, sidewalks, and storefronts of Los Angeles. It was gratifying, cleansing, and

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USA

Why Trump Won’t Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel

January 25, 2017

On the south side of Jerusalem, an open field that once served as a British military encampment has stood unoccupied for more than two decades. In the spring, Arab shepherds often graze their sheep on the low scrub grass. In 1995, the Israeli government set aside the nearly eight acres of land for the new

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Middle East, USA

Stephen P. Cohen, Middle East intermediary, dies at 71

January 25, 2017

Stephen Philip Cohen, a Canadian-born academic and Jewish organizational leader who served as a confidential intermediary between Israeli and Arab leaders for three decades, died Wednesday. He was 71 and had been in poor health. A social psychologist by training, Cohen arranged and participated in historic breakthroughs between Israel and its neighbors, including meetings with

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International, Middle East, USA

Lebanon claims to have arrested 5 ‘Israeli spies’

January 25, 2017

Lebanon”s General Directorate of General Security announced on Wednesday that it had arrested a spy ring comprised of five people who allegedly “spied for Israeli embassies abroad”, reports the Lebanese Naharnet news website. According to the report, the spy ring included two Lebanese men, two Nepalese women and a Palestinian Arab man. “During interrogation, the

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Middle East

Erekat ‘shocked’ at Trump’s silence on Israeli construction

January 25, 2017

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Secretary-General Saeb Erekat on Wednesday said he was “shocked” by the White House’s silence on Israel”s construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem, and called on President Donald Trump’s administration to clarify its policy. On Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman announced the approval of 2,500 housing

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International, Middle East, USA

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could nuke L.A.

January 25, 2017

Man, Kim Jong Un just really didn’t like “The Interview.” More than two years after North Korea hacked Sony Pictures over the release of its comedy film portraying the assassination of Kim, the isolated dictator has built up a nuclear arsenal allowing him to destroy Los Angeles with the single push of a button, North

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International, USA

High-Level North Korean Defector Says Kim’s ‘Days Are Numbered’

January 25, 2017

A former North Korean official who defected to South Korea last summer says the people are turning on Kim Jong-un. “Kim’s days are numbered,” Thae Yong-ho, North Korea’s former deputy ambassador to Britain, said Wednesday. “Low-level dissent or criticism of the regime, until recently unthinkable, is becoming more frequent,” Thae explained, predicting a “people’s uprising.”

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Israel Issues Attack Warning in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

January 25, 2017

Israel’s anti-terrorism agency urged its citizens to leave the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt on Tuesday, warning of immediate attacks against tourist sites in the region. The Counter-Terrorism Bureau at the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office upgraded the risk of attacks to Level 1, its highest level, indicating that there was an extreme and concrete risk of

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Middle East

Sexual assault of Jewish woman recognized as terror attack

January 25, 2017

The Defense Ministry has ruled in favor of an appeal by a victim of sexual assault, recognizing her as a terror victim seven years after the assault. The incident in question took place in 2008, when the victim, a Jewish woman in her mid-20s, was attacked violently by a gang of Arab youths outside the

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Middle East

London Synagogue Raising Funds To House Refugees, Report Says

January 25, 2017

A synagogue in London is raising funds to house a Syrian refugee family — likely to be Muslims, according to a report on Independent. The Jewish house of prayer is planning to convert a religious studies teaching room into a two-bedroom apartment and is seeking to raise $62,869 in funds. “It’s very easy for religion

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International, Middle East

The EPA’s Tangled Web

January 25, 2017

After hours of speculation and angst over the future of the Environmental Protection Agency’s climate website, its future is now certain. Sort of. For now. The uncertainty began Wednesday morning, when Reuters reported that the White House had told the EPA to remove its website pages focused on climate change. The report was picked up

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USA

Sen. Al Franken To ‘Fight Every Step Of The Way’ Against Rolling Back Net Neutrality

January 25, 2017

U.S. Sen. Al Franken, D-Minn., Tuesday put the administration on notice, saying he will “fight every step of the way” to preserve net neutrality, which requires internet service providers to enable access to all content and applications, regardless of source. The statement came after President Donald Trump picked Ajit Pai to head the Federal Communications

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USA

MDA reunites family separated in Holocaust

The political world is in its fluid state

Trump is an aberration in America’s story

Why Trump Won’t Move the U.S. Embassy in Israel

Stephen P. Cohen, Middle East intermediary, dies at 71

Lebanon claims to have arrested 5 ‘Israeli spies’

Erekat ‘shocked’ at Trump’s silence on Israeli construction

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un could nuke L.A.

High-Level North Korean Defector Says Kim’s ‘Days Are Numbered’

Israel Issues Attack Warning in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula

Sexual assault of Jewish woman recognized as terror attack

London Synagogue Raising Funds To House Refugees, Report Says

The EPA’s Tangled Web

Sen. Al Franken To ‘Fight Every Step Of The Way’ Against Rolling Back Net Neutrality

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