Israel announced on Wednesday the creation of a new national holiday to celebrate the arrival of Jewish immigrants to the country, National Aliyah Day. Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, passed the new holiday into law after 21 lawmakers outvoted five who were opposed. The holiday will begin in late October or early November each year, depending […]
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Middle EastIn an announcement many saw coming, Florida Senator Marco Rubio on Wednesday said he will seek re-election to a second term, just three months after he dropped out of the Republican presidential race and implied he would leave politics when his role ends in January. His team released a statement Wednesday morning, two days before
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USAAccording to a recent article in Yediyot Ahronot, the IDF’s Homefront Command and Gaza Division have decided that the “Code Red” warnings will also be used for terrorists infiltrating Israel through tunnels. Up to now, “Code Red” alerts have only been used for rocket attacks. In addition to the auditory warning, security coordinators will receive
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Middle EastThe Israeli Air Force welcomed Israel”s first stealth aircraft in history Wednesday evening, with the acquisition of an F-35 Lighting II fighter jet. The aircraft, produced by Lockheed Martin in Fort Worth, Texas, is the first fifth-generation fighter acquired by Israel. A ceremony on Wednesday held at the Lockheed Martin factory celebrated the completion of
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Middle East, USAJordan has closed its border regions with Syria and Iraq and threatened to deal with attempted intruders “without leniency” following a deadly cross-border suicide bombing. Six people were killed Tuesday when a lorry packed with explosives was driven across the border from Syria and exploded near a military post and outside a Syrian refugee camp
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Middle EastBelgian prosecutors said Tuesday that the male suspect at the center of an anti-extremism operation at a shopping center in Brussels was carrying a fake suicide belt filled with cookies and salt. The suspect, identified only as J.B., called Belgian police at 5.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning, alleging that he had been abducted and forced
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InternationalNEW YORK (Press Release) –The number of violent anti-Semitic assaults taking place in the United States rose dramatically last year, contributing to a three (3) percent rise in the total number of anti-Jewish incidents reported in 2015, according to new data from the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s annual Audit of Anti-Semitic Incidents, issued today, recorded
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USADisappearance of Yemenite children an ‘open wound,’ Netanyahu says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Documents about the so-called “Yemenite Children Affair” may finally be unsealed after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday voiced support for the release of the minutes from the special state commission set up to investigate the matter two decades ago. The
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Middle EastMassachusetts Democratic Sen. Ed Markey has introduced a bill to enhance to create a federal “climate change education program” to make sure American high schoolers are “climate literate” about man-made global warming. Markey wants the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to establish a nationwide education program for school kids “about climate change and its
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The World We Share, USAMore than a dozen former Bernie Sanders presidential campaign staff members have decided to hook up with a green group funded and founded by mega-wealthy liberal Tom Steyer. Zack Malitz, who headed-up Sanders’ digital organizing team and is now shifting focus to environmental group NextGen Climate, said he and other former Sanders staffers are bringing
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The World We Share, USAA controversial German auction of Nazi memorabilia appears to have vindicated its critics after the top buyer turned out to be a wealthy Argentinian with suspected neo-Nazi leanings. Monday’s sale, conducted by Munich’s Hermann Historica, featured the collection of John Lattimer, a renowned U.S. physician who treated high-ranking Nazis during the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
As terror attacks continue around the world, former President Shimon Peres met with Pope Francis in Rome. The Pope greeted Peres with a warm embrace, kissed his hands and said, “I am excited and grateful that you came to see me here in the Vatican. Together we can champion peace, and can put a stop
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International, Middle EastAn Israeli-developed drug cocktail that has been shown to cure 58% of terminally ill cancer patients has been approved in record time by the National Health Service of the United Kingdom. BBC, reporting the story, failed to mention that the drug was developed in Israel. So discovered Michael Ordman of Israel’s Good News Newsletter. The
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationAs the United Kingdom’s fateful referendum on whether to leave the European Union draws nearer, Prime Minister David Cameron is making his final push to convince voters to reject a “Brexit” – or British exit from the EU. While the most prominent arguments for and against have centered on the economy, as well as questions
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