Speaking at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Maen Rashid Areikat said that what Israel needs “is a genuine peace with its neighbors, first and foremost the Palestinians.” Photo by Michele Alperin A student asks Areikat a question after his talk. According to a leading Palestinian diplomat, Israel is “pushing Israel and Palestine toward a one-state […]
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Middle EastRabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, legendary head of the Migdal Ohr Institutions in Migdal HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley – known as the “Disco Rabbi” because of his practice of entering noisy nightclubs to find potential returnees to Torah – related the following extraordinary incident in his most recently column in the weekly BaKehillah. In the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastMousa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on Sunday criticized Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his recent call for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Speaking to the Al Jazeera network, Abu Marzouk said, “We tell the Egyptian president that “there will never be a cold or a hot peace
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Middle EastBangladesh has seen a bloody string of murders targeting secular bloggers and religious minorities, with most of the killings claimed by Islamist groups – but according to Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Israel is to blame. In accusing Israel of inexplicable involvement in the local murders, Khan noted that opposition MP Aslam Chowdhury, a joint
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – An alleged French fraudster claims he gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approximately 1 million euros (1.13 million dollars) as a campaign donation, prompting the Israeli attorney-general to launch a probe, Israel Radio reported Monday. The claim by Arnaud Mimran, who is accused of running a massive EU carbon credit tax
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International, Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin recounted how he told US President Barack Obama that a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Arab conflict is “irrelevant.” Rivlin was speaking during a tour of the Binyamin Region of Samaria, as a guest of Yesha Council leader Avi Roeh. The Yesha Council represents the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. Addressing
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) signed a major partnership agreement with the Federation of Local Authorities (MASHAM) in Israel, deepening the relationship between the more than 250 local and municipal governments in Israel and the members of SCAG, which includes municipal governments stretching across 191 cities in six counties and
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Middle East, USABy Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five young AJC staff members met in Jerusalem for an unprecedented – and wide-ranging – discussion on global Jewish affairs with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The video-recorded conversation was arranged in connection with the AJC Global Forum, the advocacy organization’s signature annual event, which began Sunday and was shown
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International, Middle East, USA57% of Israelis outside Jerusalem fear visiting city amid Palestinian terror wave (JNS.org) Most Israelis are afraid to visit Jerusalem due to security concerns, a new poll released on Sunday shows. The Smith Research Center poll, commissioned by the “Commanders for Israel’s Security” movement, reveals that 57 percent of Israelis who don’t reside in Jerusalem
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Middle EastThe UJA-Federation of New York on Sunday applauded New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, who had earlier issued an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. “UJA-Federation of New York applauds Governor Cuomo for being the first governor in the nation to
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Middle East, USAThe annual Celebrate Israel Parade in Manhattan was attended by over 30,000 Jews and supporters of Israel on Sunday. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon took part, as did New York State and City leaders, dozens of schools, Jewish organizations, synagogues and pro-Israel Christian groups. “It is heartwarming to see tens of thousands of
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Middle East, USAAfter a bill against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) was rejected by the Ontario parliament, Premier Kathleen Wynne plans to work with members of the opposition to draft a new motion on the issue, The Canadian Jewish News reports. Wynne made the pledge in response to the controversy surrounding “The Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism
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International, Middle EastPope Francis has declared Mary Elizabeth Hesselblad to be a saint, in recognition of her efforts to save Jewish families from the Holocaust. Hesselblad was a nurse and served as the mother superior in a Roman convent during World War II. For about six months before the war ended, she hid Jewish families in her
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InternationalIf there’s one wholly unnecessary thing that presidential candidates would love to wipe off their plates, it’s the wrangling over a political party platform. The platform is exhaustively debated, but it doesn’t really accomplish anything. Some may argue that it is a critical statement of important issues for the party, but that’s not true at
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