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ZOA files Jerusalem brief with U.S. Supreme Court

July 28, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed a 30-page amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to uphold the right of American citizens born in Jerusalem to have “Israel” listed as their birthplace on their passports, certifications of nationality and registrations of birth. The brief […]

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Middle East, USA

Farmers remain anchored to kibbutzim near Gaza

July 28, 2014

By Anav Silverman KIBBUTZ EIN HASHLOSHA, Israel (TNA) – For Danny Cohen of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, it is hope that keeps the 50-year-old farmer living on the Gaza border. Originally from Argentina, Cohen is the head of the kibbutz’s emergency response team and is among the 60 kibbutz members who have remained on the kibbutz

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Middle East

What I would tell the United Nations

July 28, 2014

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Here’s what I would tell the United Nations: Esteemed Delegates of the United Nations, I have come to address you today as a stand-in for Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is constrained by political correctness and the code of diplomacy from saying much of what needs to be said. You

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer

JNS news briefs: July 28, 2014

July 28, 2014

Israeli officials blast Obama’s demand of ‘unconditional’cease-fire (JNS.org) Israeli officials expressed outrages on Monday after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. In a statement about a phone call between the two leaders, the White House said Obama “underscored the enduring importance of ensuring

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International, Middle East, USA

Kerry has his critics on all sides of Gaza conflict

July 28, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For some time on Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27, it was not clear if there was a cease fire. A cease fire for humanitarian purposes (i.e., getting the bodies out of destroyed buildings) held, but then when Israel agreed to an extension Hamas did not. Several rockets and

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Childhood memories of a sun-kissed Israel

July 28, 2014

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — When we children were living there some fifty years ago, it was still morning in Israel. There was no West Bank, no Gaza (they were occupied by Jordan and Egypt, respectively) and our elders, teachers, milkmen, booksellers, and postal workers were very often the still-tattooed survivors of Treblinka,

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Middle East

Museum offers an education about spuds

July 28, 2014

-Twelfth in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison BLACKFOOT, Idaho –About the time that movie star Marilyn Monroe converted to Judaism in association with her marriage to playwright Arthur Miller, potato farmers and marketers in Idaho were talking about how beautiful a woman she was. “She’s the kind of woman who would look good in

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Donald H. Harrison, USA

Would- be car bomber captured by Israelis

July 27, 2014

JERUSALEM (TNA) – An Arab terrorist driving a car bomb was caught Sunday morning, July 27, at an IDF checkpoint near Beitar, about 6 miles south of Jerusalem. An initial investigation indicates that a massive terror attack was thwarted this morning. An Arab driver approached the checkpoint at a suspicious pace, thus alerting the soldiers

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Middle East

Did Hamas plan Rosh Hashanah massacre?

July 27, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hamas had been preparing a murderous massive assault on Israeli civilian targets during the upcoming Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah – this according to anonymous sources in the Israeli security services cited by the Israeli daily Maariv. Hamas had been planning a surprise attack where 200 fighters would have

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Middle East

Gaza War: July 25-26, 2014

July 26, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– Despite rockets and mortars fired at several civilian targets Saturday night, which have severely wounded one civilian, the Security Cabinet voted to extend the humanitarian cease fire for another 24 hours on the UN’s behest, ending Sunday night at 9 PM. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Finance

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Middle East

Salt Lake City: Enjoying the familiar and the new

July 26, 2014

-Eleventh in a Series- By Donald H. Harrison SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — As one drives north on the Interstate 15 towards Salt Lake City, a Jew might get the impression of being surrounded by a familiar heritage, and also by one that is altogether new. In Utah, one passes through the northwest corner of

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USA

Gaza War may be winding down

July 25, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– What’s next? More of the same? Or some kind of cease fire that holds? We may be winding down. Hamas and its allies are firing fewer missiles. They may be pacing themselves toward the end of their supply. While there have been a few suicide bombers directed against Israeli soldiers, there

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Academic lies in the war against Israel

July 25, 2014

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Jews have been accused of harming and murdering non-Jews since the twelfth century in England, when Jewish convert to Catholicism, Theobald of Cambridge, mendaciously announced that European Jews ritually slaughtered Christian children each year and drank their blood during Passover season. That medieval blood libel, largely abandoned in

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

JCPA calls terror tunnels ‘game changers’

July 25, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Jewish Council for Public Affairs expressed grave alarm at reports that Hamas had planned a massive attack via tunnels burrowed deep into Israeli territory, and expressed support for Israeli efforts to destroy the network of tunnels. “The news that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to his cabinet yesterday (Thursday, July

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Middle East

ZOA files Jerusalem brief with U.S. Supreme Court

Farmers remain anchored to kibbutzim near Gaza

What I would tell the United Nations

JNS news briefs: July 28, 2014

Kerry has his critics on all sides of Gaza conflict

Childhood memories of a sun-kissed Israel

Museum offers an education about spuds

Would- be car bomber captured by Israelis

Did Hamas plan Rosh Hashanah massacre?

Gaza War: July 25-26, 2014

Salt Lake City: Enjoying the familiar and the new

Gaza War may be winding down

Academic lies in the war against Israel

JCPA calls terror tunnels ‘game changers’

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