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Martin Indyk leaves State Department post

June 27, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary of State John Kerry announced Friday, June 27, that Ambassador Martin Indyk, the U.S. Special Envoy for Israeli-Palestinian Negotiations, will be returning to his position as Vice President and Director of Foreign Policy at The Brookings Institution. Ambassador Indyk will continue to work closely with Secretary Kerry on the Obama Administration’s […]

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Middle East, USA

JNS news briefs: June 27, 2014

June 27, 2014

U.N. Security Council rejects Arab states’ request to censure Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A petition by the ambassadors of Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Iran asking the U.N. Security Council to condemn Israel over its recent operation in Judea and Samaria to find the kidnapped boys was denied Thursday. Israeli Ambassador to the U.N.

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International, Middle East

Peres, receiving medal from Congress, praises Abbas

June 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Israel’s President Shimon Peres, after receiving a Congressional Gold Medal in a ceremony Thursday, June 26, in the Capitol rotunda, thanked both President Obama and the Congress for standing by Israel throughout its history and for making the Jewish nation “strong enough to take risks for peace.” Peres said that at

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Middle East, USA

Howard Baker eulogized by Rep. Steve Cohen

June 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) paid tribute to the life of former Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker, who sadly passed away on Thursday, June 26.. Congressman Cohen made the following statement on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives: “I have unfortunate news that we have lost a great

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USA

Susan Davis backs Voting Rights Amendment

June 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) has cosponsored the bipartisan Voting Rights Amendment Act (H.R. 3899) to reinstate and strengthen voting protections that were recently struck down by the Supreme Court last year. These provisions were designed to protect voters in states with a history of racial discrimination by requiring

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USA

Greek PM pledges fight against extremism

June 26, 2014

BRUSSELS (Press Release) — Greek Prime Minister Antonis Samaras pledged a fight against extremism at an AJC Transatlantic Institute dinner Wednesday night, June 25. While acknowledging the immense challenges facing his country since 2008, including nearly 60 percent youth unemployment, he presented a generally optimistic outlook for Greece. He said that “extremism of all kinds

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International, Travel and Food

Bennett outlines how P.A. pays terrorists

June 26, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)- Economy Minister Naftali Bennett announced Wednesday, June 25, that he will work to stop Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas from continuing the policy of paying monthly salaries to convicted terrorists jailed in Israeli prisons. “Did you murder Jews? Have you abducted children? Get up to 12,000 shekels a month from

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Middle East

Peres tells of his visit with Obama

June 26, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, met on Wednesday, June 25, with President Obama at the White House. President Obama asked President Peres to join him at a meeting with the leadership of the Jewish community in the US; hosted a working lunch with Vice President Biden,

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Middle East, USA

French court agrees to extradite Nemmouche to Belgium

June 26, 2014

NEW YORK (WJC) — World Jewish Congress (WJC) President Ronald S. Lauder on Thursday, June 26, welcomed a decision by a court in Versailles, France to allow the extradition to Belgium of Mehdi Nemmouche, the man suspected of having perpetrated the murder of four people at the Jewish Museum of Belgium in Brussels a month

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International

JNS news briefs: June 26, 2014

June 26, 2014

Massive Times Square billboard calls for return of missing Israeli teens (JNS.org) A massive new billboard in Times Square calling for the return of the three missing Israeli teens has been launched by a local New York synagogue. The 40-foot-by-40-foot digital ad was purchased by the Young Israel of the West Side congregation for an

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International, Middle East, USA

Capitol rally urges action against racial profiling

June 25, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The deleterious effects of racial profiling were discussed at a Capitol news conference by victims and representatives of the Progressive, Black, Hispanic, Asian-Pacific Caucuses in Congress. Among those addressing the conference was Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) who is a co-chair of the Progressive Caucus with Congressman John Conyers of Michigan.

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USA

U.S. should stop asking Israel to make concessions

June 25, 2014

By Dr. Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — The recent kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers near Hebron, who are now the subject of a massive Israeli military-security search, should give pause. Israel says it has evidence of involvement by Hamas, the U.S. and European Union-listed terrorist group that calls in its Charter for the worldwide murder

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Middle East, USA

Taglit- Birthright has brought 400,000 to Israel

June 25, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Taglit-Birthright Israel has passed a significant milestone with the designation of the program’s 400,000th participant: Ryan Hunter, 20, a student from Syosset, New York (Long Island). By reaching this milestone, Taglit-Birthright Israel turns a corner and has now provided a free heritage trip to half of the young Jewish adults who are

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International, Middle East, USA

Nov 30 now a day for Jews to remember

June 25, 2014

NEW YORK (WJC) – The World Jewish Congress on Wednesday, June 25, welcomed the passage in Israel this week of a law naming November 30 as the national day for commemorating the flight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. “I am pleased that the Knesset has designated a day for public institutions to mark the

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Middle East

Martin Indyk leaves State Department post

JNS news briefs: June 27, 2014

Peres, receiving medal from Congress, praises Abbas

Howard Baker eulogized by Rep. Steve Cohen

Susan Davis backs Voting Rights Amendment

Greek PM pledges fight against extremism

Bennett outlines how P.A. pays terrorists

Peres tells of his visit with Obama

French court agrees to extradite Nemmouche to Belgium

JNS news briefs: June 26, 2014

Capitol rally urges action against racial profiling

U.S. should stop asking Israel to make concessions

Taglit- Birthright has brought 400,000 to Israel

Nov 30 now a day for Jews to remember

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