NEW YORK (Press Release) – World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer condemned a divestment resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA on Friday, saying that it sent “a terrible signal about the church and its priorities.” “The fact that the church assembly voted to approve this injurious resolution even as Israel […]
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — At a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati spoke of his country’s friendship for Israel and also its wartime history as a sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bushati, 37, one of Europe’s youngest foreign ministers, called
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International, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Chairman of the The Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky announced on Monday, June 23, that global Aliyah (immigration to Israel from around the world) is up 55%, due largely to dramatic increases in immigration from France and Ukraine. Speaking at the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors’
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Ziad Awad, 42, a terrorist released in the Gilad Schalit deal, is responsible for the murder of Baruch Mizrahi, the senior Israeli police officer killed on Passover eve near Hebron, according to Israeli police. Awad, a resident of the Arab village Idna near Hebron, was arrested by an elite police unit
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — Israel’s Air Force attacked nine Syrian military targets Sunday night, June 22, in response to the attack on Saturday that killed a 13-year-old Israeli citizen and wounded two others. The targets included head quarters, bases and shooting positions. Directs hits were confirmed. “Yesterday’s attack was an unprovoked act of aggression
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TAIPEI, Taiwan (Press Release) — Former lawyer and activist Albie Sachs was awarded Taiwan’s first annual Tang Prize in Rule of Law for his contributions to human rights and justice globally. The Jewish human rights activist from South Africa, 79, will receive a cash prize of US$1 million. The Tang awards are a kind of
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JERUSALEM (TNA)– An explosion along the Israel-Syria border on Sunday, June 22, killed a 15-year-old boy who was visiting his father, a civilian contractor engaged in building a security fence. The father was severely wounded and a third person was lightly wounded. They were airlifted by IAF helicopter to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa. In
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israeli governments have long recognized the need to tread carefully in pursuit of national security. Greater powers have a limited tolerance for Israel daring to approach what they do in defense of their own interests. Part of the balance is the considerable power of the Israeli military that can threaten any state
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – President Shimon Peres met Sunday morning, June 22, with Esther Pollard, wife of incarcerated Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, and the heads of the Knesset Caucus to Free Jonathan Pollard, MK’s Nachman Shai Ayelet Shaked, at the President’s residence in Jerusalem. The meeting took place a day before Peres is scheduled
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Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –The road to hell is paved with good intentions, so the saying goes, and that certainly seems to be the case in the Middle East. Once again (or is it still?) it seems to be well on its way to hell due to the actions of people who think
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Several terror incidents were registered on Friday and Saturday, June 20-21, throughout Israel. Israeli security forces continued to operate over the weekend in the Judea and Samaria region as part of Operation ‘Brother’s Keeper’ to locate the three abducted teens. The forces continued to target Hamas operatives and the organization’s terrorist
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Middle EastBy Laurie Baron After establishing a reputation as an actor and director in avant-garde theatre, the Chilean-born Alejandro Jodorowsky burst onto the cinematic scene in 1970 with his surrealistic western El Topo. Since it prefigures the preoccupations of his subsequent films including The Dance of Reality, let me summarize its plot. A gunfighter abandons his
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International, Lawrence BaronBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It’s hard to rationalize the incongruity of the recent cover of TIME Magazine, which petulantly asks the question, “Was he worth it?” The feature was a symptom of our malignant gossip culture. Smug pundits and cynical politicians muse with alarming insensitivity about issues without offering any moral context.
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Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release) — All low-income 4-year-olds in California will be guaranteed access to high quality preschool under the budget signed by Governor Brown with legislative leaders Friday morning in San Diego. The expansion and improvement of pre-Kindergarten opportunities, championed by State Senate leader Darrell Steinberg, the state’s Senate Democratic Caucus, and the state’s