By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – At the start of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Feb. 2, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu stated: “Attempts to impose a boycott on the State of Israel are immoral and unjust. Moreover, they will not achieve their goal. First, they cause the Palestinians to adhere to their intransigent positions […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The history of Israeli politics over the most recent 40 years is the rise and fall of parties claiming to represent the center, in order to do what they feel major parties cannot. We are seeing it again. Recent polls are showing a decline of Yair Lapid’s There is a Future from
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JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 31, called on Knesset Member Moti Yogev to apologize to US Secretary of State John Kerry for his disparaging comments about the Secretary’s attitudes towards Jews and Israel. ADL denounced Yogev’s accusations as “offensive, inflammatory and totally without any basis,” and stated that Secretary
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 31, condemned the anti-Semitic remarks of Laurent Louis, a member of Belgium’s lower house of parliament who asserted during a parliamentary debate that Zionists had organized and financed the Holocaust and subsequently gave the Nazi-like “quenelle” salute. ADL welcomed the strong and immediate
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — A set of guidelines issued by House Republicans called “The Standards for Immigration Reform” has been greeted with mixed reviews by Jewish organizations concerned with immigration. HIAS, formerly known as the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, said on Friday, Jan. 31, that it “welcomed the GOP Principles on Immigration Reform as an important
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USAArab man tries to breach Iron Dome battery (JNS.org) Israeli soldiers shot and wounded an Arab man who tried to breach the perimeter of an Iron Dome anti-rocket battery in Eilat on Thursday, Israel Hayom reported. The man, a resident of Haifa, approached the Iron Dome battery unarmed and was ordered by soldiers to stop.
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week Though the probability of success of the renewed efforts by Secretary of State John Kerry to forge a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is still uncertain, experts have expressed concern about a longstanding policy that could force the United States to lose much of its multilateral clout within the
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israeli politicians are preparing the public for the report that US Secretary of State John Kerry is about to present. Whether they already know what’s in it or are guessing or are working on authorized leaks isn’t clear. Here are some of the signs: *It started when Prime Minister
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Middle EastScarlett Johansson ends role as Oxfam ambassador over differences on BDS (JNS.org) Jewish-American actress Scarlett Johansson is stepping down as a global ambassador for the human rights group Oxfam International, which had criticized her for serving as pitch woman for Israeli carbonated beverage company SodaStream. Johansson’s decision comes ahead of the airing of her SodaStream
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM–Now that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is no longer president of Iran, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is the most anti-Semitic leader in the world, according to Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz. Speaking at the INSS (The Institute for National Security Studies) annual series on Wednesday, Jan. 30, Steinitz stated that “there is
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — On our right are religious nationalists who insist that God gave it all to us. On our left are those who claimed that we have sinned since 1967, and must withdraw from some, much, or all of the West Bank beyond the lines of 1967 in order for the Palestinians
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Earlier this month I wrote about African illegal immigrants in Israel. In response, Rabbi John Rosove of Los Angeles put me in touch with Sigal Rozen, field worker on behalf of an organization that deals with Eritreans and Sudanese asylum seekers in South Tel Aviv. Last Tuesday, my wife and I
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In his State of the Union address on Tuesday evening, Jan. 28, President Obama addressed in detail the issues that are at the heart of APN’s mission and activities. APN’s President and CEO Debra DeLee offered the following comments on the address: “In his State of the Union — his
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BRUSSELS (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) hosted 30 young Jewish professionals from 18 different countries for a two-day training session in diplomacy and outreach. Core members of the Jewish Diplomatic Corps, a program of the WJC, met in the European capital to learn about the art of building and nurturing relationships with diplomats.
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