NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized the Obama Administration for its refusal to publicly criticize and condemn Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) for its inciting of Palestinians to hatred and murder against Jews/Israel — but publicly criticizes Israel for building homes for Jews in Jewish neighborhoods of eastern Jerusalem. […]
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USAAriel Sharon death elicits Palestinian celebrations, rockets fired despite warning (JNS.org) Two rockets from Gaza were fired at Israel on Monday despite Israel’s warning to Hamas not to fire rockets on the day of former prime minister Ariel Sharon’s funeral. “It was made clear to [Gaza] that [Monday] would be a very bad day for
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)—Chief of Staff Benny Gantz and the IDF’s General staff have decided to name the new IDF training center in the Negev after former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who during his career was both a minister of defense and a major general, an IDF spokesperson announced. The IDF is moving all
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen JERUSALEM – Shortly after the 1982 Lebanon War, I was in Israel with three retired, high-ranking American General Officers, including the former Chief of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the former Commander, US Air Forces Europe; and the former Commander in Chief, US Army, Europe. We traveled across the north, into Lebanon and
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — On Sunday, thousands gathered to pay their last respects to Israel’s eleventh prime minister and brilliant military strategist, Ariel Sharon, who passed away on Saturday after spending the last eight years of his life in a coma following a stroke in 2006. Sharon’s casket was placed in the Knesset in
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir Until his implementation of the disengagement from Gush Katif, Ariel Sharon was a revered leader of the residents of Judea and Samaria, the two areas popularly referred to in the American media as the “West Bank.” In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, Sharon championed construction of Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria
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Middle EastBy Ezra Friedlander NEW YORK — Shiva has just ended for the Stark family and the media frenzy has moved on to new targets. We have not. The horrific abduction and murder of Menachem Stark continues to shock our entire community to its core, and rightfully so. As most know by now, the New York
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There ain’t much that is new under the sun. Israelis, Diaspora Jews and others who are concerned with us should have ceased hoping years ago for the kind of peace that prevails between the US and Canada, or among the countries of Western Europe. Something like the US border with Mexico might
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By Rafael Medoff/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — Although Ariel Sharon will be remembered primarily for his achievements on the battlefield and his decisions as an Israeli political leader, an often-overlooked aspect of his legacy was his impact on the American Jewish community. In March 1980, Sharon arrived in the United States in the midst of an
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NEW YORK — Israel’s Consulate General has compiled the comments of top Israeli and American political leaders on the death Saturday, Jan. 11, of former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: U.S. President Barack Obama: “On behalf of the American people, Michelle and I send our deepest condolences to the family of former Israeli Prime Minister
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Arik Sharon gave the media plenty of time to prepare his obituary – eight years and one week to be exact. For it was in early January 2006, while serving as Israel’s prime minister, that he had a stroke which rendered him unconscious until he died. And dying today,
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By Aryeh Savir After eight years of a comatose state and after deterioration in his health this past month, Former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon finally passed away on Shabbat, January 11th, 2014, at the age of 85. Hi adopted son, Roni Schayak made the announcement. Ariel Sharon, also known as Arik, was born as Ariel Scheinermann, (February 26th 1928).
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Israel’s Peace Now movement, in strongly criticizing the government of Israel’s issuing new tenders for 1,877 new housing units in settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem. APN’s President and CEO Debra DeLee said: “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –The Republican Jewish Coalition on Friday, Jan. 10, applauded the strong support among GOP Senators for the Kirk-Menendez bill, bipartisan legislation that would bolster ongoing diplomatic efforts to stop Iran’s progress toward obtaining nuclear weapons capability by clarifying that sanctions will be strengthened if Iran fails to comply with international demands.
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