Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22 (ANI/TPS): Israel’s Arrow defense system intercepted a missile over the Red Sea heading in the direction of Eilat on Thursday morning, the Israel Defense Forces said. The IDF said the missile did not cross into Israeli territory and did not pose a threat. Nevertheless, sirens were […]
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Published by DPA The head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Thursday said that the agency has “reached breaking point.” “The Agency has reached breaking point, with Israel’s repeated calls to dismantle UNRWA and the freezing of funding by donors at a time of
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International, Israel, Nordot, USASAN DIEGO — Israel’s former ambassador to the United States met with Sandi Masori of San Diego Jewish World following his appearance at a luncheon on Wednesday, Feb 21, sponsored by Jewish National Fund-USA at the Bayfront Hilton. A companion story by SDJW publisher and editor Donald H. Harrison may be accessed via this link.
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Several art works adorn the library’s walls and spaces, both inside and outside the building, serving to underline the Jewish people’s connections with the Bible and other writings, as well as echoing aspects of the Land of Israel. The library also contains collections of books, manuscripts and other documents bequeathed or donated by Jewish and Israeli intellectuals, as well as unique collections such as Albert Einstein’s letters, Isaac Newton’s contemplation of the Bible, and the unique Gershom Shocken Collecetion of Kabbalah and Hasidism. [Dorothea Shefer-Vanson]
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One hundred thirty 11th and 12th graders from Sha’ar Hanegev in Israel, a region in Southern Israel that was ravaged during the October 7th Hamas attacks, will visit the San Diego Jewish Academy at the end of February. This is the largest student delegation to visit the U.S. since the war started. [SDJA Press Release]
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“If they impose a ceasefire on us, guess what, Hamas wins!” he said. “Hamas gets away with mass murder. Those 200,000 Israelis (who have been relocated from towns and communities near the Lebanese and Gaza borders) will not be able to come back to their homes. Our enemies in the region will internalize that they can hit us with impunity and…we will not be able to strike back because we will be slapped with a ceasefire.” [Donald H. Harrison]
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Published by AFP Rio de Janeiro (AFP) – Brazil criticized the “paralysis” of the UN Security Council on the wars in Gaza and Ukraine as it opened a G20 meeting Wednesday where the international community’s deep divisions were on display. The outlook is bleak for progress on the thorny agenda of conflicts and crises gripping
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Published by ANI News Tel Aviv [Israel], February 22 (ANI/TPS): Hamas committed “brutal sexual assaults, carried out systematically and deliberately” on October 7, a report released on Wednesday, the first such report to detail the day’s sexual violence. “Hamas’s attack included violent acts of rape, accompanied by threats with weapons, and in some cases, targeted
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Published by AFP Brasília (AFP) – Secretary of State Antony Blinken told President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva that the United States disagrees with controversial remarks by the Brazilian leader comparing Israel’s actions in Gaza to the Holocaust, a US official said Wednesday. Blinken “made clear we disagree with those comments” in a more than
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Democratic Congressman Adam Schiff and Republican candidate Steve Garvey proved themselves the most pro-Israel candidates of the four who debated on NBC and Telemundo television stations Tuesday evening, Feb. 20. Democratic Rep. Barbara Lee was the most pro-Palestinian, and Democratic Rep. Katie Porter occupied middle ground. [Donald H. Harrison]
Published by GB News (US) Prince William has received a message from Israel after his rare intervention into the Middle East conflict. Today, the Prince of Wales stated that he “wants to see an end to the fighting” between Israel and Hamas. The Israeli government has since responded to William’s intervention into the Gaza conflict.
“…Months of dropping tens of thousands of bombs, munitions, and shells on Gaza have failed to eliminate Hamas – and a ground invasion in a densely packed city would lead to even more civilian casualties, worsen Israel’s reputation on the world stage, and fail to make Israel any safer.” [SDJW Staff Report]
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Published by DPA After the United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in the Gaza war, Israel strongly rejected calls for a truce. This “absurd notion of a ceasefire” was constantly being thrown around within the Security Council and the UN General Assembly as if it was “a silver bullet, a
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Published by DPA International A draft resolution calling for an immediate ceasefire in the Gaza Strip failed in the UN Security Council on Tuesday after the US again vetoed the text tabled by Council member Algeria. Given concerns about a possible major Israeli offensive on the crowded city of Rafah in southern Gaza, the proposal
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