Israel

OpEd: After Donald Trump’s Inauguration, I’ll Be ‘Protecting My Peace’

This inauguration, for me, was a tragic way to honor this day, which is the American federal holiday of Martin Luther King Jr. Day. There was a celebration and inauguration of Trump and his oligarchic Cabinet of mostly elite rich white men on a day commemorating one of the greatest Americans, one of the most globally recognized African Americans, and one of the most ardent Zionists and activists for racial and economic justice in history – The Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. [Barrett Holman Leak]

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Barrett Holman Leak, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

OpEd: Progress After Middle East Ceasefire May Be Elusive

Slightly past 9 p.m. Israeli time on Sunday in Ramat Gan. I am smiling at television footage of Emily Damari’s friends jumping up and down to cheer her arrival at Sheba Hospital. Then I stiffen up as I think of the pain and anguish she must have endured for the past 15 months. [Bruce S. Ticker]

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Bruce Ticker, Israel, Opinion, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Americans for Safe Israel Demand PA Extradition of Killers of San Diegan Marla Bennett and 5 Others Who Murdered Americans

Americans For A Safe Israel (AFSI) is urging President Donald Trump to demand that the Palestinian Authority surrender the killers of 16 Americans who are being released in the Gaza agreement. [Press Release]

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Israel, Press Release, San Diego County, USA

Three Women Hostages Freed in Ceasefire Deal Between Israel and Hamas

Emily Damari, Romi Gonen, and Doron Steinbrecher–three hostages held by Hamas in Gaza since October 7, 2023—were returned to Israel on Sunday, Jan. 19, amid worldwide media coverage of the first phase of a Middle East ceasefire in which Israel released 90 Palestinian prisoners from Ofer Prison. [SDJW Staff]

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International, Israel, Staff and Bylined Contributors

OpEd: Predicting the International Impacts of Trump’s Second Term

Israel will have a less conditioned ally, and with this new administration, the political scene of the Middle East may be transformed. This will stop Iran from bragging and showing its strategy of military allies (proxy armies), and finally, it will bring peace. Shalom. [José Galicot]

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International, Israel, Jose Galicot, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA

Secure Community Network Calls for Deportation of Non-Citizens Who Support Terrorist Organizations

In its letter to President-Elect Trump and incoming administration designates, SCN cited the recent arrests of a Pakistani citizen trying to travel to the United States from Canada to undertake an attack on the Jewish community, a Mauritanian national who shot a member of the Jewish community on his way to synagogue in Chicago, and the arrest of an 18-year old Egyptian student at George Mason University who was planning an attack on the Jewish community, as well as the uncovered Iranian plot to assassinate American citizens, to include a journalist critical of the Iranian regime and President Trump. [Press Release]

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International, Israel, Middle East, Press Release, USA

American Jewish Reactions to Ceasefire: Pleased But Cautious

Reactions came quickly to the announcement Wednesday that a ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas to free some hostages from Gaza in return for the release of Palestinian prisoners held in Israeli jails. Here in alphabetical order, by organization, are those written statements sent to our news desk. [SDJW report]

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Israel, Jewish History, Middle East, Staff and Bylined Contributors, USA