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November 30 in Jerusalem: Annual Remembrance Day for Jews Expelled From Arab Lands

(JNS) Nov. 30, 2022, is proscribed by Israeli law as the annual remembrance day when 850,000 Sephardi/Mizrahi Jews were driven, expelled, coerced, and “encouraged” to leave their homes across all Arab lands and from Iran.  It will mark the 75th anniversary from when the expulsion pressures began with redoubled earnestness. One day earlier, on Nov. […]

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Israel, Jewish History, Middle East

Yad Vashem Releases Rare Photos of Kristallnacht Pogrom

(JNS) A newly discovered photo album recently donated to Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust Museum, features rare photos of the events of the November Pogrom of 1938, termed “Kristallnacht” by the Nazis. The museum released the photos to the public on Wednesday. The album contains photographs of vandalized Jewish homes, images of Jews in dressing gowns

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Holocaust, International, Israel

Israel Says it Does Not Have Production Capacity to Supply Air Defense to Ukraine

Published by Kyiv Independent Outgoing Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz also said “it is impossible to empty (Israel’s) supply of air defense systems,” the Jerusalem Post reported. Kyiv has repeatedly requested Jersusalem supply Ukraine with air defense systems and other weapons. While Israel has so far provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine, it has thus far

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Ambassador: US to See How Israel’s Far-Right Lawmakers Act before Passing Judgment

Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) – The United States plans to see what Israel’s far-right politicians say “and how they act” before taking a position on its incoming government, the U.S. ambassador said. Veteran Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu secured a return to office after his bloc of far-right and religious parties last week won a

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Gantz: Netanyahu Will Be ‘Level-Headed’ About Iran Strike

(JNS) Outgoing Defense Minister Benny Gantz said on Tuesday that Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu would be “level-headed” concerning the possibility of a military strike against Iran. “We need to prepare for this possibility and we will also need to consider this issue very carefully before implementing it,” he told reporters during a press conference.

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Israel, Middle East

Israeli President Herzog Aims to Hand Out Government Mandate Soon

Published by DPA Israeli President Isaac Herzog announced on Wednesday that he would issue a mandate to form a new government as early as this Sunday, following the success of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in recent parliamentary elections. After receiving the official results of the November 1 election, Herzog said he wanted to complete

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Many Questions in the Wake of Israeli Election

We’ve heard what Ben Gvir wants. We think. Plus Smotrich. And SHAS. But it’s not that clear. In negotiations, one doesn’t always–or ever–lay final demands on the table at the beginning. Activists are not denying what they want, but they are soft pedaling their campaign promises. National unity is a theme among party leaders, but not all Knesset members of each party. We can only hope. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]

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Ira Sharkansky, Israel

Benjamin Netanyahu Faces Balancing Act After Israel Election Comeback

Published by Reuters By James Mackenzie JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Benjamin Netanyahu concluded his recent autobiography “Bibi: My Story” with a declaration that his time on the opposition benches, after an election loss in 2021, was a “hiatus” and that great tasks lay ahead. Published just before the fifth Israeli election in four years and on

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Abraham Accords-Focused NGO Plans to Combat Jew-Hatred with Holocaust Education

By Jacob Kamaras LA JOLLA, California (JNS) — On Oct. 27, the fourth anniversary of the Tree of Life shooting in Pittsburgh, the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history, hatred of Jews was a palpably inescapable reality in America—from the Kanye West scandal, to a series of antisemitic incidents in Los Angeles, to the discourse

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California, Holocaust, Israel, Jacob Kamaras, Middle East, San Diego County

Netanyahu Poised for Comeback in Israeli Election, Exit Polls Show

Published by Reuters By Maayan Lubell and Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared well placed to return to power after exit polls following Tuesday’s election showed his right-wing bloc heading for a narrow majority lifted by a strong showing from his far-right allies. Israel’s longest-serving premier, on trial over

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