The Knesset Finance Committee on Wednesday evening approved for its second and third readings the JNF Law, which would oblige the Jewish National Fund (JNF) to transfer annual sums of money to state coffers to fund national infrastructure projects. The law states that the JNF has two options: The first would be to transfer to […]
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Middle EastAn Arab resident of Hevron was arrested Wednesday morning, after he was caught attempting to smuggle a knife into the Tomb of the Patriarchs. The city of Hevron, a frequent target of Arab terrorists, is divided between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, with some 20% of the city in sector H2 under direct Israeli control,
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Middle EastHundreds of students, supporters, and relatives of the late Rabbi Meir Kahane gathered in the Heichal David event hall in Jerusalem Tuesday night to mark the 27th anniversary of the assassination of the former Knesset Member and Jewish activist. Born in Brooklyn in 1932, Rabbi Kahane founded the Jewish Defense League in 1968 to confront
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Middle EastBy Eric Cortellessa WASHINGTON — The US House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday heard testimony about increased anti-Semitism on US college campuses, as lawmakers mulled advancing a 2016 bill that would require the Department of Education to adopt the State Department’s working definition of anti-Semitism. The Anti-Semitism Awareness Act (ASAA) would require federally funded education programs
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Middle EastDaniel Markind Three weeks ago, Professor Alan Dershowitz gave a speech at the University of California-Berkeley in which he laid out the liberal case for Israel. Shortly thereafter, a cartoon appeared in the student newspaper, the Daily Californian, that depicted Professor Dershowitz with spider-like features smiling as he sticks his head through a cardboard cutout.
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Middle East, USABy Jacob Magid Jerusalem authorities granted building permits for 240 homes in East Jerusalem Wednesday, Deputy Mayor Meir Turgeman told The Times of Israel. The Jerusalem Planning and Building Committee, chaired by Turgeman, approved 90 units in the Gilo neighborhood and 150 in the Ramat Shlomo neighborhood. Meanwhile, building permits were granted for 44 units
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The egregious violation of freedom of the press in Turkey has reached a mammoth proportion that places Turkey among the most oppressive nations for journalists. It is sadder than sad that the US and the EU, who champion free press as one of the main pillars of democracy, have
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One of Israeli’s prime time evening news programs ran a series on what it called the Palestinian middle class. It featured glitzy hotels, shopping malls, and restaurants in Ramallah and other West Bank cities, interviews with managers and patrons, details of West Bankers, Israeli Arabs, and overseas tourists sharing in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Stuart Winer An unsuspecting tourist from Romania made history on Tuesday by becoming tourist number 3 million to arrive in Israel this year, receiving a surprise package including a private tour by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Ioana Isac, 31, together with her partner, Mihai Georgescu, arrived on a Wizz Air flight from Bucharest in
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International, Middle EastBy TOI staff After accusing a senior television executive of sexual harassment earlier this week, veteran Haaretz journalist Neri Livneh has now claimed sexual misconduct by a fabled news anchor. Livneh told Kan Bet Radio (formerly Israel Radio) that Haim Yavin propositioned her during a work meeting in the 1980s, promising her an enticing job
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Middle EastIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Bahram Qasimi denies Iran’s alleged connection to al-Qaida, and calls the claim an “empty media whirlwind” by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency. Officials said such claims are a “shameless” attempt to falsify 9/11 records by the CIA. Qasimi’s statement followed the recent release by the CIA of documents that were seized
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Middle East, USABy TOI staff In a letter to Britain’s The Times, three prominent Jewish writers accused Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party of “widespread” anti-Semitism disguised as criticism of Israel and its policies. Award-winning novelist Howard Jacobson and historians and authors Simon Sebag Montefiore and Simon Schama wrote in Monday’s letter (paywall) that they were “troubled by the
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International, Middle EastBy TOI staff The ruling Likud party and a key coalition partner are fighting over the government’s decision to shift some NIS 2 billion (some $570 million) from the Jewish National Fund to state coffers. In a cabinet vote Tuesday morning, ministers gave their okay to advancing legislation that would force JNF to transfer 80
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Middle EastNested under a dome with geometric arabesque patterns and appearing to float on water, the Louvre Abu Dhabi is now home to Matisse, Mondrian — and George Washington. The abstract expressionism of Jackson Pollock and Mark Rothko hangs a few steps away from Henri Matisse, Vincent van Gogh and a portrait of George Washington in
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