[youtube:2032732] Israeli Prime Minister met with leaders of the Jewish community in Argentina Tuesday, as part of his historic visit to Latin America, the first ever by a sitting Israeli premier. Netanyahu addressed Israel’s military might, its technological and economic strength, and said that its status as a haven for the Jews has changed the […]
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International, Middle EastBob Feferman Wiki Commons Over the past months, while the western media has been obsessed with the latest tweet of President Donald Trump, there have been disturbing developments in the Middle East. Storm clouds are gathering on Israel’s horizon that will one day pose a grave danger to the security of Israel. In a speech
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Middle East, USALast week, Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, introduced an amendment to the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Act blocking any U.S. funding to Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW). Between 2015 and 2016, IRW received $370,000 in federal funding. DeSantis explained to the Free Beacon that: U.S. tax dollars cannot
Anti-Israel activists plastered Buenos Aires with anti-Semitic signs ahead of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s visit to South America. The signs claim that Prime Minister Netanyahu is “wanted for crimes against human rights and Palestinian genocide.” Netanyahu is shown wearing an SS uniform, and is depicted with a mustache and haircut reminiscent of Adolf Hitler. The
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International, Middle EastA few hours after a Chabad man in Herzliya was fined 730 shekels for helping passersby put on tefillin, a Sderot resident received a fine for activating “Shabbat sirens” near the city’s “Ha’ari Hakadosh” synagogue. “Shabbat sirens” are either music or an actual siren, sounded twenty minutes and five minutes before the start of Shabbat
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJustice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) took part Monday in the International Institute for Counter-Terrorism”s (ICT) 17th annual international conference, hosted by the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya, and addressed the long-term security and geopolitical challenges faced by Israel. Among the chief security issues confronting the Jewish state, Shaked stated, are the Hamas terror group in Gaza
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s son, Yair Netanyahu, on Sunday deleted a post from his Facebook account which included a caricature claimed by the left to be anti-Semitic. The Prime Minister’s son had sparked a storm when he posted the meme which was full of anti-Semitic overtones. The meme, titled “food chain”, showed Jewish billionaire George
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Middle EastDavid Breakstone The Conservative (Masorti) and Reform movements together with Women of the Wall rallying for a pluralistic Israel (Courtesy) Rabbi David Stav is not a Reform Jew. How dare anyone accuse him of that! Several days ago, a tape was leaked to Israeli television in which Aryeh Deri, head of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party,
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Middle EastIsrael’s Counter-terrorism Bureau issued a general travel warning “to present the public with an up-to-date picture of the situation.” The warning comes two weeks before the Jewish holidays. “Every year, the Tishrei holidays may be an attractive target for carrying out terror attacks against Israeli and Jewish targets,” the warning said. Tishrei is the Hebrew
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu arrived in Argentina Monday, following a 20 hour flight from Ben Gurion airport. Netanyahu will begin his four day visit to Argentina, Colombia, and Mexico with a visit to the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, which was destroyed in a terrorist bombing in 1992. The Prime Minister will participate in a
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International, Middle EastNorth Korea is suspected of working with Syria on its chemical weapons and ballistic missile programs in violation of U.N. Security Council resolutions, a U.N. panel of experts has said. The eight-member panel tasked with monitoring sanctions implementation against Pyongyang made the observation in a 111-page report published online on Saturday, two days before the
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Internet provides insight into the range of opinions expressed by overseas Jews about Israel. It also raises the question about the nature of Israel’s relations with the Jewish Diaspora. Do overseas Irish, Germans, Italians, Indians, Sri Lankans et al demonstrate the same concern for a “homeland” as do Jews
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family are embroiled in numerous scandals. Recent court documents show that the Prime Minister is a suspect in two investigations of “fraud, breach of trust and bribes,” with the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom saying on its front page recently that his indictment is imminent.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Binyamin Netanyahu is the most American prime minister that Israel has ever had. He lived in the United States for many years and at some point even made his surname more pronounceable for Americans. He seems to have learnt there more than impeccable English. One has sometimes a feeling that he
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