Middle East

Rouhani re-elected Iranian president comfortably

TEHRAN, Iran — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani won re-election by a comfortable margin over his main arch-conservative challenger, buoyed by high voter turnout, according to official results. The Iranian Interior Ministry said Rouhani won 56.9 percent of the vote, compared with 38.6 percent for his closest rival, former Attorney General Ebrahim Raisi. Two other candidates also…

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Middle East

Jerusalem Day Celebrates Israel’s Sovereignty

By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — June 5–10, 1967, (earlier this year according to the Hebrew calendar) is the most consequential period in the history of modern Israel except for May 14, 1948, when David Ben-Gurion declared Israel’s independence. In the midst of this six-day period, Jerusalem Day marks the 50th anniversary of the

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Jewish History, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Trump: I’m not ruling out visiting Western Wall with Netanyahu

President Donald Trump isn”t ruling out having Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu join him during his visit to the Western Wall in Jerusalem, despite a statement by National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster on Tuesday that “no Israeli leaders” would be accompanying the president. In an interview with Israel Hayom published Friday morning, the president said

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Middle East, USA

Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner fly to Saudi Arabia – on Shabbat

President Trump will leave Washington on Friday kicking off his nine-day trip with a flight to Saudi Arabia. On Monday, the president will fly to Israel for a two-day visit, followed by a visit in the Vatican on Tuesday. Joining the president for his trip are his Orthodox Jewish daughter, Ivanka, and son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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Middle East, USA

White House video shows Israel without Golan and West Bank

At the same time, clip lists Trump’s meeting in Bethlehem with PA President Mahmoud Abbas under section titled ‘Israel’ By Raphael Ahren A screen shot from a White House video promoting US President Trumps first visit overseas / whitehouse.gov A map of Israel on a video the White House produced on US President Donald Trump’s

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International, Middle East, USA

Memories of Mickey Marcus and the Exodus

By Jerry Klinger WEST POINT, New York —  American Veterans of Israel Legacy Corporation organized and commemorated on May 7 the life of Mickey Marcus. It is an annual event at West Point, the last number of years held at the Jewish Chapel overlooking the Hudson. This year was the 51st commemoration. The commemoration honors an extraordinary

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International, Jerry Klinger, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Israeli teaches teachers in Ghana

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Last week I was invited to hear a talk by Sharon Bashevkin Perry, who has been involved for many years in early childhood education in a variety of positions in Israel, the US and Africa. The talk was entitled ‘From Israel to Ghana – Building Bridges and Friendships Through Early Childhood Education. In 1958 Golda Meir, then Israel’s

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East

All 50 state governors oppose BDS

NEW YORK (WJC) — The governors of all 50 states, along with the mayor of the District of Columbia, signed an initiative to reject the BDS (boycott, divest and sanctions) movement, the American Jewish Congress (AJC) announced on Wednesday. “Governors across our country know very well the enormous value of the US-Israel partnership in every sphere imaginable,

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Middle East, USA

Anti- Semitism up in Mexico, down in Western Europe

NEW YORK (Press Release) — Anti-Semitic attitudes have risen sharply in Mexico in the past three years amid challenges the country is facing with a faltering economy and growing pessimism about the country’s direction and future, according to a new poll commissioned by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). ADL’s Global 100 Index Survey in Mexico found

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International, Middle East, USA