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, USABy 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, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The world is myopic if not deranged, in declaring Jerusalem’s Jewish Temple site Islamic and that the Kotel, the western retaining wall supporting the Temple Mount built by Jewish kings and recaptured from Jordan fifty years ago on June 7 in a defensive war forced onto Israel by aggressive
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy 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 EastJerusalem Rebuilt By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — May 24th is Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day – and the 50th anniversary of the reunification of Israel’s capital in the Six-Day War. Jerusalem is often called “the Eternal City” but although it has existed for over 3,000 years, it is continually evolving. Two days after Yom
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Jewish History, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Travel and FoodNEW 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, USANEW 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, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is worth getting out of the weeds of Washington on occasion and looking at the big picture. This is one of those occasions. President Trump is going to Israel, visiting the one stable, prosperous, multiethnic, multicultural, democratic ally the United States has in a region marked by war,
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Middle East, USAWashington (dpa) – German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel turned Wednesday to the United States for help in resolving a spat with Ankara over access to a Turkish air base. During a meeting in Washington, Gabriel asked US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to use his influence after Turkey denied German lawmakers access to the Incirlik
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International, Middle East, USATouring settlements, opposition leader says he’s committed to ‘separation’ from Palestinians, but wouldn’t dismantle large blocs By Raoul Wootliff Opposition leader Isaac Herzog tours the West Bank settlement of Ma’ale Adumim with members of his Zionist Union faction on Thursday, May 19, 2017 (courtesy) In what he described as “a signal to US President Donald
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Middle East, USAStephen Miller, who also wrote a campaign speech criticized for ‘anti-Semitic overtones, reportedly writing addresses to be delivered in Riyadh, Jerusalem By Times of Israel staff Stephen Miller, White House senior adviser for policy, at a session on law enforcement held at the White House, Feb. 7, 2017. (Andrew Harrer – Pool/Getty Images via JTA)
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Middle East, USAResponding to censure, Jerusalem institution says graduation ceremony has followed same format for years, and that anthem is always aired at the state ceremonies it holds By Stuart Winer View of the Hebrew University on Mount Scopus seen from Jerusalem’s Old City, on June 10, 2015. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and politicians lined
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationAttending film festival opening, Miri Regev wears picture of Western Wall, Dome of Rock to mark 50 years since reunification of city By Times of Israel staff Culture Minister Miri Regev (r) wears specially designed Jerusalem dress to Cannes film festival, May 17, 2017 (Screen capture: Channel 10) Culture Minister Miri Regev used the red
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International, Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastPresident Donald Trump has canceled a planned visit and speech at the ancient mountain fortress of Masada in Israel after authorities told him that he could not land his helicopter on top of the UNESCO-listed site. Instead, Trump will now deliver a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. It comes after an Israeli Air
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