Israel has been working on a massive wall along its border with the Gaza Strip that aims to rob Hamas of its main strategic weapon: tunnels. Nachal Oz, Israel (dpa) – A tractor lazily chugs across a field as sunlight streams down on the landscape awash with spring colours. It would be a perfect pastoral […]
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Middle EastOfficers allegedly hit the man repeatedly with their rifles and threatened to shoot him, believing he was behind stabbing attack By Times of Israel staff An Israeli Border Police officer frisks a Palestinian man in front of Damascus Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City on September 20, 2016 (Sebi Berens/Flash90) Two Border Police officers were indicted
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Middle EastIn a new charter, the terror group is apparently toning down the rhetoric — to appease the West and mollify Egypt; it won’t be recognizing the Jewish state By Avi Issacharoff The Jewish people can finally breathe a sigh of relief. The new Hamas charter, set to be published in the coming days, will reportedly
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) – More than 150,000 needy Israelis and 200,000 needy Jews in the former Soviet Union, from all walks of life, will receive food and clothing for the Passover holiday, thanks to International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship). The Fellowship will distribute more than $2.8 million in Passover aid to needy Israelis, including
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Representatives Peter J. Roskam (R-IL) and Grace Meng (D-NY) called on a key House Committee to continue funding for U.S.-Israel defense cooperation programs. Earlier this week, U.S. and Israeli officials announced the David’s Sling air defense system has officially entered into service. Rep. Roskam, who serves as Co-Chair of the
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KFAR HASIDIM, Israel (Press Release)– Ten Bnei Menashe couples, all of whom immigrated to Israel from Mizoram, India, in February, married at Shavei Israel’s absorption center in Kfar Hasidim on Sunday, April 2, under Jewish law in the wake of their formal conversion. The 10 couples were among 102 new immigrants who arrived in Israel last
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International, Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Anti-Semitism on campus increased 40% and genocidal expression doubled in 2016, according to AMCHA Initiative’s annual study, released Tuesday, that examines anti-Semitism at more than 100 public and private colleges and universities with the largest Jewish undergraduate populations. Main findings of the study include: 40% Spike: Anti-Semitism on campuses most popular for
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASuspected chemical attack in Syria kills at least 68, including 11 children (JNS.org) A suspected gas attack, carried out by either Syria’s government or Russian jets, killed at least 68 people—including 11 children—in the Syrian province of Idlib Tuesday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported that the gas attack caused dozens of people to
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Middle East‘Pnima’ says goal to mend Israel’s social fabric, bring ‘an end to the divisions, an end to the incitement, an end to the baseless hatred’ By Marissa Newman Mayor of Acre Shimon Lankri, Former IDF chief of staff Gabi Ashkenazi (2L), Shlomo Dovrat, former IDF Chief of staff Benny Gantz (standing) and former education minister
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Middle EastThe father of the Israeli teenager accused of sending the bulk of the bomb threats to Jewish institutions in the US and around the world apologized to US Jewry on Israeli television Monday night. More than 120 bomb threats had been sent to Jewish institutions across the US since January. The father of the suspect,
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Donald Trump held private meetings Monday with one of the United States’ most important Arab allies, Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, kicking off a week of high-stakes international diplomacy. El-Sissi arrived at the White House just before noon EDT. Trump emerged from the West Wing to greet the Egyptian leader — the first
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — On the eve of his inauguration, President Donald Trump turned to his daughter Ivanka and joked that he “sort of stole” her husband, Jared Kushner. With a trip to Iraq, announced on Monday following his arrival in Baghdad, it became clear that Kushner’s role in the Trump administration has only grown bigger since
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The United States District Court for the District of Columbia (D.C.) has rejected efforts by the American Studies Association (ASA) to suppress a lawsuit filed against the Association by its own members challenging the ASA’s adoption of a boycott of all Israeli academic institutions. The judge ruled in favor of the
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Middle East, USAWith Passover in mind, Jerusalem security bolstered after attacks (JNS.org) Following two Palestinian stabbing attacks in Jerusalem’s Old City within a week, a senior officer from the Israel Police has warned of a possible increase in terror attacks during the upcoming Passover holiday. Tens of thousands of people are expected to visit Jerusalem during Passover,
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