The president of the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, is denouncing anti-Semitism after a tweet by the school’s student body president calling Israel supporters “scum of the earth” resurfaced online. Now-deleted tweets dating back to 2012 by Undergraduate Student Government (USG) President Mayzer Muhammad were unearthed by anti-Semitism watchdog Canary Mission, prompting […]
By Yoni Peres KIBBUTZ ALONEI HABASHAN, Golan Heights — Driving on the winding road, up the hills of the Golan Height, one cannot ignore the breath taking scenery – Lush green rugged meadows, lakes, creeks and little water falls, and cowboys on horses leading herds of cows. Not far from the Golan “capitol”- Katzrin, I
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Travel and Food, Yoni PeresBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The received wisdom in Israel today is that Iran is the greatest threat to its security, perhaps to its very existence. Prime Minister Netanyahu is the most vociferous proponent of this view; he speaks of it often, perhaps never more forcefully than when he addressed the United States Congress,
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Middle East, USAFlorida Senator and 2016 Republican presidential contender Marco Rubio visited Israel over the weekend as part of a four-member delegation from the US Senate, wrapping up a tour of the Middle East. Rubio, a staunch ally of Israel, visited Israel twice before: once prior to winning his first term as senator in 2010, and again
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Middle East, USAFunds from Gulf countries, EU sent through Israeli crossing to Hamas-ruled Palestinian enclave By Times of Israel staff A photo aired by Channel 2 showing a portion of some NIS 300 million in cash ready for tranfer to Gaza, March 20, 2017. (Channel 2) Israel on Monday facilitated the transfer of some NIS 300 million
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Middle EastHeads of army, Mossad say Shiite extremism presents biggest threats to Israel’s security, speaking at Netanya conference By Judah Ari Gross IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot, July 13, 2016 (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) The head of the Israel Defense Forces said on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s military commander in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine, was killed by his
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Middle EastThrough Radio Gesher, students at Western Ontario University and Sapir University in Sderot become on-air pen pals, sharing personal stories and pop culture By Dana Wachter LONDON, Ontario — Maybe it’s a matter of the grass being greener on the other side, but university students in Canada and Israel seem to disagree on which country
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International, Middle EastBritain followed in US footsteps on Tuesday by banning larger electronic devices from cabin luggage on flights from several Middle Eastern and North African countries, amid fears they could be used in a terrorist attack. Direct inbound flights from Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, Tunisia and Saudi Arabia are affected by the new restrictions, in which
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International, Middle East, USABoycott activist suspected of stashing some $700,000 in a Ramallah account to avoid Israeli authorities By Jacob Magid BDS activist Omar Barghouti at a pro-boycott rally in Ramallah, February 2016. (YouTube screen capture) The co-founder of the Boycott Divestment and Sanctions movement against Israel was arrested by tax authorities on Monday for failing to report
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release) — — A new Passover Haggadah is being distributed by StandWithUs, an international Israel education organization, that emphasizes not only the themes of slavery and freedom but also underscores Jews’ 3,000-year-long connection to their ancestral homeland, Israel. The Haggadah, From Ancient Egypt to Modern Israel, is the brainchild of StandWithUs co-founder and COO, Jerry Rothstein. “According to a
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release) — A new Tel Aviv University study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease finds that insulin resistance, caused in part by obesity and physical inactivity, is also linked to a more rapid decline in cognitive performance. According to the research, both diabetic and non-diabetic subjects with insulin resistance experienced accelerated cognitive
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationMoscow (dpa) – Russia, the main military backer of the Syrian government, has summoned Israeli Ambassador Gary Koren for questioning over recent Israeli airstrikes on Syrian state forces, Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Monday. Russia demands Israel more closely communicate its military plans in the region to avoid such incidents, Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov said
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International, Middle EastTwo new Torah scrolls donated to Prague’s Great Synagogue were inaugurated on Sunday during a festive ceremony. This is the first time since World War II that the Prague Jewish community received new Torah scrolls. During the Holocaust, Prague’s large Jewish community was almost completely wiped out: Prior to World War II, 125,000 Jews lived
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International, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON — Trump administration tensions with the United Nations over Israel won’t help the world body as it tries to maintain some part of its funding from Washington. Those tensions flared again Monday when both the State Department and the U.S. ambassador to the U.N. sharply attacked an agenda item in a U.N. meeting in
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