Israeli Knesset passes bill banning BDS supporters from entering country (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Knesset Monday approved a controversial bill to deny visas and residency permits to people who support boycotting Israel. The new law, approved in a 46-28 vote, gives Israel’s interior minister the authority to decide on any exceptions to the rule. […]
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TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) – In emergency medicine, every second counts. Magen David Adom strives to always improve and cut emergency response times. As part of its efforts, MDA is introducing electric bikes into its array of vehicles. Each bike is equipped with resuscitation equipment and can be summoned to scenes within a radius of
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationFormer Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger, who admitted to taking bribes in millions of shekels as well as tax offenses, submitted an appeal to the Supreme Court about the four-and-a-half year prison sentence imposed on him by the District Court. Metzger asked the High Court to hold a hearing prior to his incarceration, set to begin
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Middle EastFormer ‘House’ star joined by TV heavyweights from CNN, FOX, and HBO for 2-day Jerusalem event By Jacob Magid Hugh Laurie gives his acceptance speech for the Golden Globe he won for Best Supporting Actor on January 8, 2017. (Screen capture/YouTube) Acclaimed British actor Hugh Laurie arrived in Israel Sunday, and met with President Reuven
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastRabbi Zecharia Barashi, who was reportedly the oldest person in Israel, passed away in Jerusalem aged 117. His wife and 3 of his 8 children died during his lifetime. He is survived by 29 grandchildren, 72 great-grandchildren and 24 great-great-grandchildren. Barashi was born to a rabbinic family in the town of Barashi, Kurdistan in 1900,
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorialsSix senior doctors working in Hadassah Ein Kerem’s oncology-hematology department on Sunday submitted their resignation letters to hospital management. In their letters, the doctors named their reason for resigning as a severe disagreement between new Hadassah manager Professor Zeev Rotstein and the hospital’s Oncology-Hematology Department. Hadassah Ein Kerem’s Oncology-Hematology Department is one of the leading
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe “Haaretz” group recently began cutbacks and streamlining measures. It was reported in the past few days that veteran reporters at the newspaper would soon leave it as part of the economizing plan that management is seeking to carry out. It is believed that 15 journalists will leave “Haaretz,” although both the committee representing the
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Middle EastIsrael’s defense minister said Monday that the United States has warned Israel against imposing Israeli sovereignty over the West Bank, saying that would lead to an “immediate crisis” with President Donald Trump administration. “We received a direct message — not an indirect message and not a hint — from the United States. Imposing Israeli sovereignty
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Middle East, USABy Debra DeLee WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans for Peace Now strongly condemns new Israeli legislation adopted Monday by the Knesset, which would ban entry to Israel of foreign nationals who support or publicly engage in boycotts of either Israel or West Bank settlements. This new draconian law is a severe blow to Israeli democracy. It
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Middle East, USABy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –The ZOA praises the FBI for its investigation and arrest of Juan M. Thompson, a fired former reporter for a left-wing online newspaper and hate-filled, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-white, anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders, anti-western society, anti-American, Communist, anti-police radical Islamist, for allegedly perpetrating at least eight of the recent bomb threats
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Middle East, USAAt event commemorating 25th anniversary of Buenos Aires embassy bombing, PM says Israel constantly thwarts attacks on Israeli missions abroad By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Foreign Ministry on the 25th anniversary of the Buenos Aires embassy bombing, on March 6, 2017. (Koby Gideon/PMO) Iran is the source of the vast
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International, Middle EastThe White House unveiled a new version Monday of its executive order placing temporary restrictions on immigration from several Muslim-majority countries after the previous order was blocked by the courts. The new version is more narrow than the initial executive order issued in January, and also has one less country than the previous version. Iraq
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Middle East, USAThe attorney general of Washington state, whose case against President Donald Trump’s initial travel ban brought that plan to a halt, said Monday that his office is considering its “next legal steps” concerning the administration’s new travel order. “By rescinding his earlier executive order, President Trump makes one thing perfectly clear: His original travel ban
President Donald Trump announced Monday a new, revised executive order that would temporarily bar travel into the United States for people from six Muslim-majority countries. Heading into the week, White House adviser Kellyanne Conway said Iraq would be removed from the original ban, which included Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen. The latest
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