(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — On December 14, 2016, the Conference of Presidents of Major Jewish Organizations (the Presidents Conference) in concert with the Embassy of Azerbaijan held a historic Chanukah party in Washington, D.C. that will be talked about for some time. Controversy continues to swirl over not only who attended the
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Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The 1948 restoration of Jewish sovereignty to parts of the historic Jewish homeland, under the auspices of the United Nations, was not accepted by Israel’s Arab neighbors who launched the first of several wars against it. The 1948-49 war resulted in the illegal occupation of the West Bank and
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International, Middle East, USAPresident Reuven Rivlin this evening (Monday), visited the Jewish community of Beit El on the occasion of the inauguration of the new study hall at the Yeshiva. The President was accompanied by Beit El council head Shai Alon as he spoke with the regional and community leaders, and heard of the challenges they were facing.
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Middle EastAttorney Yifa Segal, the Director of the International Legal Forum, spoke with Arutz Sheva about the recent anti-Israel resolution adopted by the UN Security Council. “Unfortunately, we were not surprised by the American action in the UN.” Segal said. “But if you look at the essence of what Obama did, then people should be surprised.
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International, Middle EastSenegal on Sunday defended its vote in favor of a UN Security Council resolution calling for an end to “Israeli settlements”, after Israel decided to recall its ambassador to Dakar and to suspend its aid program to Senegal. “Senegal’s position must be saluted. The international community hails Senegal’s stance, especially the Muslim nations,” government spokesman
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International, Middle EastU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said on Saturday night that the UN Security Council vote demanding Israel halt construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem would make a peace deal “much harder,” but opined that such a deal could happen anyway. “The big loss yesterday for Israel in the United Nations will make it much harder
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Middle East, USAIn an interview with Channel 2 news, outgoing U.S. President Obama’s deputy national security adviser Ben Rhodes rejected Israeli accusations against the administration in connection with the UN Security Council vote against communities in Judea, Samaria, and east Jerusalem. “We are not endorsing a resolution that seeks to impose a resolution to the conflict,” claimed
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Middle East, USAForeign affairs experts are warning that the diplomatic upheavals caused by US President Obama’s conduct on the UN vote are not necessarily his last word on Israel. At the cabinet meeting yesterday the experts on foreign affairs presented a scenario in which Obama could even on his last day in office cause harm to Israel.
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Middle East, USAFatah’s official Facebook page posted a picture of “Palestine” last week. The picture includes the entirety of Israel painted in the colors of the PLO flag, being used to stab the word “settlement,” Palestinian Media Watch (PMW) reported. The text above the image reads “#Palestine will defeat the settlement.” After the UN Security Council unanimously
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Middle EastLeading Dutch politician Geert Wilders has criticized US president Barack Obama for not vetoing the Security Council resolution against Israel on Friday and advised Israel to ignore the UN resolution. Wilders, the founder and leader of the Dutch Freedom Party, who has dominated Dutch polls during the year of 2016, wrote on his Facebook page:”Obama
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International, Middle EastThe “Working and Studying Youth” movement and the Dror Israel Movement announced on Sunday the launch of Operation Human Warmth, aimed at collecting winter supplies to help Syrian children and women. The “Working and Studying Youth” movement (Noar Haoved Vehalomed) was founded in 1924, and holds the same beliefs as the “original” Zionists who founded
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Middle EastIsrael’s Ambassador to Ukraine, Eli Belotserkovsky, was summoned to the Foreign Ministry in Kiev following Israel’s decision to cancel the visit of Ukrainian Prime Minister Volodymyr Groysman to Israel. Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu made the decision to cancel the visit of his counterpart as part of his policy of showing the nations which voted for
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International, Middle EastFormer Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, a supporter of US President-elect Donald Trump, will be headlining the upcoming “US-Israel Business Alliance” mission to Israel, led by the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce and its Executive Public Policy Committee – Dr. Joseph Frager, Odiliya Yakubuv, Dr. Paul Brody, and Duvi Honig- along with a
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Middle East, USAThe Hamas terrorist organization condemned a special candle lighting event in Bahrain in which Jews and Arabs danced together while lighting a Hanukkah menorah. Hamas called the dancing of Jews and Muslims together a “shameful spectacle”. The terrorist organization called on Bahrain to “put a complete end to any normalization of relations with the Zionist
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