PM Netanyahu responded sharply to the scandalous UNESCO decision denying any Jewish connection to Temple Mount by inviting UNESCO members to visit the Arch of Titus and see for themselves which treasures were plundered 2000 years ago from the Temple. Netanyahu was speaking at a Bible forum which took place at his house. He said […]
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – The Jewish people’s ties to controversial Jerusalem holy sites came under fire Thursday when UNESCO’s executive board adopted a resolution disputing the link and criticizing Israel’s custodianship. Of the 58-member group, 24 countries were for the resolution, while only six – the US, Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Lithuania and Estonia –
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International, Middle EastHalf a year after the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) accepted an initial resolution denying the Temple Mount”s place in Jewish history and the Jewish faith, the UN body is expected to pass another measure on Thursday portraying the Western Wall as a Muslim holy site. In a recent UNESCO meeting, Arab
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Earlier this year, Edward Alexander, professor emeritus at the University of Washington, published a book with the title of this headline in which castigates the many Jewish organizations in the United States and elsewhere that are critical of Israel and thus, according to the author, are damaging to Judaism and
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli authorities charged a Jerusalem man on Tuesday with plotting to commit a suicide attack on a bus in the city in the name of Palestinian militant group Hamas. Mohammed Jolani, a 22-year-old Palestinian from Shuafat refugee camp in Jerusalem, planned with others to make an explosive device and launch a deadly attack against Israelis
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Middle EastFemale MKs from across the political spectrum criticized the appointment of a new chief rabbi for the Israel Police because of his views on women and men serving in the force together and his opinion of gays. MKs Sharren Haskel (Likud), Meirav Ben-Ari (Kulanu), Yael German (Yesh Atid), Merav Michaeli (Zionist Union) and Michal Rozin
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Middle EastAccording to newly-leaked emails by Wikileaks, billionaire Israeli-American businessman Haim Saban, considered one of Hillary Clinton”s close advisors, advised Clinton as far back as 2015 to distance herself from Obama”s Israel policies in order to get Jewish votes. Saban reasoned that, due to the fall in Obama”s popularity among Jewish voters, Clinton needed new rhetoric
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — On Tuesday, the United Nations will for the first time in its history observe Yom Kippur. No formal meetings will be held at the General Assembly and its permanent committees in New York, and Jewish employees will be able to stay home without having to use a vacation day. The campaign urging
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International, Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin has cancelled a planned trip to Paris next week, after his French counterpart said he would see him only for talks on Syria. Francois Hollande had himself expressed reservations about a meeting amid growing French anger at the Russian-backed Syrian government onslaught against rebel-held areas of the city of Aleppo. Hollande
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Crossings from Israel into Palestinian territories in the Gaza Strip and West Bank will be closed starting Monday night due to the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, according to an Israeli army statement. The crossings will reopen Wednesday night, with Palestinians allowed to use the crossings only under special circumstances or
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Middle EastFrench President François Hollande may cancel his meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Paris next week after the Kremlin blocked a UN Security Council bid to end to the bombing of Aleppo, the French government said Monday. Putin is due to visit the French capital on October 19 to inaugurate a new Orthodox church
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International, Middle EastBy Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Wikileaks recently exposed an email written by former White House official Stuart Eisenstadt that discussed the Obama administration’s deteriorating relationship with Israel and warned that: “There is a distinct possibility that the Administration may seek a new UN Security Council Resolution embodying the two-state, with [pre-] 1967 lines
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Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — In April of 2012, the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars, prepared a report for the University of California Regents entitled, “A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California.” In that report, the association
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The verbal brickbats being hurled by Russians, Americans, and various other interested parties at one another over the morass in Syria testify to the cynicism, hypocrisy, and impotence of major actors in international politics. It’s hard to praise any of the parties, none of whom are doing much to stop
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