By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israeli politicians and Jewish activists here and there are calling for unity, typically behind whatever point of view they are supporting. In extremis, we hear that it is essential for the survival of Israel or the Jewish people. Yet it never takes long before we hear other Israelis or Jews
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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish History, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – The following is the official schedule of events for the memorial and funeral services of Shimon Peres, as published by the state body for ceremonies in Israel. All times are local, which is three hours ahead of GMT. Thursday: – 8:45 am, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and other high-ranking officials will
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Middle EastChief Rabbi of Tel Aviv-Yaffo Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau spoke Wednesday about his memories of former President and Prime Minister Shimon Peres, who passed away Tuesday night at age 93. Rabbi Lau knew Peres for 40 years. In an interview with Radio Lelo Hafsaka, he said that “we can learn from Peres what it is
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Middle EastThe passing of Shimon Peres was announced by his family at the hospital, the Chaim Sheba Medical Centre in Ramat Gan. His son Chemi said the former leader died without suffering and had donated his corneas for transplant. “Our father’s legacy has always been the future. ‘Look to tomorrow,’ he told us, ‘build Israel’s future
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Middle EastWorld leaders have paid tribute to former Israeli president and Nobel peace prize winner Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday aged 93. French President François Hollande “Shimon Peres now belongs to history, which was his companion during his long life. With the death of Shimon Peres, Israel has lost one of its most illustrious statesmen, and
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International, Middle East, USAShimon Peres, one of Israel’s most eminent politicians and the last of the state’s founding generation to wield power, died early Wednesday in Tel Aviv two weeks after suffering a stroke. He was 93. When he ended his presidency in 2014, Peres was the world’s oldest head of state, and the only person to have
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Middle EastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Shimon Peres, who died Wednesday at the age of 93, was once featured in a film entitled So Now What? What was this video about? A. The video was made in 1995 following the assassination of Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. In the film, Peres calls for unity
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Middle EastFormer Israeli President Shimon Peres, an omnipresent figure of the Israeli state, chief architect of its nuclear weapons program and a driving force behind its interim peace accords with the Palestinians, died Wednesday. He was 93. The Nobel peace laureate had been hospitalized in the city of Ramat Gan over the past two weeks after
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Middle EastBy Jamal Kanj Let me start off with a confession: I didn’t get it right when I speculated the Republican Party would not nominate Donald Trump for US president. I argued in an earlier column that if they did, the narcissistic Trump would most likely run as an independent candidate. I had posited, or hoped
One of the longest-running debates between Donald Trump and fact-checkers in the race is this: Did he support the war in Iraq? In Monday’s debate, he held firm. “I did not support the war in Iraq,” he said after Hillary Clinton raised the issue. Moderator Lester Holt weighed in, saying the record showed otherwise. In
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Middle East, USATel Aviv-U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro revealed on Sunday that Washington is circulating several proposals to resume the stalled peace talks. Dan Shapiro did not rule out the adoption of an international resolution in this regard. This came as Americans have been leaking information that the the White House is outraged at the Israeli
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International, Middle East, USAA dramatic deterioration Tuesday in the condition of former president Shimon Peres, who is hospitalized at the Sheba (Tel Hashomer) hospital in Ramat Gan since suffering a stroke nearly two weeks ago. Doctors now believe that his neurological situation is irreversible. Peres’s condition deteriorated despite daily improvements since he suffered the stroke. Last week President
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Multiple sclerosis is one of the most devastating neurodegenerative diseases. It affects some 2.5 million people worldwide. It has no known cure. Until now, researchers have speculated that the body’s own immune system was unleashing an uncontrolled attack on myelin sheaths — our neurons’ protective shield — that was largely responsible
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationDemocratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sunday that, if elected, she would oppose any attempts to impose an outside solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, as well as any one-sided action at the UN. In a meeting in New York, Clinton said she was committed to countering efforts to delegitimize Israel and
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