The 9th President of Israel, Shimon Peres, suffered a stroke this evening (Tuesday) and was rushed to the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital. While his condition was first described as stable, reports now say the former President is “in serious condition.” Peres’ office later said that his doctors have decided to intubate […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Spet. 13, hailed the announcement of a military aid agreement between Israel and the United States, calling it “a resounding and tangible” demonstration of the enduring U.S.-Israel relationship. The new Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) provides Israel with the largest defense aid package in American history –
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Middle East, USAThis article updates previous BERKELEY, California (Press) — Responding to pressure from dozens of Jewish and education advocacy organizations, who over the past few weeks have individually and on Tuesday collectively objected to a blatantly anti-Israel and anti-Semitic course currently being offered, UC Berkeley announced it will suspend the course because it was not adequately vetted
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release) –– Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations on Tuesday, Sept. 13, expressed outrage and dismay in response to reports that a pro BDS event sponsored by the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation is scheduled to take place this week in the halls of Congress. Noting
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Middle East, USAJewish studies are more important than learning mathematics and science, Education Minister Naftali Bennett said on Monday night. Speaking in Caesarea at a conference of the TALI Education Fund, which provides a pluralistic Jewish Studies program for public schools, Bennett stressed the importance of Jewish education over secular subjects. “Learning about Judaism and excellence in
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California – Forty-three Jewish and education advocacy groups on Tuesday, Sept. 13, demanded that UC Berkeley Chancellor Nicholas Dirks take immediate steps to overhaul the course review process that allowed a student-taught, credit bearing course entitled “Palestine: A Settler Colonial Analysis” to be offered this semester. Not only is the course in clear
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Shurat HaDin-Israel Law Center, representing American families of terror victims who hold unsatisfied U.S. court judgments against the government of Iran for its support of Palestinian terrorist attacks in Israel, today released a letter to the U.S. Congress alleging that the Obama Administration kept secret the details of $1.7 billion
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will veto legislation that would allow families of American terror victims to sue foreign governments involved in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the White House said Monday. “The president intends to veto this legislation … We’ll see what Congress chooses to do from there,” White House press secretary Josh Earnest
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Middle East, USANext week, two summits—one at the United Nations, the other at the White House—are set to tackle the ongoing refugee and migrant crisis that has seen the largest number of displaced people on the move around the world since the end of the World War II. On September 19, the U.N. will host its first-ever
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International, Middle East, USA*/]]> */]]> */]]> Israeli security forces uncovered over 200 pounds (about 100 kilograms) of bomb-making supplies in a Palestinian village in the northern West Bank early Monday morning, the army said. The discovery was made in a home in el-Far’a, northeast of Nablus, by troops during a joint operation between police, the Israel Defense Forces
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES — Nearly 3,000 flags planted around Occidental College to remember the victims of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks were trashed and crushed early Sunday, a group says. Members of the Occidental College Republican Club discovered the destruction early Sunday on the Eagle Rock campus as well as fliers, they said, that “shamed the
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Three Ha’aretz cartoons summarize a recent commotion in Israeli politics. One depicts a horrendous traffic jam associated with a major construction project, with Bibi smiling and claiming to have “screwed Katz.’ Another shows two wounded politicians, Bibi and Transportation Minister Israel Katz, reflecting several days of media commentary about a
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastU.S.-Israel military aid deal to be signed soon (JNS.org) The U.S.-Israel military defense aid package is expected to be signed in the coming days, U.S. Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro said at a counterterrorism summit on Sept. 11. Israel will receive the largest military aid package that any country has ever been given, Shapiro affirmed.
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. _- On April 24, 2004 the USS Firebolt, a Cyclone-class coastal patrol boat in the Persian Gulf, launched a rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RIB) when its crew observed a dhow — a traditional boat, in this case likely owned by Iran — fast approaching the Al Amaya oil
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