Ofek-11 surveillance satellite successfully launched into space (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel on Tuesday successfully launched the Ofek-11 surveillance satellite into space, mere weeks after the Amos-6 satellite, carrying state of the art communications technology, was destroyed in a static test malfunction, just two days before it was scheduled to be launched into orbit. While
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Middle EastArab MK Basel Ghattas (Joint Arab List) has some harsh words to say about former President Shimon Peres, currently in the hospital in serious condition after suffering a stroke. “Is this Peres’ final journey? We can’t know, the man has seven [sic] lives. Peres was one of the pillars of the Zionist project – expansionist
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Middle EastIsrael’s former president Shimon Peres was transferred to intensive care Wednesday morning in critical but stable condition after suffering a major stroke on Tuesday. Israel’s preeminent elder statesman, 93, was being transferred to Sheba Medical Center’s neurosurgery department’s ICU after his condition had stabilized, Sheba chief Prof. Yitzhak Kreiss told a press conference. Peres’s personal
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — So now the Palestinians are saying that the concept of any historical connection between the Jews and Jerusalem, and the Temple Mount in particular, is pure myth, and they are trying to get UNESCO to adopt a resolution to that effect. I wonder what would happen if they
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle EastThe son of Shimon Peres confirmed Tuesday night that his father was in grave condition after suffering a stroke, asked for prayers on his behalf, and said the coming few hours would be critical. In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Peres’s office said he was in serious but stable condition. The head of Sheba
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Middle EastHours before he suffered a massive stroke Tuesday evening, former president Shimon Peres posted a video on social media urging Israelis to purchase more Israeli-made products. “What is a ‘blue-and-white’ product?” wrote Peres in a caption accompanying a clip published on his Facebook page. “For me, it’s Israeli salad, our wonderful fruits, our excellent industry
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Middle EastThe Tel Hashomer Hospital provided on Tuesday evening an update on the condition of former President Shimon Peres, who was admitted to the hospital earlier after suffering a stroke. The hospital”s director, Professor Itzik Kreis, said that the former President is in serious condition and is sedated and on a respirator. “Peres underwent several tests
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Middle EastThe 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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