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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USATexas Land Commissioner George P. Bush, son of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, has made a three-day visit to Israel, his first overseas trip since taking elected office last year, The Associated Press reported Monday. According to the report, Bush met last week with Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu. His spokesman, J.R. Hernandez, told the
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Israel’s capital city is now being protected by a state-of-the-art, high-tech forward command vehicle, thanks to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship). The Fellowship’s founder and president, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, joined Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat last week to dedicate the vehicle, which will respond to terror attacks and
Israeli diplomat visits Muslim African nation with no formal ties to Israel (JNS.org) Israel’s Foreign Ministry Director Dore Gold on Monday visited the African country of Guinea, a Muslim nation that does not have diplomatic relations with Israel. Gold’s three-day trip to West Africa included the visit to Conakry, the capital of Guinea on Sunday,
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Middle EastCHICAGO, Illinois (Press Release)– A handful of African-American leaders who are top advisors to the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews (The Fellowship), and who represent more than 9 million people, today rejected the anti-Israel stance of the Movement for Black Lives, an offshoot of the Black Lives Matter movement. The Fellowship advisers representing three African-American
Black religious leaders decry MBL’s anti- Israel platform Read More »
Middle East, USAThe Rio Olympics ended its 16-day run Sunday with a festive blowout celebration in the picturesque city. For Israel, the Games marked a better-than-average showing, a small but noticeable improvement over past years, even if Israeli Olympians failed to bring home the gold. Ilana Koshbetzki, captain of the rhythmic gymnastics team, which finished sixth on
Israel’s Olympic tally: 2 bronzes, 7 finals, more than half women Read More »
International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsFrance has been seized by a silly hysteria over the burkini, prompting me to wonder when Europeans will get serious about their Islamist challenge. For starters, what is a burkini? The word (sometimes spelled burqini) combines the names of two opposite articles of female clothing: the burqa (an Islamic tent-like, full-body covering) and the bikini.
Daniel Pipes: Stop worrying about burkini, start worrying about radical Islamic threat Read More »
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YEMIN ORDE, Israel (Press Release) — After immigrating with his family to Israel from France, Ethan Amram felt isolated at his Israeli school. Instead of listening to the teacher, he sketched drawings into his notebook. Classified as an at-risk teenager, Amram thereby was eligible to attend the school at Yemin Orde, a serene youth village
Teen artist excels at Yemin Orde Youth Village Read More »
Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & EducationMost Israelis and Palestinians support a two-state solution (JNS.org) The majority of Israelis and Palestinians still support a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, according to a new survey by the Israel Democracy Institute (IDI) and the Palestinian Center for Policy and Survey Research. The Palestinian-Israeli Pulse poll surveyed 1,270 Palestinians and 1,184 Israelis on
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Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — The international conference that was convened by France on June 3rd in Paris to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process ended up without concretely establishing specific measures that would persuade both parties to resume negotiations in order to reach a peace agreement. The joint communiqué issued following the conference stated “The
Trust- building required for Middle East peace Read More »
Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USAEgyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi said on Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin informed him that he is ready to host direct talks between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas. Speaking in an interview with Egyptian journalists and quoted by Yedioth Ahronoth, the Egyptian president said Israeli convictions of peace are
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International, Middle EastJust two days after the Turkish parliament ratified an agreement aimed at normalizing relations between Turkey and Israel, the Turkish Foreign Ministry strongly criticized Israel’s strikes on Gaza in response to yesterday’s attack on Sderot, when a rocket was shot into the city from Gaza. “Normalization of relations with Israel does not mean that we
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Middle EastA senior IDF official reported Monday morning that Israel struck dozens of Hamas targets inside the Gaza Strip overnight, in response to rocket fire on Sunday which hit the southern Israeli town of Sderot, damaging a kindergarten. Despite the Hamas attacks and Israel”s retaliation, the official emphasized that Israel is not interested in escalating the
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Middle EastJordan signed a grant agreement on Monday with the U.S., Britain, Norway and Switzerland that will provide the Arab nation with $100 million to help place Syrian refugee children in school. The country, which is home to over 600,000 displaced Syrian refugees, accommodated 145,000 Syrian children in schools during the previous academic year. Even so,
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