HULA VALLEY, Israel (Press Release) — After a long process of being developed as an international birdwatching park, KKL-JNF has initiated a unique project for the benefit of land site visitors, professional and amateur birdwatchers worldwide, an extensive project consisting of network of HD live cameras. The project includes installation of electric infrastructure, laying a […]
(JNS) Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid early on Wednesday slammed as a “monstrous lie” comments made the day before by Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas, who claimed following a meeting with Germany’s chancellor in Berlin that Israel had perpetrated “50 Holocausts” against the Palestinians. “Mahmoud Abbas accusing Israel of having committed ’50 Holocausts’ while standing
(JNS) Israel and Turkey will restore full diplomatic relations in a process that will include the return of ambassadors and consuls general, according to a statement on Wednesday from Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid’s office. “Upgrading relations will contribute to deepening ties between the two peoples, expanding economic, trade and cultural ties, and strengthening regional
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Israel, Middle East
By JD Krebs As Rosh Hashanah comes around the corner, Jews across the country are looking for ways to enhance the High Holiday experience. Fortunately, Jewish National Fund-USA’s Online Mitzvah Marketplace has a wide variety of Holiday gifts designed to make everyone’s Rosh Hashanah one to remember. Originally established by Jewish National Fund-USA during the
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Israel, Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Steve Kramer KFAR SABA, Israel — Michal and I had planned an overnight in Jerusalem with friends from New York. With the predictable hot weather (90 degrees and sunny everyday) of the metro Tel Aviv area, a sojourn in Jerusalem is always a summer treat. Jerusalem’s altitude is about 3,000 ft, so the
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Israel, Middle East, Steve Kramer, Travel and Food
By Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Israel has had primaries for the Labor Likud parties. There were changes in the line-ups of both. But most prominent was the success of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Likud. His close supporters did well, in filling eight of the first 13 places on the ticket. Bibi’s critics
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
(JNS) Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz on Thursday accused Iran of providing tens of millions of dollars a year to the Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist organization. Speaking at a joint press conference with Cypriot Defense Minister Charalambos Petrides, who is in Israel for an official visit, Gantz said that Iran also helps smuggle material into
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Israel, Middle East
By David Isaac (JNS) “Operation Breaking Dawn” is being described as one of Israel’s most successful Gaza operations in recent years. “All goals have been achieved, whoever tries to harm us will pay with his life,” Prime Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday evening, addressing the nation. Yet some have questioned Israel’s current Gaza policy,
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Israel, Middle East
LA JOLLA, California — Dr. Beatrice Golomb, head of the UC San Diego Golomb Research Group, describes her father as “far and away the smartest person anyone who knew him had ever met.” That statement might sound like hyperbole until you learn more about the late Professor Solomon Golomb, a Harvard University-educated mathematician known as
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Israel, Middle East, San Diego County, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If a ceasefire holds, the latest fighting between Israel and Palestinian terrorists in Gaza won’t have changed much in a conflict that’s already lasted a century. That’s something that should both discourage friends of Israel and hopefully focus them on the only issue that really matters when it comes to
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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USABy Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D JERUSALEM — Currently, Israel is in the midst of what might be called an operation or a mini-war. It’s been going on for several days, and came in response to threats from Islamic Jihad in Gaza to attack Israel. That came in response to Israel’s arrest of an Islamic Jihad activist
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Ira Sharkansky, Israel, Middle East, Opinion
LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – On August 4, StandWithUs launched its second national letter campaign to nearly 3,000 university leaders, highlighting five key issues of concern to Jewish students. The letter stressed the importance of fighting bias and discrimination against Jewish students as part of broader Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) and social justice efforts
By Gedaliah Borvick JERUSALEM — Israel enjoys a strong relationship with the Czech Republic and Slovakia, two countries that comprise the former Czechoslovakia. To understand the root of this special relationship, let’s go back over 130 years and focus on Tomas Masaryk. The name Masaryk may ring a bell, as streets in over half a
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Gedaliah Borvick, International, Israel, Jewish History, Middle East
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — For more than half her 20-year tenure as a Democratic member of Congress from San Diego, Susan Davis encouraged the exchange of students from Jerusalem and San Diego, remembering that her own time spent as a young woman on an Israeli kibbutz was formative in her own life.