Israel slams UNESCO’s plan to declare Temple Mount ‘Muslim’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel on Thursday was outraged to learn that the U.N.’s heritage body was planning to adopt a resolution declaring the Temple Mount sacred to “Muslims only.” The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) 21-member World Heritage Committee is set to […]
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Middle EastBy Joe Spier JERUSALEM– As I walk the grounds of Yad Vashem, I approach the Avenue of the Righteous Gentiles. At the entrance stand three plaques placed in an honored position. Raul Wallenberg, whose exploits in saving over 100,000 Jewish lives are well known, Irena Sendler, not so well known, saved 2,500 Jewish children from the
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New Middle East isn’t the spread of equality, women’s rights, and democracy dreamed and promoted by Barack Obama, Thomas Friedman, and other politically correct westerners. It is, rather, a confused jumble of deadly conflicts among Muslims, shifting postures toward Israel, and a lack of symmetry between what is said
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East(AFP) Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Thursday he has never faced pressure from Russia to step aside, as US Secretary of State John Kerry headed to Moscow seeking to revive stalled peace efforts. Speaking to NBC News in Damascus, Assad insisted his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov had never raised the
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. — President Obama and Secretary of State John Kerry each issued statements Thursday on the one-year anniversary of the nuclear agreement between Iran and the P5+1 power. The President issued the following statement from the White House: “Today marks one year since the conclusion of the Iran nuclear deal—known as the Joint Comprehensive
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Prof. Rivka Carmi, president of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), led an 11-member delegation to Rome to meet with Pope Francis and Vatican leadership last month. The delegation included senior officers of BGU’s international board, leadership of the New York-based American Association for Ben Gurion University, and BGU faculty.
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International, Middle EastEditor’s Note: Following is a selection from news stories and press releases sent to San Diego Jewish World: * Once again, JFS San Diego receives a 4-star rating SAN DIEGO (Press Release – For the ninth consecutive year, Jewish Family Service of San Diego (JFS) has earned a 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s largest
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International, Middle East, San Diego CountyTwo Israeli Arabs indicted for plans to join Islamic State (JNS.org) Two Israeli Arabs from the Galilee region were indicted for supporting and planning to join the Islamic State terror group. The two men, Nazareth resident Mahmoud Abed al-Fatah, 24, and Ashraf Arabi’i, 35, of Shfaram, were indicted in Nazareth District Court on Thursday.
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A good way of enjoying living in Israel is to avoid the media. Because reports about Israel’s standing in the world tend to be depressing, the English daily TV now brings five items of good news every Sunday, presumably to cheer up viewers and to encourage them to watch the
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Middle EastIsrael’s Supreme Rabbinical Court ruled on Wednesday that the conversions performed on his own by Rabbi Haskel Lookstein, a prominent modern Orthodox rabbi from Manhattan, will not be recognized. The ruling by the country’s highest officially recognized religious court upheld a decision made last week by the Petah Tikva District Rabbinical Court, which held that
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Middle East, USARepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Wednesday took to Twitter to hail the new pro-Israel Republican party platform. “The Republican platform is most pro-Israel of all time!” he tweeted, in a post that received more than 6,000 likes. The new platform, the language of which was approved by the Republican Party’s Platform Committee on Tuesday,
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Middle East, USAFormer London Mayor Boris Johnson was on Wednesday appointed as Britain”s new Foreign Secretary in newly appointed Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet, The Independent reports. Johnson will represent Britain abroad on the world stage, and will also take a key role in Brexit negotiations once so-called Article 50 has been triggered to begin the process
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International, Middle EastThe words “saving the flesh of Israel from corruption” normally said at a brit milah (ritual circumcision ceremony) took on added meaning last week at little Elior’s brit mila, where there was not a dry eye in sight among those present. Elior is the son of J, a woman who until recently lived with her
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Middle EastThe Islamic State militant group (ISIS) disseminated a new hit list of American targets earlier this month, including churchgoers and Jewish worshippers, forcing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to brief religious leaders. The list, discovered by jihadi monitoring service SITE Intelligence, was published on July 3 among ISIS sympathizers in online forums. The targets,
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