Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog”s spokesman Ofer Newman stirred up controversy Saturday night with provocative comments posted on Facebook targeting Jews living in Judea and Samaria. The post came after the airing of the TV special “The Settlers”, inspiring Newman to publicly air his feelings on the Jewish communities over the Green Line. Launching into […]
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Middle EastThe ministerial legislation committee today rejected a bill proposed by MK Yael German (Yesh Atid) that would allow the local authorities to decide whether to operate public transportation on the Sabbath. German told “Globes” today, “We won’t give up. We’ll submit the bill again in six months, and again in a year, and again and
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By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM- When you meet an everyday person who does something incredible, it can take your breath away. Ronen and his wife Neomie are two such people. Both volunteer as EMTs for Israel’s national volunteer EMS organization, United Hatzalah, and they collaborate to make their volunteering as well as their personal lives work
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — Political change is coming to Israel. That’s the conclusion I came back with from a recent Congressional delegation to Israel and the West Bank. Most Americans who care deeply about the future of Israel have watched in agony as Prime Minister Netanyahu has led the country ever further to
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Middle EastIsrael allowed hundreds of Palestinians from the Gaza Strip into Jerusalem for Ramadan prayers Friday, an official said, a week after revoking entry permits in response to a deadly attack. The 300 Palestinians are believed to be the first from the Strip to be granted entry to pray since Israel shut the border after terrorists
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Middle EastIsrael said Saturday it was sending firefighting planes to a blaze in Cyprus, returning the neighboring island’s helping hand when the Jewish state suffered a devastating forest fire in 2010. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered that firefighting planes be sent to Cyprus to help put out a giant fire that is raging in Paphos,”
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Middle EastBoeing’s reported agreement to sell airplanes to Iran has come under criticism by two Republican lawmakers, who wrote to the company requesting clarifications on the deal. Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Peter Roskam warned in a letter released Friday that the sale could threaten national security, according to Reuters. “American companies should not be complicit in
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Middle East, USAZionist Union MK Tzipi Livni said Saturday that the Netanyahu government’s national agenda was run by the settlers’ council and reiterated her call to go to a referendum on a one-state or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking at a cultural event in Rishon Lezion, Livni said that the “Israeli government does whatever the
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Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Britain votes on Thursday to stay in the EU, or leave. Discussions have centered on the economic consequences. Figures have been thrown at both sides of the argument. The economy and jobs are vitally important issues as Brits ponder their future. Here is a brief view from an Israeli
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Does Israel face threats to its existence?. Two former Chiefs of the IDF General Staff, who were both Ministers of Defense, and one of them a Prime Minister, have come out against the current Prime Minister with charges that he is excessive in promoting fear to the population rather than working
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — Just hours after four Israelis were murdered at the Sarona Market in Tel Aviv, Professor Cornel West called on a Democratic Party platform drafting committee to describe the West Bank as “occupied.” West is one of three advocates for the Palestinians whom presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders appointed to
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Middle East, USAMike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas who took part in the Republican primaries, spoke to Israel’s Army Radio in supporting presidential candidate Donald Trump and his statements against Muslims. Trump recently called for closing the United States’ borders to Muslims and mocked those who condemned him for it. “Right here in Israel, Muslims don”t
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Middle East, USAOfficials in Washington on Wednesday sought to play down the fact that the White House had threatened to veto a Congressional proposal to increase funding for Israeli missile defense. According to Haaretz, the officials stressed that the threat does not reflect a desire to cut aid to Israel, but merely a disagreement over the proper
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Middle East, USANEW YORK — Beneath Robert Silverman’s Midwestern affability lies a determination and stoicism few would attribute to such an agreeable man. These qualities were tested after Muslim-American gunman Omar Mateen killed 49 people and wounded 53 at a nightclub in Orlando Sunday, in the most gruesome mass-shooting in recent US history. “The Orlando murders reinforce
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