By Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C. – AJC presented its Moral Courage Award to two heroes, Michel Bacos and Tzvi Har-Nevo, who played vital roles in the rescue of more than 100 passengers and crew on a hijacked Air France jet 40 years ago. “Tzvi and Michel stared down enemies and stood up for innocent people,” […]
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International, Middle EastIsrael seals off West Bank and Gaza in wake of Tel Aviv terror attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Two days after the Palestinian terrorist shooting that killed four Israelis in Tel Aviv, the Israeli diplomatic-security cabinet imposed a general closure on all of the West Bank and on border crossings into Gaza. The two terrorists
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The sudden collapse of bookshelves in Yigal’s study, fortunately without injury to life or limb, set in train a course of events (new bookcases in every room) that enabled a thorough sifting-through of books and other items collected in the course of some fifty years. One of the most
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Continuing with my previous column, any current discussion of Jerusalem ought to deal with the issues of whose city? and should it be divided? Even more basic is the issues of which Jerusalem? and when? Ancient and medieval sources tell of several expansions and contractions of what was defined as Jerusalem.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastANALYSIS/OPINION: The Obama administration’s treatment of Israel has been, in a word, deplorable. Everybody knows it. President Obama has enabled Israel’s archenemy, the Islamic Republic of Iran, to threaten its very existence. The White House has allowed Tehran to receive sophisticated anti-aircraft weapons systems from Russia, with more advanced weapons on the way, to frustrate
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Middle East, USAHussein Ibish is a scholar of Lebanese origin who is Senior Resident Scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, a recently-established think-tank financed by the Gulf States. Dr. Ibish is a respected commentator on the Middle East, and when he comments on matters involving the Gulf States, his remarks are considered authoritative, in
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Middle EastThe village of Yata, from which the two terrorists who murdered four in Tel Aviv Wednesday came, has been surrounded by IDF checkpoints and no one will be allowed in or out without permission from the IDF. The work permits for members of the terrorists” clan have been revoked, as have permits to visit Israel
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Middle EastThe four victims of Wednesday night’s shooting attack in central Tel Aviv have been named as 41-year-old Ido Ben-Ari of Ramat Gan Ilana Naveh, 39, of Tel Aviv Ben Gurion University professor Michael Feige, 58 and 32-year-old Mila Mishaev of Rishon Letzion. Ben-Ari’s wife was with him at the time of the attack, which took
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Middle EastDemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night condemned the shooting attack in Tel Aviv in which four people were murdered and five wounded. “I condemn the heinous terrorist attack in Tel Aviv today. I send my deepest condolences to the families of those killed and I will continue to pray for the wounded,” she
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Middle East, USAWords of condemnation and support continue to pour in from foreign leaders, following the deadly shooting spree by Arab terrorists in central Tel Aviv on Wednesday night. But one senior foreign diplomat in Israel felt words were not enough. On Thursday morning, Australian Ambassador to Israel Dave Sharma announced that he and his entire staff
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International, Middle EastPalestinian militant group Hamas promised Wednesday that Israel will face further “surprises” during Ramadan after the shooting attack that left four people dead in central Tel Aviv. Hamas said in a statement released after two Palestinian gunmen carried out the attack at the Sarona Market food and retail center Wednesday that the incident “is the
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Middle EastOmri Casspi Israeli basketball champion Omri Casspi, now a forward for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, is leading a drive to raise $200,000 for charitable organizations in his homeland. Casspi said his campaign is part of a wider mission to show the best of Israel to the world. The organizations selected are Yad Ezra, which feeds
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot upon the Prime Minister”s return from a state visit to Russia, Wednesday night, to discuss Israel”s response to the terror attack in Tel Aviv”s Sarona Market which left four dead and five wounded. In the wake of the attack,
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Middle EastBritish Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday morning joined the chorus of international condemnation following Wednesday night’s deadly shooting attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market. Two Arab cousins from Yatta near Hevron gunned down innocent customers at a restaurant at the open-air market, after calmly ordering desserts. The US government was among the first to
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