Middle East

Australian Ambassador dines at TA market in show of solidarity

Words 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 East

Tel Aviv Attack: Hamas Says More ‘Surprises’ For Israel

Palestinian 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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Israel nixes thousands of Ramadan entry visas after TA attack

Prime 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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UK prime minister ‘stands with Israel against terrorism’

British 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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AJC Meets with Swedish Prime Minister, Foreign Minister

STOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An AJC leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Sweden’s capital. The visit was highlighted by a private 90-minute meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who was joined by Foreign Minister Margret Wallström. The Chairman of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, Aron Verstandig, participated with the

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International, Middle East, USA

Middle East Roundup: June 9, 2016

CNN comes under fire for calling Tel Aviv shooters ‘terrorists’ in quote marks (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) CNN came under fire Wednesday for its social media reporting on the Palestinian terrorist shooting attack in Tel Aviv that left four Israelis dead and seven others wounded. The breaking news update on CNN’s Twitter account presented the

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Who is really behind the SJP organization?

“Israelis have to be bombed… it is wrong to maintain the State of Israel. It is an illegitimate creation” — Taher Herzallah, American Muslims for Palestine National Campus Coordinator By Max Samarov and Philippe Assouline On April 19th Jonathan Schanzer, a former US Treasury Department official, testified in Congress regarding the activities of the anti-Israel boycott movement

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Controlled Explosion Outside Israeli Embassy In London

Authorities carried out a controlled explosion Wednesday on a suspicious vehicle outside the Israeli embassy in central London. After London Metropolitan Police cordoned off High Street Kensington, Witnesses reported the sound of a loud explosion to SkyNews. Police reportedly evacuated a nearby Whole Foods Market. A witness on the scene tweeted that the Whole Foods

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Israeli firm creates tiny, terrifying pistol-packing robot

The tiny robot looks like your average autonomous vacuum cleaner — just another little black box rolling on the floor, until you realize: this Roomba-like creature is packing heat. An Israeli company has created a small remote-controlled robot designed for law enforcement and military use that is capable of firing a pistol, specifically for use

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George Galloway favors Trump over Clinton

Controversial anti-Israel British politician George Galloway, who in the past declared his hometown an “Israeli-free zone”, bashed likely Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton on Tuesday, saying that presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump was the lesser of two evils. Galloway, who in the past has praised the Hamas terror group and accused Israel of arming Al

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Desmond Tutu nominates Palestinian mass-murderer for Nobel Prize

South African archbishop and prominent anti-Israel campaigner Desmond Tutu has joined other activists in nominating imprisoned Palestinian arch-terrorist Marwan Barghouti for the Nobel Peace Prize. Tutu tabled the nomination in a letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee on Monday – cited by Al Arabiya – in which he hailed the Fatah-Tanzim commander as a symbol

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