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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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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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Netanyahu vows: ‘Syria won’t be a launchpad against Israel’

After meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held a conference with the leaders of Moscow’s Jewish community where he spoke about Israeli activity in Syria. The event, which was held during Netanyahu’s official visit to Russia, was attended by around 100 community leaders and businessmen including Russian

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Watch: Top Abbas aide praises stabbings at UN school graduation

A leading official in Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas’s Fatah party recently celebrated stabbing attacks against Israelis, at the graduation ceremony for a UN sponsored school. Abbas Zaki, a leading member of the Fatah Central Committee, made the speech at UNRWA Ramallah Women’s Training Center and Educational Science Faculty’s graduation ceremony, which was held at

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In Israel, Italian minister says the Jewish state is ‘part of ourselves’

The wood-burning oven set into a corner of the Italian ambassador’s garden in Ramat Gan glowed hot, ready to produce hundreds of crispy pizzas to feed over 1,400 guests. The reception, organized every year by Italian Ambassador Francesco Maria Talò to celebrate the Festa della Repubblica (Day of the Republic), is always a hit —

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‘Yoni was shot within reach of me’

On the 40th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo wrote an article for Yedioth Aharonoth reenacting every step of the legendary rescue operation from his point as view as the communications officer of Sayeret Matkal. The elite special ops force, led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s heroic brother Col. Yoni Netanyahu, rescued

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International, Jewish History, Middle East

Erekat blasts Rivlin for visiting ‘illegal settlements’

Saeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization”s (PLO) Executive Committee, on Tuesday blasted President Reuven Rivlin over what he termed his “visit to the Israeli settlements”. He was referring to Rivlin”s tour on Monday of the Binyamin region of Samaria, as a guest of Yesha Council leader Avi Roeh. The Yesha Council represents

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