After two Palestinian gunmen opened fire on diners in central Tel Aviv’s Sarona market Wednesday, killing four Israelis, a hashtag was being widely posted by Palestinian social media users: #CarloSalvo. The hashtag is a morbid tip of the hat to a homemade sub-machine gun version of the Swedish military’s World War II Carl Gustav rifle,
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Middle EastHamas on Friday carried out a series of rocket firing tests in Gaza, Army Radio reported. Israeli officials quoted by the station estimated that the tests included the firing of more than 30 short-range rockets. The rockets were directed towards areas that are not controlled by Israel, according to Army Radio. Hamas conducts ongoing missile
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Middle EastHillary Clinton earned plenty of banner headlines in the United States this week for becoming the first woman to clinch a major party’s nomination for president. That achievement was hailed in some parts of the world, though viewed as less-than-remarkable elsewhere; America, after all, would not be the first major country to have a female
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES, June 10, 2016 – Muhammad Ali’s public funeral was turned into a public spectacle today, as an interfaith event meant to show the peaceful side of Islam turned into an excuse to bash Israel. A supposedly apolitical event meant to unify us all became a Democrat Party pep rally. Not since Paul Wellstone’s
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USARepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Friday called for the United States to strengthen its alliance with Israel. Speaking to Evangelical voters in Washington, Trump said, “We all have to deal with the threat of Islamic extremism and ensure the security of Israel.” “We must continue to strengthen our friendship with Israel,” he added. “We
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Middle East, USAIn February, representatives in California”s state assembly proposed AB 2844, a measure intended to weaken the growing BDS movement in the Golden State. The original version of the bill, proposed by Democratic Assemblyman Richard Bloom and cosponsored by Republican Travis Allen, barred all state agencies from doing business with companies participating in boycotts targeting Israel.
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Middle East, USAActor and comedian Joe Piscopo earned nationwide fame with his celebrity impersonations, Saturday Night Live skits, and roles in Hollywood films like the remake of King Kong and Wise Guys. Less well-known, however, is Piscopo”s ardent support for the State of Israel. Now hosting his own daily radio show, Piscopo airs his views on a
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Middle East, USABy 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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