NASA expresses interest in Israel helping with manned mission to Mars (JNS.org) America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) plans to send a manned mission to Mars in the 2030s, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden said Monday during a visit to Israel. Accompanied by Israeli Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akunis and Givatayim Mayor […]
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Middle EastJordanian security forces on Monday night arrested a suspect in the attack on a security office in a Palestinian Arab camp that left five dead, including three security officers, Jordanian state television said, according to Reuters. Security forces said a major manhunt was launched following the attack at the Baqaa camp early on Monday. The
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Middle EastThe Green Party presidential candidate, Dr. Jill Stein, on Monday released a statement in support of the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. “The United States has encouraged the worst tendencies of the Israeli government as it pursues policies of occupation, apartheid, assassination, illegal settlements, demolitions, blockades, building of nuclear bombs, indefinite detention, collective
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Middle East, USAIranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Hossein Jaberi Ansari slammed Saudi Arabia as the “main culprit” involved in the spread of terrorism, implicitly hitting back at a U.S. Department of State report calling Iran the world’s “leading state sponsor of terrorism.” “Saudi Arabia has as its main agenda been using terrorism as an instrument to materialize its
Speaking at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School, Maen Rashid Areikat said that what Israel needs “is a genuine peace with its neighbors, first and foremost the Palestinians.” Photo by Michele Alperin A student asks Areikat a question after his talk. According to a leading Palestinian diplomat, Israel is “pushing Israel and Palestine toward a one-state
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Middle EastRabbi Yitzchak David Grossman, legendary head of the Migdal Ohr Institutions in Migdal HaEmek in the Jezreel Valley – known as the “Disco Rabbi” because of his practice of entering noisy nightclubs to find potential returnees to Torah – related the following extraordinary incident in his most recently column in the weekly BaKehillah. In the
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastMousa Abu Marzouk, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, on Sunday criticized Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi for his recent call for peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority (PA). Speaking to the Al Jazeera network, Abu Marzouk said, “We tell the Egyptian president that “there will never be a cold or a hot peace
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Middle EastBangladesh has seen a bloody string of murders targeting secular bloggers and religious minorities, with most of the killings claimed by Islamist groups – but according to Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan, Israel is to blame. In accusing Israel of inexplicable involvement in the local murders, Khan noted that opposition MP Aslam Chowdhury, a joint
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International, Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – An alleged French fraudster claims he gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approximately 1 million euros (1.13 million dollars) as a campaign donation, prompting the Israeli attorney-general to launch a probe, Israel Radio reported Monday. The claim by Arnaud Mimran, who is accused of running a massive EU carbon credit tax
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International, Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin recounted how he told US President Barack Obama that a “two-state solution” to the Israeli-Arab conflict is “irrelevant.” Rivlin was speaking during a tour of the Binyamin Region of Samaria, as a guest of Yesha Council leader Avi Roeh. The Yesha Council represents the Jewish communities of Judea and Samaria. Addressing
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) signed a major partnership agreement with the Federation of Local Authorities (MASHAM) in Israel, deepening the relationship between the more than 250 local and municipal governments in Israel and the members of SCAG, which includes municipal governments stretching across 191 cities in six counties and
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Middle East, USABy Kenneth Bandler WASHINGTON, D.C. – Five young AJC staff members met in Jerusalem for an unprecedented – and wide-ranging – discussion on global Jewish affairs with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The video-recorded conversation was arranged in connection with the AJC Global Forum, the advocacy organization’s signature annual event, which began Sunday and was shown
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International, Middle East, USA57% of Israelis outside Jerusalem fear visiting city amid Palestinian terror wave (JNS.org) Most Israelis are afraid to visit Jerusalem due to security concerns, a new poll released on Sunday shows. The Smith Research Center poll, commissioned by the “Commanders for Israel’s Security” movement, reveals that 57 percent of Israelis who don’t reside in Jerusalem
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Middle EastThe UJA-Federation of New York on Sunday applauded New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo, who had earlier issued an executive order directing state entities to divest all public funds supporting the Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. “UJA-Federation of New York applauds Governor Cuomo for being the first governor in the nation to
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