The annual Celebrate Israel Parade in Manhattan was attended by over 30,000 Jews and supporters of Israel on Sunday. Israeli Ambassador to the UN Danny Danon took part, as did New York State and City leaders, dozens of schools, Jewish organizations, synagogues and pro-Israel Christian groups. “It is heartwarming to see tens of thousands of […]
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Middle East, USAAfter a bill against the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) was rejected by the Ontario parliament, Premier Kathleen Wynne plans to work with members of the opposition to draft a new motion on the issue, The Canadian Jewish News reports. Wynne made the pledge in response to the controversy surrounding “The Standing Up Against Anti-Semitism
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International, Middle EastIf there’s one wholly unnecessary thing that presidential candidates would love to wipe off their plates, it’s the wrangling over a political party platform. The platform is exhaustively debated, but it doesn’t really accomplish anything. Some may argue that it is a critical statement of important issues for the party, but that’s not true at
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The headline of this column, letting aspirations for an organized work rest in peace, may reflect more cynicism than reality. However, there is something to the idea. Colonialism began its demise with World War I, when the European powers that could carve up the world and color the maps as
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsraeli security forces arrested a Hamas terrorist involved in tunnel digging who crossed the border into Israel, it has been cleared for publication. The 17-year-old member of Hamas’s military wing was captured upon entering Israeli territory, in a joint operation involving IDF, Shin Bet and Israel Police forces in May of this year. Under interrogation
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Middle EastProsecutors in Lod have filed charges against Omar Riyad Abd al-Razak Uda, a 21-year-old man from Qalansawe in central Israel, for contacting a foreign agent and providing services for an illegal organization. According to the statements, Uda periodically visited the al-Aqsa Mosque, located on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. On three occasions in 2015, he
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Middle EastIsrael on Sunday released a correspondent in the Golan Heights for Iran’s Arabic-language state television after four days of detention, police said. Bassam al-Safadi, a journalist for the Al-Alam news channel, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of “supporting a terrorist organisation and incitement to violence and terrorism,” police said. A court in Nazareth in northern
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Middle EastWhile the Jewish community in the neighborhood of Silwan (Shiloach) in eastern Jerusalem has elicited fierce criticism from the Israeli left and even the American government, descendants of the original owner of the “Kfar HaTeimanim” (Yemenite Village) area in Silwan celebrated the planned construction of an additional apartment building for the growing Jewish population. Yair
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Middle EastRecent comments by Opposition head Yitzhak Herzog (Zionist Union) and Shelly Yachimovich (Zionist Union) suggest that their party may still join the government coalition. On Saturday, both politicians said that they would reconsider joining a unity government, should there be any diplomatic initiatives. MK Herzog presented new conditions to joining. “If Netanyahu kicks the Jewish
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Middle EastDue to the large number of lawyers who have visited former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert in prison, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) has decided to change its policies on visits. Under the new rules, prisoners will be allowed three lawyer visits per week, and no more than one per day. In addition, each visit will
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM, June 4 — Israel marks today Yom Yerushalayim, the 49th anniversary of what is described by most Israelis as the reunification of Jerusalem as Israel’s “eternal capital.” The city’s Arabs view today’s celebration as anther tragic reminder of Israel’s conquest of their land in the 1967 Six Day War. The
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Middle EastIstanbul (dpa) – Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was sharply critical of German Chancellor Angela Merkel for failing to stop a vote recognizing the 1915 killing of Armenians as genocide and did not rule out sanctions, in remarks published Saturday. Erdogan said he did not understand why German Chancellor Angela Merkel had failed to whip
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International, Middle EastSaudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, on Friday said the Arab Peace Initiative is the best solution for the Israel-Palestinian Authority (PA) conflict, and rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand that the initiative be “updated” to reflect the changes that have occurred in the Middle East over the past several years. The initiative, unveiled in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — After years of demands from archaeologists and others concerned with the Temple Mount, the Prime Minister has instructed officials to begin judicial proceedings against Muslim religious authorities for destructive activities. Currently the activity concerns the construction of toilets and showers for Muslims who come to pray. Over the years there
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