Israeli 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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Middle East, USAThe 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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