Jewish fertility surpasses Arab fertility in Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The fertility rate for Jewish women (4.3 children per mother) in Jerusalem has surpassed the fertility rate among the city’s Arab women (3.3 children), according to newly released data. The 2016 fertility figures were provided by the Statistical Yearbook of Jerusalem, which is issued […]
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Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu released a video message on Tuesday, in honor of the Building Bridges Not Boycotts international summit at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York. The summit seeks to fight the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel. “You should fight BDS – but not because it’s gonna [sic]
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Middle EastIsrael’s Supreme Court on Tuesday approved the demolition of the home of Murad Bader Abdullah Adais, who stabbed to death a Jewish mother in front of her children last January in the Judean community of Otniel. Dafna Meir was repeatedly stabbed as she fought desperately to prevent the young Arab terrorist from entering her house
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Middle EastMK Yisrael Eichler (United Torah Judaism) had harsh criticism for the Israel Police on Monday at a discussion in the Knesset on police violence against Israelis during protests, searches of detainees and even while handing out traffic tickets. Eichler related specifically to police violence against the haredi community which, he claimed, routinely takes place and
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Middle EastGaza City (dpa) – Hamas, the Islamist movement ruling Gaza, executed three Palestinians Tuesday, whom it had earlier convicted of murder. “The three men were executed early on Tuesday morning by shooting and not by hanging,” said a statement by the Hamas-run Interior Ministry in Gaza, adding that “it wasn’t a public execution.” Only representatives
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Middle EastOn Friday, Paris will host a Middle East peace conference. It was initially proposed by French prime minister Manual Valls May 21-24 during his visit to Israel and the Palestine territories. The meeting was delayed for four days so that US secretary of state John Kerry could participate. The Egyptians said they are very interested
The Ethiopia-Israel consultative meeting is said to be important to navigate ‘inexhaustible’ potential areas for cooperation between Ethiopia and Israel. The two countries held a joint consultative meeting here in Addis yesterday ahead of the planned high-level visit between both countries next month. Ethiopia’s Ambassador to Israel Hilawe Yosef said that the consultative meeting focuses
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International, Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a delegation of visiting U.S. congressmen on Monday that an agreement on reconciliation with Turkey is very close, Haaretz reports. However, officials in Jerusalem are still waiting to set the decisive meeting between the two negotiating teams during which the remaining disagreements are meant to be closed. Israel and Turkey
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Middle EastA wide majority of Israeli Jews, including those both on the left and right, favor Israeli sovereignty over the city of Maale Adumim, according to a new poll conducted by the Midgam polling firm. A whopping 78% of Israeli Jews say they support the annexation of Maale Adumim even without a final status agreement with
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Middle EastJordan”s new Prime Minister, Hani Mulki, who was appointed by King Abdullah II on Sunday after he dissolved parliament, is being described by Arab media as “pro-Israel”. Husam Abdallat, a former senior government aide at the prime minister’s office, told the Al Jazeera network on Monday that Mulki will most likely be given the job
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Middle EastDespite the hot weather, tens of thousands of supporters of Israel participated in the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto”s 46th annual Walk for Israel, which took place on Sunday. Before the walk began, a letter sent by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to the participants and expressing the government”s support for Israel was read. “For
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International, Middle EastA special event was held Monday evening at the Kotel in the Old City of Jerusalem for some 500 Jewish converts from across Israel affiliated with the Ami Ulpan network. The event, in honor of the upcoming holiday of Shavuot, celebrated the converts” journey to Judaism. Shavuot, which marks the giving of the Torah to
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastWhen Alain Benhamou walked into his apartment near Paris in July 2015 and saw the words “dirty Jew” scrawled on the wall, he knew it was time to leave. It was his second such break-in in less than three months and the 71-year-old no longer felt welcome in Bondy, a Parisian suburb he had called
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International, Middle EastIsrael’s new anti-terror bill cracks down on incitement and terror tunnels (JNS.org) Israel’s new anti-terrorism legislation will soon face its second and third Knesset readings after its final draft was approved by the Israeli legislature’s Constitution, Law and Justice Committee on Monday. The bill grants law enforcement agencies, particularly the Shin Bet security agency and
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