The Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, headed by MK Tzachi Hanegbi (Likud), on Wednesday held a hearing on “American Jewry as a strategic asset to Israel’s security”. MK Nachman Shai (Zionist Union), chairman of the Israel-US relations Lobby, opened the hearing. “American Jewry is the bridge which forms the basis for the US-Israel relationship,” […]
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Middle East, USABernie Sanders has spent this entire election season making a progressive case against Hillary Clinton, and now, the Vermont senator has secured enough momentum to shove the entire Democratic National Convention to the left. The Clinton and Sanders campaigns worked in conjunction with the Democratic Party to strike a deal allowing each candidate to choose
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Middle East, USANetanyahu and Lieberman sign deal to expand Israeli governing coalition (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A deal to bring Avigdor Lieberman’s Yisrael Beiteinu party into Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s governing coalition was signed Wednesday. Lieberman and fellow Yisrael Beiteinu Member of Knesset Sofa Landver are set to be sworn in as government ministers May 30—Lieberman
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Middle EastThe fourth member of a group of Islamic State (ISIS) jailors who murdered hostages and were dubbed the “Beatles” by former captives has been identified by The Washington Post and BuzzFeed news. According to stories in the two outlets on Monday, British and American intelligence officials have identified El Shafee Elsheikh, 27, as the final
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International, Middle EastPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu revealed that he has discovered his Lithuanian Jewish ancestry is not fully Ashkenazic, but actually at least partially hails from the Sephardic Jewry of Spain in tracing back through the years of exile from Israel. The surprising revelation was unveiled by the Prime Minister during an event launching a new wing
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Middle EastAn annual pilgrimage to Africa’s oldest synagogue got under way Wednesday in Tunisia where security forces were deployed heavily to ward off potential jihadist attacks. Small groups of visitors began arriving in the searing heat at the Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba in southern Tunisia for the Lag BaOmer festival. Organizers expect up
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Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Hardline former foreign minister Avigdor Lieberman, who became Israel’s defence minister Wednesday, is known for his harsh tongue, which has secured him the nickname “the bulldozer.” The 57-year-old is known for making what critics call extremist, belligerent and populist statements, but which supporters hail as politically incorrect and iconoclastic, but straight-forward.
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Middle EastFormer British Prime Minister Tony Blair said on Tuesday that if the Netanyahu government agrees to negotiate with the Palestinian Authority on the basis of the Arab peace initiative, Arab states would be willing to take steps to normalize their relations with Israel, Haaretz reported. Speaking at a conference in London, Blair said that there”s
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International, Middle EastSwitzerland’s parliament has called to stop channeling massive funds to radical NGOs with terror links that work to push forward the BDS boycott movement that economically attacks Israel. The call by the parliament was made in a resolution initiated by MP Christian Imark, and it received backing from 41 MPs of various political stripes, reports
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International, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw HERZLIYA, Israel — Those of us fighting against the tsunami of anti-Israel haters were no surprised to read the State Comptrollers Report accusing government ministries of gross negligence in the fight against anti-Israel activism. The headlines of one Israeli media outlet, covering the State Comptroller’s report, called the government “dysfunctional” and “failing
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – In light of the pervasive anti-Semitism allowed to fester at the University of California Irvine (UCI), 36 Jewish and civil rights groups on Wednesday, May 25, demanded UCI Chancellor Howard Gillman immediately implement the recently passed Regents Statement of Principles Against Intolerance. “Jewish students report that UCI administrators have consistently
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — I’ve lately come to realize that when I mention “pinkwashing,” most friends of mine in Israel and the US aren’t familiar with the term. Pinkwashing is an accusation against Israel for using its strong pro-gay rights record to distract from its “oppression of Palestinians.” Adherents of pink washing
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Prominent in all the noise focused on the recent deals to expand Bibi’s government are the accusations that we’ve gone over the edge in the direction of fascism, and that Israeli politicians are being especially nasty to one another. In other words, an extremism of policy is about to come
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAChairman of the Jewish Home and Education Minister Naftali Bennett intends to insist on his demands to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he announced Tuesday, after demanding the premier appoint a military secretary to update the Cabinet on IDF affairs at all times. Following a report on Operation Protective Edge and the Second Lebanon War, it
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