Middle East

Netanyahu: ‘Enough lamenting, I’m in charge of defense’

At a press conference Sunday with the visiting French Prime Minister Manuel Valls, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu spoke about Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) sudden resignation last Friday. Ya’alon announced Friday that he intends to return and contend for the leadership, after Netanyahu decided to give his post of Defense Minister to MK Avigdor Liberman […]

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Middle East

France pushing on with conference bid, despite Israeli objection

Tel Aviv (dpa) – French Prime Minister Manuel Valls was in Israel Sunday, in a further push to convince the Israelis to accept international talks on their conflict with the Palestinians. Valls was scheduled to lunch with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem Monday, before travelling to the nearby West Bank for talks with

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International, Middle East

Lauder: World Jewry will fight the anti- Semites

NEW YORK (Press Release)– World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder delivered remarks Sunday at the Jerusalem Post Annual Conference in New York, condemning the United Nations for its harmful anti-Semitic rhetoric, and for becoming little more than an anti-Israel political cartel. Lauder was joined by an array of Israeli ministers, Knesset members and officials,

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International, Middle East, USA

Report: Adelson encouraging Trump to visit Israel

Conservative and big-money allies of Donald Trump are laying the groundwork for him to visit Israel this summer, an idea backed by Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson, The Guardian reported on Saturday. According to the report, the Jewish-American billionaire recently indicated in a meeting with the candidate that he would provide about $100 million to help

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Middle East, USA

Ontario parliament shoots down anti-BDS law

A bill that would have banned the Canadian province of Ontario”s public institutions from doing business with companies which support an anti-Israel movement was shot down Thursday, reports The Toronto Sun. The bill, co-sponsored by Progressive Conservative MPP Tim Hudak and Liberal MPP Mike Colle, would have prohibited the government from entering into contracts with

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International, Middle East

J-Street was paid by Obama administration to promote Iran deal

J-Street received more than half a million dollars to advocate for the Obama administration’s controversial nuclear deal with Iran, it has been revealed. The liberal Jewish group, which bills itself as “pro-Israel and pro-peace” but which critics say takes solely anti-Israel stances, was paid the money by the White House’s main surrogate organization for selling

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Middle East, USA

Liberal Judaism, complexity science, and Israel

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two friends, who I am sure do not know one another, have provoked this column with issues dealing with what appear to be different matters. One worries about the weakness of Liberal Judaism in Israel. Another sent me an item about “complexity science.” The topics link to one another. The “findings”

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

US ‘looks forward’ to Ya’alon’s successor

US President Barack Obama’s administration announced on Friday that it appreciates Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon’s (Likud) leadership, and will work with his successor. Ya’alon made a surprising announcement Friday that he is resigning but intends to return and contend for the leadership, after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu decided to give his post of Defense Minister

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Middle East, USA