Two Jewish residents of Jerusalem, one of them a minor, were arrested Sunday on suspicion of assaulting a bus driver for being Arab. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court extended their detention in police custody until Wednesday, Haaretz reported Monday. Only the adult suspect, Reuven Yosef Horowitz, 20, was named in the report. The suspects boarded on […]
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Middle East
Looking to distinguish itself from the rest of Iraq and deepen ties with the Kurdish diaspora, the autonomous region of Kurdistan is courting religious minorities, including Jews. Some 300,000 Jews are descended from refugees who fled the region after the establishment of Israel in 1948. Today, most of them live in Israel, though a small
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) welcomed a detailed reaffirmation by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton of her opposition to BDS, the boycott, sanctions and divestment movement that has targeted Israel. “I believe that BDS seeks to punish Israel and dictate how the Israelis and Palestinians should resolve the core issues
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International, Middle East, USANetanyahu and deputy IDF chief reconcile after divisive Holocaust remarks (JNS.org) Less than a week after Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Deputy Chief of Staff Maj. Gen. Yair Golan made controversial remarks in a Holocaust Remembrance Day speech that drew a rebuke from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the two shook hands on Monday during a
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — On the eve of Israel’s Independence Day I remind myself again that had there been no Israel, the Jewish people would by now been on its way to becoming like the Amish and Judaism would have been reduced to a museum item. But I’m painfully aware that independence came
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Middle EastA senior Iranian general on Monday announced that the country’s armed forces successfully tested a precision-guided, medium-range ballistic missile two weeks ago, the state-run Tasnim agency reported. “We test-fired a missile with a range of 2,000 kilometers and a margin of error of eight meters,” Brigadier General Ali Abdollahi was quoted as saying at a
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Middle EastThe trial of an Israeli soldier charged with manslaughter for killing a wounded Palestinian attacker has opened. Sergeant Elor Azaria denies using excessive force and violating Israel military’s rules of engagement. The 19-year-old conscript medic shot Abdul Fatah al-Sharif in the head in Hebron in March while he lay incapacitated on the ground. Outside court,
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Middle EastNew York real estate mogul and reality television star Donald Trump may have sewn up the Republican nomination, but he”s trailing his likely general election opponent, Hillary Clinton, by double digits in hypothetical matchups. In the latest CNN/ORC poll Hillary beat Trump 54% to 41%, well outside of the poll”s 3% margin of error. Even
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Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –Friendship Walk 2016 and the Israel Fest will be held Sunday, May 15, at San Diego Jewish Academy, 11860 Carmel Creek Rd., San Diego. People with and without special needs are invited to run, jog, walk or roll on the wheelchair and stroller friendly 5K walk route. Afterwards, they may join in the
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAPalestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad al-Maliki, praised on Saturday the United Nations Security Council for its first closed-door hearing to consider international protection for Palestinian Arabs. Al-Maliki claimed that the meeting was critical, given what he called the regular “violations of human rights” by Israel, which he referred to as “the occupying entity”. The Palestinian
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International, Middle EastIsrael’s population has risen to 8,522,000 according to figures published by the Central Bureau of Statistics ahead of Independence Day starting Wednesday evening. The population has grown more than tenfold since Israel was established in 1948 when the country had 806,000 residents. Since last Independence Day the population has grown by 2.2% and the Central
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Jewish History, Middle East
SAN ANTONIO, May 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Ten years and three months after its founding, Christians United for Israel (CUFI), the nation’s largest pro-Israel organization, has crossed the three million member mark. The news comes on the heels of an exceptional year for the Christian Zionist group, including the creation of a permanent Washington DC
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Middle East, USAThe Pumpkin, an Israeli fort in south Lebanon, first entered Matti Friedman’s mind in the winter of 1997. It was the voice of the radio news announcer that imprinted it there, with the announcement, delivered on a wet Jerusalem day, that his friend, Mordechai, had been gravely wounded in combat with Hezbollah guerrillas. A week
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Jewish History, Middle EastIt’s time the world — and Jews themselves — identify the People of the Book as indigenous people. At least, that’s the opinion of indigenous rights activist Ryan Bellerose of Alberta, Canada. He recently returned from his second trip to the Holy Land where he filmed a video supporting the concept for the Israeli advocacy
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