Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump has said Israel should continue building in Judea and Samaria, insisting the Jewish state should “keep moving forward” in response to Arab terrorism. Speaking to the UK’s Daily Mail, Trump emphasized his support for the State of Israel, and appeared to veer away from previous comments in which he declared […]
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – After meeting with some of the students who blocked the campus police car in which he was a passenger for approximately two hours last week, SDSU President Elliot Hirshman, who is Jewish, and others issued a statement on Monday abhorring Islamophobia but not mentioning anti-Semitism. As reported in Tuesday’s
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The Men’s Club and Sisterhood of Tifereth Israel Synagogue plan to celebrate Israel’s 68th birthday with an ol’ fashioned American style barbecue at 6 p.m., Thursday, May 12. Yup, kosher hamburger and hot dogs, plus vegetarian selections. Decorations and recreation, meanwhile, will be Israeli through and through. Israeli dancing will be
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Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USAThe Labour party in Britain continues to make headlines, and the Telegraph newspaper revealed on Monday evening that party leader Jeremy Corbyn described a convicted terrorist accused of plotting a series of suicide attacks in Israel as an “icon” and compared him to Nelson Mandela. The comments were made in a post now deleted from
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International, Middle EastFormer Education Minister Rabbi Shai Piron spoke with former President Shimon Peres about Holocaust Remembrance Day on Channel 2’s Reshet. During their talk, Peres said that it is necessary to visit the extermination camps in Europe in order to digest the enormity of the crimes. “I was there, I saw the tallits, the shoes and
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Jewish History, Middle EastRepublican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump on Sunday said he would love to broker a peace settlement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, The Jewish Insider reported. Trump”s comments came during a campaign rally in Terre Haute, Indiana, where primaries will be held on Tuesday. Trump said that seeing Israel and the Palestinians sign on a
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Middle East, USAIsrael”s largest opposition party is negotiating the terms for a possible unity government, a senior Zionist Camp official said on Tuesday. Speaking with Army Radio, Tzipi Livni (Zionist Camp) confirmed that her party was in talks with the Netanyahu government over a possible unity coalition. “I was shown things [brought up] in the talks, [but]
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Middle EastIsraeli President Reuven Rivlin received a standing ovation Tuesday during a unique meeting of French politicians, Jewish leaders and Jewish, Muslim and Christian youth. President Rivlin hosted the delegation today at his residence in Jerusalem, which comprised of French regional, parliamentary, and Jewish community leaders organized by CRIF, the umbrella body of the Jewish community
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International, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK– The Israeli-Palestinian conflict has rarely been so far from finding a resolution. Since the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Hamas during the summer of 2014, the desire to seek peace has been diminishing, and instead growing tensions have prevailed, punctuated by stabbings and car-ramming attacks by the Palestinians, and
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle EastIslamic State attack on synagogue foiled in Tunisia (JNS.org) A Tunisian newspaper has revealed that the Islamic State plotted to attack a synagogue in the country, but the plan was foiled. The local Al Chourouk newspaper reported on Monday that the terror group meant to target a synagogue in the coastal town of El Marsa,
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the flaps centered on this noisy little place is Prime Minister Netanyahu’s meeting with government ministers on the Golan Heights, and his declaration that the area would be Israeli for time eternal. A number of senior officials from ostensibly friendly governments expressed their reservations, and the UN Security Council
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastMinister Tzipi Livni says Israeli-Palestinian conflict ‘is managing us’ Tzipi Livni, in her talk in Princeton, said the price of not having an agreement between Israel and the Palestinians is greater than the price of having one. Tzipi Livni, coleader of Israel’s Zionist Union party, explained to a Princeton audience of 200 on April 18
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Middle EastA proposal by Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) to apply Israeli law on citizens living in Judea and Samaria appears to be gaining momentum. If passed, the “Norms bill” would place Israeli citizens living beyond the Green Line under Israeli law, ending the army”s authority over citizens residing in the area. Currently, Israelis living
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Britain”s Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn on Sunday night rejected calls from Jewish leaders to denounce the Hamas and Hezbollah terrorist organizations, vowing to continue talking to them, reports The Telegraph. “Jeremy Corbyn has been a longstanding supporter of Palestinian rights and the pursuit of peace and justice in the Middle East through dialogue and negotiation,”
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