In an apparent U-turn, the U.K. plans to take in more unaccompanied Syrian refugee children who are living in Europe, Britain’s Prime Minister David Cameron said. While he declined to provide a specific number of children, Cameron, who made the announcement during Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, said ministers will discuss the new policy with
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International, Middle EastIsrael’s army said Friday its aircraft struck infrastructure in the Gaza Strip used by Hamas that rules the coastal territory after militants there continued for the third day to fire mortars at forces along the border. “In response to the ongoing attacks against Israeli forces, Israel Air Force aircraft targeted a Hamas terror infrastructure,” a
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Jewish American billionaire Sheldon Adelson on Thursday night revealed he will be supporting Donald Trump in his presidential campaign, and stated that the real estate mogul will be a good president in strengthening ties with Israel. Speaking to the New York Times at a gala dinner in Manhattan for the Jewish organization World Values Network,
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Middle East, USANetanyahu convenes cabinet as violence escalates on Gaza border (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Less than 24 hours after the IDF announced Thursday that Israeli forces had discovered a second cross-border Hamas terror tunnel, mortar shells were fired at IDF troops operating along the Gaza border Friday morning. No one was hurt and no damage was
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Like every year, as the Israeli Remembrance Days approach, Dana wears Star of David earrings she received during her journey to Poland, and dons a traditional white shirt and blue jeans. This year, she went a step further and painted her nails blue and white. “I am a Zionist, what can I say? I love
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — “If there’s something that frightens me about Holocaust remembrance it’s the recognition of the revolting processes that occurred in Europe in general, and particularly in Germany, back then – 70, 80 and 90 years ago – and finding signs of them here among us today in 2016.” These words
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By Nina Brodsky EL CAJON, California — Pastor Dumisani Washington, African American Baptist pastor, a gentle and fiery Israel advocate and orator spoke here May 4 about “Zionism and Justice: Why Christians Need to Lead in Supporting Israel.” He delivered his case boldly and eloquently to more than 200 Christians and Jews at Skyline Church. Dumisani took
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(Editor’s Note: Chana Miller live chatted from the U.S. over the Internet with the remarkable Daniel Mizrachi in Israel.) By Chana Miller BROOKLYN, New York — We all have complaints. Some of us sit back with the attitude of ‘What can I do? If only I had such and such, then I would be able to accomplish
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationThe IDF overnight Wednesday launched airstrikes against four terrorist targets belonging to Hamas in northern Gaza, the IDF Spokesperson said. According to the statement, the attacks came in response to the ongoing mortar attacks against IDF forces engaged in operations near the border fence. The statement stressed that the IDF views any acts of terrorism,
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Middle EastOne day after real estate mogul Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, a haredi magazine published an interview with the Manhattan billionaire in which the GOP standard-bearer discussed Iran, Israel, the rise of anti-Semitism around the world, and Jewish support for the Democratic Party. The interview, which appeared in Wednesday”s Mishpacha magazine, continued along
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Chinese Ambassador Liu Jieyi, who held the April UN Security Council presidency, announced last week that the status of the Golan Heights “remains unchanged.” That is, of course, true — like the old “Saturday Night Live” running gag, “Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead.” He meant it belongs to Syria,
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenIDF uncovers terror tunnel along Gaza border (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces uncovered a cross-border Hamas attack tunnel on Thursday amid a flurry of attacks along the Gaza border over the past few days. “IDF units are securing southern Gaza border communities,” the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit said in a statement. “This tunnel was dug by
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Middle EastLies against Israel and the Jewish people are running rampant, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu warned at the official Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony Wednesday night, at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem. “Nazi German rule was eliminated 71 years ago, but anti-Semitism and lies did not die with Hitler in that Berlin bunker,” Netanyahu began. “Millions of people
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There hasn’t been Jewish unity since our ancestors began writing some 3,000 years ago. We can guess that Jewish literacy has something to do with Jewish creativity, individual capacity to express oneself freely, tolerance or enthusiasm for dispute, as well as economic success. Roots of self doubt and being disputatious
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