Israel’s Shin Bet foils Passover terrorist attack in Jerusalem (JNS.org) Three Palestinians believed to be planning a terrorist attack in Jerusalem were arrested early Tuesday, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed. The suspects—ages 15, 16, and 23—are all residents of Nablus. There were arrested by a joint military, police, and Shin Bet task force in […]
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The number of Palestinian youths held in Israeli prisons more than doubled during the recent outbreak of violence by Palestinians against Israeli citizens and security forces. According to new figures released by the Israel Prison Service, seen by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Palestinian minors imprisoned for security-related crimes in Israeli cities and the West Bank increased
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Likud MK Nava Boker on Monday responded to a letter sent by 83 out of 100 senators, urging US President Barack Obama to increase the annual military aid package to Israel from $3 billion when the current agreement ends in 2018. “It would be better for all those babbling about international isolation to stop lying
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Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) has come out with a call, demanding that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas be replaced for being a “bully” towards Arabs who have abandoned the “illusion” of peace with Israel. Zoabi has long been an open supporter of Hamas, and in February she paid a condolence visit to
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Middle EastIsrael responded Monday afternoon to recent claims made by the Jordanian government, according to which Israeli actions on the Temple Mount were threatening the Al-Aqsa Mosque and harming Arabs on the Mount. Earlier in April Jordan blasted Israel for allowing 400 Jews to ascend the Mount, accusing the group of plotting against the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Middle EastAn overwhelming majority of US senators signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to reach an agreement with Israel over a new defense aid package as soon as possible. “In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it
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Middle East, USAThe mayor of Tehran visited a Jewish retirement home and then posted a photo of the event to his Instagram account on Friday. Mohammad Bagher-Ghalibaf, who has been mayor of the Iranian capital since 2005, was in the past commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force, including control of Iran’s ballistic missiles. Ghalibaf
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Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) criticized Senator Bernie Sanders for comparing socio-economic conditions in Baltimore to Palestinian communities in the West Bank. “What do the serious issues Baltimore’s leadership and population are confronting have to do with daily Palestinian life in the West Bank?” stated AJC CEO David Harris. “Inserting
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Middle East, USASoldiers on the southern Gaza border have not changed their mission or their outlook due to the discovery of a Hamas attack tunnel penetrating deep into Israeli territory from the coastal enclave, an officer said. Despite a renewed public focus on the Gaza Strip in light of the tunnel — found earlier this month and
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Middle EastThe Lebanese Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement has demanded that the government ban the screening of the new Hollywood movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, because it stars Israeli actress Gal Gadot, according to the Lebanese reports. Gadot, who is cast as Wonder Woman, was the subject of scrutiny in a letter the
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMost Israelis think the next US president — whoever that may be — will be better for Israel than Barack Obama has been, and while a majority would prefer to see Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton in the White House over Republican candidate Donald Trump, most believe he would get along better with Prime Minister
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Middle East, USAEducation Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home) will be the next Prime Minister, Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home) opined during a Channel 10 interview. Shaked firmly believes that Bennett will succeed Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, but also did not deny a possibility that Bennett could quit the party. If so, she said, “I would not
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Middle EastJordan warns Israel of ‘serious consequences’ for Temple Mount clashes (JNS.org) Several hours after Jews and Arabs clashed Sunday on the Temple Mount, Jordan accused Israel of breaching the delicate status quo in the area. Jordanian Media Affairs Minister Mohammad al-Momani released a statement slamming the “Israeli settlers and police” for storming the “Al-Aqsa Mosque/Al-Haram
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The graduate student workers union at New York University (NYU) last Friday voted to support the BDS movement boycotting Israel, and asked that NYU cuts its ties with Tel Aviv University (TAU) for its “discrimination” – even though the university has many Arab students. NYU’s Graduate Student Organizing Committee (GSOC) is a labor union representing
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