NASA astronaut ‘fascinated’ by view of Israel from outer space (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Days before Passover 2016 on the International Space Station, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut Jeff Williams uploaded a photo of Israel and its neighbors—and shared his feelings with the world. “We finally have a Sunday (no cargo vehicle this […]
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Middle EastA fiery debate which erupted during Wednesday”s cabinet meeting revealed a widening gulf between Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Education Minister Naftali Bennett (Jewish Home). The two locked horns over a planned discussion on the proposal to withdraw IDF forces from major Palestinian Authority cities, a moved opposed by Bennett and other senior cabinet members.
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Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK – The American Jewish Committee on Wednesday praised an anti-terrorism decision of the U.S. Supreme Court as well as a statement issued by the leadership of the University of California against the BDS movement. Additionally, AJC announced it is partnering with IsraAID to bring relief to earthquake victims in Ecuador. The
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International, Middle East, USALONDON (WJC) — Malia Bouattia, who was elected president of the National Union of Students (NUS) in the UK on Tuesday, is facing criticism from Jewish students over controversial remarks about Israel. Bouattia, who is of Algerian origin, won the election on the first round of voting against the outgoing NUS president, Megan Dunn. In an article she co-wrote in 2011,
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationArab Knesset member Haneen Zoabi compares Israel to Nazis (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset Haneen Zoabi (Joint Arab List), a frequent harsh critic of the Israeli government, compared Israel’s treatment of the Palestinians to the Holocaust and refused to attend Israel’s upcoming national Holocaust memorial assembly. Zoabi was invited to the annual
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Three American Presidents must share at least part of the responsibility for the chaos currently destroying large parts of the Middle East, and threatening Israel, Europe, and the United States. Ronald Reagan sought an advantage in the Cold War by recruiting Muslim fighters, providing them money and munitions to use
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — To facilitate the current round of Syrian peace talks, US President Barack Obama and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to support the return of the Golan Heights to Syria. The two presidents gave their top diplomats, Secretary of State John Kerry and Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the green light to
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Middle East, Steve KramerIsrael invests billions in multi-layered Gaza terror tunnel barrier (JNS.org) The Israeli defense establishment is expected to finish installing a sophisticated anti-tunnel barrier along the Israel-Gaza border within two years, Israel Hayom reported Wednesday. The project, dubbed “Hourglass,” is estimated to cost billions of shekels. The barrier’s blueprints are the product of cross-platform development
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Recent developments at York University have exposed the administration’s failure to address a real and growing sense of alienation among its Jewish students. This raises the question of how universities can best fulfil their responsibility to preserve free speech and maintain a civil environment for all their students when contentious subjects arise. In a free
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA Gazan military court sentenced five men to death on Monday, charging them with being informants for Israel. Three of the cases involved alleged spying on behalf of Israel in 2000 and 2001, and two of the men were found guilty of working for Israel in 2008. Four of the men were to be put
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Turkish sources assert that Turkish-Israeli governmental relations are about to come out of the deep freeze. But this is a reflection of Turkey’s regional unpopularity and glides over Turkish demands for Israel to end the blockade of Gaza. To meet Turkey’s condition, Israel would have to abandon the security
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Swirling beneath the planned May 4 appearance of Pastor Dumisani Washington, a leading African-American advocate for the State of Israel is controversy over the relationship between the Jewish community and the Christians who seek to convert us. Washington’s appearance, sponsored by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, is scheduled May 4
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USANetanyahu orders halt of cement shipments to Gaza after tunnel discovery (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered a halt to Gaza-bound cement shipments, following the discovery of a Hamas terror tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border. Israel had allowed cement to enter Gaza as part of the rehabilitation efforts there following Operation Protective Edge
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday met with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and told him Russia would support his efforts aimed at facilitating the Middle East peace process, the Russian TASS news agency reports. “I know that you are making strenuous efforts to facilitate the settlement process, and, of course, we will support
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