Netanyahu 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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International, Middle EastTexas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Monday expressed support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s call to recognize Israel”s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “The government of Israel reiterated the reality that the Golan Heights are part of Israel”s sovereign territory,” Cruz said in a statement, adding, “Given the presence of hostile terrorist
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Vice President Joe Biden spoke on Monday night at a J Street gala in Washington DC, expressing what he said was the Obama administration”s “overwhelming frustration” with Israel. Biden criticism of Israel came just hours after a bomb ripped through a bus in Jerusalem, leaving at least 16 wounded. “The present course Israel”s on is
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Middle East, USABoth Republican and Democratic candidates have been courting Jewish voters ahead of Tuesday”s New York primary vote, looking for an edge in competitive districts with large Jewish populations. Orthodox Jews, who make up a significant portion of New York”s Jewish population, have become an important bloc in the New York primary for both parties. Ted
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By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM — Eran Moshe, a volunteer EMT delivered his own daughter on Wednesday morning, April 19, at his home in Netivot. Being a volunteer ambucycle driver with United Hatzalah, Eran is no stranger to medical emergencies. At approximately 2 am on Wednesday morning Eran’s wife, Bat-El, woke up and told Eran that she
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Recent events have dramatic and often troubling implications for Israel. For example: (1 The soldier charged with manslaughter for killing an already “neutralized” terrorist and the resulting manifestations of ultra-nationalism and indeed racism by his many uncritical supporters. (2) The destruction of a Hamas tunnel on the Israeli side of
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It is difficult to determine what is most offensive: The Jewish candidate for President condemning Israel’s actions, exaggerating by a multiple of five the deaths in Gaza during the military operation in 2014 without anything like an appropriate weighing of chronic attacks on Israel from Gaza; his emissary to Jews
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International, Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: The following excerpt of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech to J Street on April 18 was taken from a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department. By John Kerry WASHINGTON (Press Release) — I think J Street has long embraced the absolute necessity of pursuing justice, the urgency of pursuing peace, and
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By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — The ZOA is horrified that at the recent April 9-11, 2016 U.S. Universities Debating Association (USUDA) national championship, held at African-American Morehouse College in Atlanta, (Martin Luther King’s Alma mater) top college debaters from all over the country were given the unprecedented Nazi-like anti-Semitic debate topic: “This House
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAGermany rejected on Monday a call by the Israeli government to recognize Israel”s control of the Golan Heights, calling the move a violation of international law and the United Nations Charter. On Sunday the Israeli cabinet held a special meeting on the Golan Heights. Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu opened the meeting with a declaration
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International, Middle EastNew York (dpa) – The Israeli and the Palestinian ambassadors to the United Nations engaged in a shouting match during a meeting of the UN Security Council Monday, after the Israeli ambassador accused his Palestinian counterpart of not condemning terrorist attacks. The heated exchange during the monthly briefing of the council on the Israeli-Palestinian
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International, Middle EastIsraeli Education Minister and Jewish Home party leader Naftali Bennett has applauded the IDF’s success in locating and destroying a massive terrorist attack tunnel from Gaza into Israel, and warned of Hamas’s continued motivation to launch a major attack. Bennett, who is also a member of the Security Cabinet, said Hamas’s top priority was to
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Middle EastUpdated, Updated, April, 18, 2016, 2:21pm In a message posted on Twitter, Israeli police said the bus explosion in Jerusalem injured 21 people, two of whom were in serious condition, six who were moderately injured and eight lightly injured. Updated, April, 18, 2016, 1.15 PM EST: Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told local media that the
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