Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton on Sunday took a differing stance on Israel to fellow presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders, saying that the Jewish state was entitled to protect itself against Gaza’s terror group ruler, Hamas. “Hamas provokes Israel. They often pretend to have people in civilian garb acting as though they are civilians who are Hamas
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Middle East, USAJordanian preacher questioned over Temple Mount incitement (JNS.org) Israeli police officers from the Jerusalem District last Friday briefly detained Jordanian Sheikh Muhammad Salim for questioning after the Muslim preacher made inciting remarks during a sermon he delivered at the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount. A crowd of worshipers gathered at the scene to protest
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — At a special concert fundraiser for Israel’s largest volunteer EMS service held at the Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York on Sunday, United Hatzalah was honored by Jay Leno, who performed a long comedy set and offered on the spot to donate a $36,000 fully equipped ambucycle for the
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The campaign against Moshe Yaalon has produced images recalling the worst of Israeli and Jewish history. A composite picturing him as a target for assassination, with the slogan, “politically liquidated” may be thought by moderate rightists to be only a call to vote against him in the next Likud Primary. However,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — There’re racists in Israel, but Israel isn’t a racist country; we pray that it’ll never become one. Instances of racist manifestations are many, but mercifully the authorities are doing much to deal with them seemingly forcefully and hopefully fairly. The future of Zionism rests on their success. Two of
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Middle EastBy Edwin Black JERUSALEM — For a hard-core segment of travelers to Jerusalem, when the sun sets at the Sabbath, the magic in the air is not just the serene image of a peaceful dusk in an enchanted land. It is the empowering knowledge that the sun still shines on a Jewish State surrounded by
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The Spy Who Fell To Earth: My Relationship with the Secret Agent Who Rocked the Middle East by Ahron Bregman; CreateSpace; © 2016; ISBN 13: 9781523339970; 120 pages including appendices. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Having read the San Diego Jewish World article by Joe Spier about the master spy Ashraf Marwan, historian Ahron
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson JERUSALEM — It was very gratifying to hear two of our grandsons (aged 22 and 18) express a desire to be taken on a tour of the exhibition entitled ‘By the Rivers of Babylon’ concerning the exile of the Jews of Judea by Nebuchadnezzer II in 586 B.C.E. and currently being held
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Four issues in current headlines may be causing some Israelis to avoid the news, and embarrassment for our overseas friends, while they are sending other Israelis to various sides of virtual barricades. One is that young soldier who killed a Palestinian in Hebron. Another is the faltering deal to expand
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastTurkey’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Friday said “progress” had been made in the reconciliation talks with Israel and maintained that a deal to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries would be finalized “very soon.” Turkey and Israel held a fresh round of talks Thursday in London in an effort to normalize ties after
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After Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu relented on Thursday to their protest by agreeing to have 1,300 Ethiopian Jews brought home to Israel this year, Likud MKs Avraham Neguise and David Amsalem celebrated the approaching aliyah. The two MKs refused to vote with the coalition in protest since early March, when Netanyahu’s office canceled the
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International, Middle EastZionist Union MK under fire for saying Palestinian stabber ‘not a terrorist’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Member of Knesset (MK) Zouheir Bahloul (Zionist Union) drew sharp criticism, including from his own party, for saying Thursday that a Palestinian who recently launched a stabbing attack against Israel Defense Forces soldiers in Hebron was “not a
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