U.S. says its policy on Israeli settlement product labeling hasn’t changed (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) U.S. policy on labeling Israeli settlement products has not changed, the State Department said Thursday. Last week, the U.S. reissued guidelines on the labeling requirements for products manufactured in Judea and Samaria. The guidelines, which have been in effect since […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is sadness along with satisfaction in recent stories of Palestinians captured or killed as a result of their attacks against Jews. A 13 year old girl was shot to death as she charged, with knife raised, against a security guard on the border between a Palestinian town and Jerusalem.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Until I read last Thursday’s column in Ha’aretz by Ari Shavit I tended to nod in approval to the accusation by Zahava Galon, the leader of the Meretz party, that Isaac Herzog, the leader of the Zionist Union, is a caricature of an opposition leader because he seems to side
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Middle EastTel Aviv terrorist Nashat Milhem vows to ‘die’ and ‘kill’ in cellphone videos (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Several hours before going on a killing spree in Tel Aviv on Jan. 1, Arab terrorist Nashat Milhem lost his cell phone in Ramat Aviv. Newly released videos recovered by Israeli police from his phone reveal a strong
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Middle EastThe Prime Ministers: Soldiers and Peacemakers directed by Richard Trask; Moriah Films; USA; 2015; 114 minutes; English, Hebrew; English Subtitles, Documentary; Southern California Films; to be shown twice at the Reading Cinemas 14, at 4665 Clairemont Drive, San Diego, at 5 p.m., Sunday February 7, and at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11; and once the
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) strongly urges Knesset passage of a proposed bill permitting egalitarian non-Orthodox prayer services (tefillot) at the southern side of the Kotel (Western Wall). The measure is slated for a vote on Sunday. For decades the Conservative and Reform movements have demanded equal rights at the
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Jewish Religion, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Is the current wave of terror in Israel, particularly around the Jewish settlements in the West Bank, the result of the frustration and the sense of hopelessness on the part of Palestinians, particularly the young? Or is it the outcome of the incitement orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority taking advantage of
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Middle EastReport: Israeli ‘spy vulture’ caught in Lebanon (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A vulture that was recently released from the Gamla wildlife preserve in northern Israel has been caught in southern Lebanon and is being held on suspicion of spying for Israel. A local news website in Lebanon published a photograph of the vulture, bound by
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By Gene Klein THE VILLAGES, Near Orlando, Florida –The journey of a refugee is never forgotten. The sense of danger just behind, of hope just ahead, and of uncertainty ever present is indelible. I vividly remember many things about my Holocaust experience: being forced from my home, my three-day journey in a closed cattle car, and
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a pattern emerging on the Iran deal: we got and they got. That’s how it’s supposed to work — something for something — right? Okay. We got: Iranian ballistic missile tests in violation of UN resolutions; Missiles fired near a U.S. aircraft carrier sailing in international waters;
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenJonathan Pollard cancels speech to avoid risk of being sent back to prison (JNS.org) Jonathan Pollard, who was released in November after serving 30 years in a U.S. prison for spying on America for Israel, canceled a speech he was scheduled to give at a meeting of the Conference of Presidents of Major American
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PARIS, France (WJC)– World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer on Tuesday praised UNESCO Director General Irina Bokova for issuing a clear condemnation the third edition of a Holocaust cartoon contest held in Iran which features many entries that openly deny the Shoah. Singer had met with Bokova in Paris on Monday. Robert Singer declared: “I thank Director
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We’ve had another round of clamoring about who is responsible for the failure of Israelis and Palestinians to reach an agreement ending their disputes. There are two fronts in the recent verbiage. One consists of accusations by Mahmoud Abbas and Benyamin Netanyahu about one another’s willingness to meet. Another concerns the prospect
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin TEL AVIV –Coming upon the final hours of my journey and renewal here, it is impossible for me not to offer thanks and reflections to and for my churning birth-land. Israel, you remain, in all your national schizophrenia and commotion, decidedly yourself. A thorny Hebraic cacophony of compassion and self-righteousness, a
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