By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The latest criticism heard from the UN is that Israel is not moving fast enough to deal with the Jews who allegedly set a fire that killed several members of a Palestinian family, as well as other outrages. Ahmed Tibi, MD, perhaps the brightest anti-Zionist Member of Knesset, has been […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastAustrian minister nixes Israel visit over eastern Jerusalem meeting (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Austrian Science, Research and Economy Minister Reinhold Mitterlehner canceled a planned visit to Israel after his host—Science, Technology and Space Minister Ofir Akuni—insisted on meeting him in his eastern Jerusalem office. The visit was supposed to culminate with the two countries signing
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC) — Several alleged Jewish extremists were arrested Thursday in Israel in connection with the firebombing of a Palestinian home in the West Bank in which a toddler and his parents were killed last July. “We have confirmed that a number of suspects have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place in
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Middle EastIDF simulates ‘extreme’ scenarios, including Islamic State attack (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces Southern Command held a surprise drill earlier this week to practice readiness for “extreme” scenarios such as a clash with Islamic State terrorists on the Sinai border. The IDF noted that Tuesday’s drill was planned in advance and “designed to ensure fitness.”
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The two must be judged together: (1) the efforts by the current government of Israel to curb the activities of left-wing groups, e.g., by not allowing organizations and governments abroad to support them; (2) the fact that the many terrorist acts by all accounts committed by right-wing Jewish extremists
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The dust up between Vladimir Putin and President Erdogan of Turkey is warming at least a few Israeli hearts. It comes against the background of Erdogan’s strong tilt toward the Palestinians, especially the more radical Hamas faction. Prominent in our recent history with him is the effort of the Turkish
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Seeming to give proof to Orwell’s observation that some ideas are so stupid they could only have been thought of by intellectuals, yet another academic association—this time the National Women’s Studies Association (NWSA)—has followed the lead of the American Studies Association, the American Anthropological Association, the Asian Studies
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Israeli Jews are the invisible terror victims. Facts: The invisible victims of terror are Israeli Jews. The perpetrators of a Jewish genocide are Palestinian Arabs. The cause of their terror is to destroy Israel and kill Jews in the name of Palestinian liberation and Jihad. How do we prove these facts? As follows: Mahmoud Abbas, on
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It always looks worse from the outside than the actual situation on the ground. Of course, wherever and whenever violent attacks occur there is mayhem, often with tragic consequences, but life in Israel goes on pretty much as normal everywhere else, though there is a noticeably greater police
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastSurvey: 90% of IDF lone soldiers see their future in Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Ninety percent of Israel Defense Forces lone soldiers (those without immediate family living in Israel) who have completed their military service see their futures in the Jewish state, while 62 percent report that family members have followed them and moved
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Middle EastIsrael and Jordan issue joint tender for Red Sea-Dead Sea canal (JNS.org) Israel and Jordan announced the issuing of an international tender for the construction of a water canal between the Red Sea and the shrinking Dead Sea. The two countries made their joint announcement Monday after a meeting between Israeli Deputy Prime Minister Silvan
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Middle EastBy Joe Spier CALGARY, Alberta, Canada — It was 1944 in the Nazi concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen and a young Dutch boy, Yoachim Yosef was nearing his 13th birthday. Among the inmates was the former Chief Rabbi of Holland who prepared the boy for his bar mitzvah. Each morning they would secretly study Torah on
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The United States has been in many “wars” since the end of WWII: 1961 War on Organized Crime 1964 War on Poverty 1969 War against Tobacco 1971 War on Drugs 1971 War on Cancer 1987 War against AIDS 1988 War against Global Warming 2001 War against Terror What do
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–There is much controversy in the UK, as to whether or not we should start bombing ISIS in Syria. It is appropriate that we are approaching Christmas, where Pantomime is a hugely popular attraction. If the situation wasn’t so terrible, it would be as mad as a Pantomime story. ISIS, ISIL, or
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