By 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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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastIDF renews search for missing soldier 18 years after disappearance (JNS.org) Israeli Navy divers have started searching water reservoirs in the Golan Heights in a renewed effort to find Cpl. Guy Hever, an IDF soldier who went missing nearly two decades ago. One water reservoir has been searched thus far, with no results, the IDF
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By Ilan Yavelberg HAIFA, Israel — For the first time, a scientific study has observed bonobos (an analogous race to chimpanzees) making sophisticated use of ancient pre-agricultural tools in a manner similar to that which has hitherto been considered the prerogative of archaic pre-human hominins and other members of the Homo genus. Among other findings, a
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Middle East, The World We Share, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — As a religious Jew I believe – nay, I claim to know – that there’s more to human existence than rationality. As a liberal Jew I also claim to know that authentic Judaism must never be less than rational. Rationality has made Israel to what it has become in
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not exactly the story of Sisyphus, with Israel always pushing a stone but never getting it to the top of the hill, but it’s close. Some say that Israel deserves the fate, insofar as it has never been sufficiently forthcoming to the Palestinians. Others say that Israel has been wise
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) denounced the UN General Assembly’s adoption of resolutions singling out Israel for condemnation. The resolutions have become an annual exercise spanning decades, with too few nations, notably Canada, the United States, Micronesia, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Palau voting against them. “This annual UN ritual
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International, Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — AJC (American Jewish Committee) has welcomed the announcement that Israel will establish a diplomatic office in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates. An Israeli diplomat will be accredited to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), a new UN agency based in Abu Dhabi. Israel is one of
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The timing of John Kerry’s visit to Israel and Palestine was not made in heaven. From what we know, he came prepared to press Israel to make concessions to Palestinians, and to press Palestinians to stop the violence. He may have thought that Prime Minister Netanyahu was prepared to be
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