By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Things are looking pretty bad for Israel. The Palestinians embarked on another wave of historical fabrication (the Jews never had a prominent role in Jerusalem), demands for monopoly of holy places (Temple Mount), incitement showing no relation to reality (the Jews are intent in taking the holy place from them), […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — There is carnage in the streets of Jerusalem and throughout Israel. The Arabs who call themselves Palestinians, primarily ones who are “millennials,” are responding to the relentless incitement of “President” Mahmoud Abbas and the Palestinian Authority: a lifetime of brainwashing in schools, on TV, in the mosques and
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Middle East, Steve KramerIsrael to cut off Palestinian Authority payments to imprisoned terrorists (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli Diplomatic-Security Cabinet decided Thursday to actively counter Palestinian Authority policies through which terrorists imprisoned in Israel are eligible for monthly wages. In 2012, Ramallah’s payments to terrorists exceeded $19 million. The ministers have instructed Israeli intelligence agencies to gather
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We have been in a condition of responding defensively to an increase in violence, similar to how Israel has acted several times when pressed. During those times its officials go through long meetings when they listen to security professionals and ponder the alternatives. They are also building credit with overseas
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN DIEGO (SDJW) — The House of Israel in Balboa Park will stage a candlelight vigil 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 17, to sunrise Sunday, Oct. 18, in support of the victims of violence in Israel. Organizers say there will be no speeches, only a silent demonstration to demonstrate support for the victims. It’s “a vigil
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — There are 7 bilingual Jewish Arab schools in Israel, all of them with an almost equal number of Jewish and Arab students, and all of them under the aegis of the Ministry of Education. Five of them are run by Hand in Hand, one by the residents of
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Middle EastAbbas spreads lies and incites terror, Israel says after PA leader’s latest rhetoric (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In a televised address on Wednesday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas accused Israel of “executing our sons in cold blood” and held up a picture of a 13-year-old Arab boy from eastern Jerusalem who stabbed an Israeli boy
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Middle EastSAN DIEGO (Press Release) – The following statement was distributed on Wednesday, Oct. 14, by the Jewish Federation of San Diego County: As terrible violence continues to escalate in Israel, the Jewish Federation of San Diego County and the Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) remain deeply troubled and compassionate for those affected by this untenable
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Let me put it in record. The status quo was not changed by Israel on the Temple Mount, despite Palestinian protests. Since Rosh HaShana (the Jewish New Year), when the provocations really began, not one Jew set foot inside any of the mosques on the Temple Mount. Not one
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastIsrael approves 300 extra security guards for public transport after bus attack (JNS.org) After two Palestinian terrorists boarded a bus in Jerusalem and killed two Israelis in just one of Tuesday’s terror attacks in Israel, the Israeli security cabinet announced that 300 additional security guards will be recruited for public transportation in the capital
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The ambition in many quarters in Israel is that now when the peace process is going nowhere and the Oslo Accords are falling apart, we should abandon the idea of a two-state solution and work towards one state with a Jewish majority. With the help of the high birth-rate among the
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There may be some lessons in the current brawl for those of us trying to understand the larger story of Israel and Palestine. “Maybe” is appropriate, since there is a lot of static in what we see and hear. The lesson may appear in reports that Mahmoud Abbas is trying
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East3 Israelis killed in terrorist attacks during Palestinian ‘day of rage’ (JNS.org) Palestinian terrorists killed three people and wounded many others in a series of attacks in Jerusalem and central Israel on Tuesday, which was declared a “day of rage” by Palestinian groups. In Jerusalem, two Palestinian terrorists boarded a bus, one armed with a
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The cynical abuse of the Temple Mount by Israelis and Palestinians seems to be the principal reason (or perhaps excuse) for the present unrest. Avi Sagi, professor at Bar Ilan University and Senior Fellow at the Shalom Hartman Institute, published an article the other day in Ha’aretz under the provocative
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