Israel’s Shin Bet uncovers extensive Hamas terror network in Nablus (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) More than 40 Palestinians suspected of being Hamas operatives seeking to establish terrorist infrastructures in Judea and Samaria have been arrested over the past few months, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed Wednesday. The suspects were tasked with creating a wide […]
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International, Middle EastBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — J Street and the Catholic Church proceeded on the same day, last Friday, to press for Israeli and Arab action to end the so-called occupation of Israel’s territories, and they were joined by a large Protestant denomination four days later. Ira Stup, a senior consultant to the J Street
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –They didn’t teach economics in my Rabbinic School. Though I’ve learned one or two new things since my ordination, understanding money hasn’t been one of them, even though fund raising has become an important, perhaps essential, component of being a rabbi. I’m grateful to the congregations I served for judging
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Middle EastObama admin. won’t enforce anti-BDS trade provision in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) After President Barack Obama signed a trade bill that takes a stand against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement, his administration said the U.S. would not use the legislation to protect Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. The Trans-Pacific Partnership bill,
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International, Middle East, USAIran nuclear negotiations extended to July 7 (JNS.org) Nuclear negotiations between Iran and the P5+1 nations (U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China, and Germany) missed a June 30 deadline for a final agreement and have a new deadline of July 7. Last week, Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei rejected several key components agreed to under
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International, Middle East, USABy Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — John Medved, a native of the Point Loma neighborhood, came up with a pretty unique idea that grew into a major success. In fact, it is so successful that he was recently awarded the ‘Bonei Zion’ Prize for his contribution to the State of Israel in a ceremony at the
San Diego native developed Our Crowd funding Read More »
Middle East, Sheryl RowlingBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s time for the Jews to honor yet again their traditions to be a light unto the nations, and to show concern for the highest ideals of justice. Our first item of business ought to recognize that any ranking of national misery would not find Israel anywhere close to the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIsraeli border policewoman seriously wounded in latest Palestinian attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli border policewoman was seriously wounded on Monday morning when she was stabbed by a Palestinian woman at Rachel’s Crossing, the main transit point between Jerusalem and Bethlehem. The attacker was arrested at the scene and brought in for questioning. Three
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International, Middle East, USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It might seem a little out of date, but it was interesting to sit in a pleasant Jerusalem home last week and listen to Benjamin Progrund’s lecture about his life as a journalist in South Africa when it was still an apartheid state. Benjamin Progrund was born in
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The Obama administration and its negotiating partners will soon close a deal with Iran on the June 30 deadline, permitting Iran’s nuclear weapons program to proceed at full speed. But wait! The deadline will be extended, just as has been done many times during the interminable negotiations with
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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You enjoy the complexities and nuances of policy debates? Try working your way through Israel’s efforts to deal with the gas found under its section of the Mediterranean. Several years after the discovery, we seem to be at a peak of dispute about sorting out who should control the stuff,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word terror connects with the anxiety that comes from violence that targets civilians. A bus or restaurant that a suicide bomber selects for his or her sacrifice, a roadside bomb laid by someone who chooses to kill without dying, or a group of school kids or supermarket patrons held
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAAmsterdam drops plan to be Tel Aviv’s twin city after pro-Palestinian pressure (Israel Hayom/Exclusive JNS.org) A plan to link Amsterdam and Tel Aviv as twin cities was dropped on Thursday after the Dutch capital’s mayor, Eberhard Van der Laan, came under fire from pro-Palestinian activists. Van der Laan has been an outspoken admirer of Tel
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –Vandalism and garbage throwing is not a new phenomenon at the most ancient Jewish cemetery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem. Amid the thousands of tombstones, some of which have been defaced or smashed into pieces, there are areas full of trash and litter left by local Palestinian youth
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