By Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — “Kick the Jewish State out of Football!” This is Racism, FIFA! If Israel has to go that extra mile for peace after multiple offers of concessions were roundly rejected, then the Palestinians, who are so far behind, have to go a full marathon distance just to catch up. But they […]
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The global human rights organization, Amnesty International released a report Tuesday, May 26, detailing Hamas abuses against Palestinians during Operation Protective Edge last summer. According to the report, Hamas tortured, abducted, and assaulted Fatah members and former PA security forces in Gaza under the cover of the conflict. Some victims died
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Middle EastIsraeli police chief looking into legalizing medical marijuana (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel Police Chief Insp. Gen. Yohanan Danino said he has decided to establish a professional committee to investigate the cannabis policies of other western nations and look into the ramifications of making medical marijuana use legal in Israel. “What will eventually happen here
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I didn’t think that I’d ever look back nostalgically at the time when Avigdor Lieberman was Israel’s foreign minister, but I’m already doing it, only a few weeks after he left that office to go into opposition. Recent events warrant it. For reasons which are still not clear, the foreign
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Middle East1,000-year-old Jewish marriage contract goes on display in Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In honor of the wedding season that began after Lag Ba’Omer this month, the National Library of Israel is launching an exhibition about the ketubah, the Jewish marriage contract, featuring a rare 1,000-year-old ketubah that testifies to the presence of a Jewish
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy. Perhaps it’s not wise, to comment on someone else’s politics. American officials, and lots of American Jews, especially those to the right and left extremes, often sound like loonies when expressing themselves about Israeli politics. Israelis have also blundered, at high cost. The greatest was Ariel Sharon’s certainty
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — Land is scarce in the Jerusalem area, so I can consider myself very fortunate to have a small plot of land attached to my house. It is divided into terraced sections because of the lay of the land, which is actually the side of a hill. Thus the
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer TEL AVIV–The English Speaking Friends of Tel Aviv University (Friends of TAU) hosted Professor Asher Susser at its most recent monthly lecture. Susser, who earned his PhD in Modern Middle Eastern History at TAU and is presently the Director for External Affairs of the Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern Studies there,
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Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Marking Jewish-American Heritage Month (May), U.S. President Barack Obama addressed the Adas Israel Congregation in the nation’s capital on Friday, May 22. The following text was released by the White House: THE PRESIDENT: Thank you so much. (Applause.) Thank you, everybody. (Applause.) Thank you. Well, good morning, everybody! AUDIENCE: Good morning! THE
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–Eight years ago, an Israeli rancher from Moshav Zippori in the Lower Galilee region reached a breaking point. Thieves and marauders had been targeting Chaim Zilberman’s sprawling ranch; his land was burnt black and cattle fences cut down. On the verge of bankruptcy, the rancher told his family during a Friday Shabbat
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Middle EastWisconsin Gov. Scott Walker: reinstate ‘strong allied’ U.S.-Israel relationship (JNS.org) Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, an expected Republican candidate in the 2016 presidential race, said in an interview with Israel Hayom published Friday that the next president “needs to both symbolically and substantively reinstate the strong allied relationship between America and Israel.” Walker, who visited Israel
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International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It would seem that Iran holds the cards in the nuclear negotiation with the P5+1, primarily because the U.S. is the overeager suitor. The Framework agreement, the basis for the final deal, does not prevent Iran from designing nuclear warheads or building delivery systems. There is also
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Refugees have become an acute problem in the world and Israel hasn’t escaped it. Though the country not only welcomes but canvasses Jews to come and live there, it’s less than enthusiastic about non-Jewish immigrants who desperately seek these shores, mostly to avoid persecution and death in their home countries. (By
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Middle East6 Arab teens charged with firebombing Jewish homes (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Six Arab youths from the A-Tur neighborhood in Jerusalem were charged Thursday with hurling rocks and firebombs at homes belonging to Jews in the area. The teens, ages 14-16, are accused of attempted arson and attempting to assault police officers and civilians. According
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