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Durban University student council wants Jews expelled

February 12, 2015

DURBAN, South Africa (WJC) — Jewish students at the Durban University of Technology (DUT) who support the State of Israel, or receive funding from Israel, should be kicked out of the college, the Students Representative Council (SRC) at DUT has urged. The demand has shocked and angered Jewish organizations in South Africa. SRC Secretary Mqondisi […]

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Positively Israel ~ February 12, 2015

February 12, 2015

By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — In reading about the Children of Israel leaving Egypt, it is easy to imagine that Moses was the original CEO of the very first Startup Nation. Today, the “company mission” – to become a light to the nations – is certainly being fulfilled by the prolific recent achievements of

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International, Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Jewish news briefs: February 12, 2015

February 12, 2015

Israeli attorney general approves broadcast of Netanyahu’s Congress speech (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Attorney General Yehuda Weinstein told the country’s Central Elections Committee on Wednesday that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming speech to the U.S. Congress has significant news value and that broadcasting it in Israel does not constitute illegal election propaganda. Weinstein’s decision

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International, Middle East, USA

Divestment vote fails at Stanford University

February 11, 2015

Editor’s Note: After an anti-Israel divestment resolution before Stanford University’s student government failed to obtain the necessary two-thirds vote, thus failing, the pro-Israel advocacy group, StandWithUs, issued the following commentary: LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs congratulated Stanford’s student government for defeating an anti-Israel divestment resolution on February 10. The Associated Students of Stanford University (ASSU) voted

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

ADL welcomes silencing of Rev. Stephen Sizer

February 11, 2015

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 11, welcomed the decision by the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford to bar Rev. Stephen Sizer from “writing or speaking on any theme that relates, either directly or indirectly, to the current situation in the Middle East or to its historical backdrop.” ADL

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Middle East, USA

If we forget thee, O Babylon

February 11, 2015

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The only museum in the world, dedicated to the history of the Ancient Near East from a biblical perspective, has a new exhibition examining the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people as never seen before. The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem has amassed a collection of over 100 cuneiform tablets, original

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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Genetic testing confirms 11th century origin of Druze

February 11, 2015

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A first of its kind genetic study confirms the history of the Druze community: The community began to form genetically in the 11th century AD, and there has since been no genetic impact of other ethnic groups on the community. This is according to a new study conducted by a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Obama asks Congress to authorize anti- ISIL campaign

February 11, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 11, formally requested Congress to authorize the use of force against ISIL. Here is the text of his letter requesting that authorization: TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to the

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Middle East, USA

Report: Hezbollah planned to murder Olmert

February 11, 2015

By Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The London based newspaper, Al Arabi Al Jadeed, reports that the Lebanese Terror organization, Hezbollah, planned to assassinate former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, back in 2009. The assassination was planned as pay back over the killing of Imad Mughniyeh who was Hezbollah’s international operations chief. Mughniyeh was assassinated

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Middle East

Jewish news briefs: February 11, 2015

February 11, 2015

Islamic State-linked Sinai terror group claims to decapitate 10 Israeli spies (JNS.org) An Islamic State-linked terror group in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has decapitated 10 men whom the terror group accused of spying for Israel and Egypt. In a video posted online by Wilayat Sinai (Province of Sinai), which was formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis,

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International, Middle East, USA

Coalition math favors Netanyahu as P.M. again

February 10, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel’s election campaign is settling down to right vs left, with several of the middle level and marginal parties campaigning on the basis of which camp they will join, a moderate level of nastiness between party leaders, and a higher level of nastiness between the two leading circulation newspapers. Zionist Union is

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

UCSA divestment vote denounced

February 10, 2015

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On February 8, the University of California Student Association’s (UCSA) voted 9 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstaining, in favor of two divestment resolutions. One calls for divestment from American, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Brazilian, Sri Lankan, and Egyptian government bonds. The other calls for divestment from certain companies that do business

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- BDS conference to convene March 21 in L.A.

February 10, 2015

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs will hold its first community anti-BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) conference from March 21-23, 2015 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. BDS, an international propaganda campaign that seeks to delegitimize and erode support for the Jewish state, is the latest threat to Israel. This conference brings together the most comprehensive assembly of renowned

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USA

Sanders and Leahy to boycott Netanyahu speech

February 10, 2015

Compiled by Donald H. Harrison Vermont’s two United States senators—Democrat Patrick Leahy and Independent Bernie Sanders have announced they will boycott the speech of Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session of Congress on March 3. Leahy released a statement on Tuesday saying: “The unfortunate way that House leaders have unilaterally arranged this,

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Middle East, USA

Durban University student council wants Jews expelled

Positively Israel ~ February 12, 2015

Jewish news briefs: February 12, 2015

Divestment vote fails at Stanford University

ADL welcomes silencing of Rev. Stephen Sizer

If we forget thee, O Babylon

Genetic testing confirms 11th century origin of Druze

Obama asks Congress to authorize anti- ISIL campaign

Report: Hezbollah planned to murder Olmert

Jewish news briefs: February 11, 2015

Coalition math favors Netanyahu as P.M. again

UCSA divestment vote denounced

Anti- BDS conference to convene March 21 in L.A.

Sanders and Leahy to boycott Netanyahu speech

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