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AJC: World should condemn P.A. terror incitement

November 5, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global Jewish advocacy organization, is urging governments worldwide to condemn unequivocally Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, and to press the Palestinian Authority to make every effort to deter, rather than incite, further assaults. “Hamas rockets and missiles may be quiet for the moment, but Palestinian […]

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Middle East, USA

Czech Republic to stand by Israel

November 5, 2014

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has assured Israel that “despite reports in the media to the contrary, the Czech Republic does not intend to make any strategic change in its policies toward Israel.” With respect to a debate in several EU member states about the recognition of Palestinian statehood, Zaorálek said unilateral

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International, Middle East

P.A. redefines Rachel’s Tomb in textbooks

November 4, 2014

By Arnon Groiss JERUSALEM (IRNA) — On the 11th of Heshvan, which in 2014 fell on November 4, Jews observe the “yaarzeit” memorial for Rachel, the Biblical matriarch who bore Joseph and died in child birth as Benjamin was born. As part of our agency’s continuing reportage of the PA school books now used in the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Anti- Israel faculty take on the ADL

November 4, 2014

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON–Since its founding in 2001, the radical campus group Students for Justice in Palestine has had as its mission to demonize Israel and promote a campaign to accuse the Jewish state of apartheid, racism, brutal occupation, and crimes against humanity, among other accusations. Its radical behavior has created a toxic

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

JNS news briefs: November 4, 2014

November 4, 2014

3 Arabs from Jerusalem suspected of vandalizing Jewish gravestones (JNS.org) The Jerusalem Central Investigative Unit of the Israel Police on Monday arrested three Arab residents of eastern Jerusalem’s A-Tor neighborhood who are suspected of vandalizing Jewish gravestones on the Mount of Olives. The police launched the investigation after dozens of headstones were smashed. The oldest

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BGU: Autistic brains not physically different

November 4, 2014

BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)– In the largest MRI study to date, researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Carnegie Mellon University have shown that the brain anatomy in MRI scans of people with autism above age six is mostly indistinguishable from that of typically developing individuals and, therefore, of little clinical or scientific value.

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Falling prices — good or bad economic news?

November 4, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The Israeli Consumer Price Index has fallen 0.3% for the month of September. This drop follows a 0.1% reduction in August. From September 2013 to September 2014, the Index has fallen 0.3% overall. If housing is not included in the index, it has fallen 1.2% over that period. Based on these

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Israel to restrict releases of future terrorists

November 4, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)—The Knesset approved a bill submitted by Member of Knesset Ayelet Shaked (Habayit HaYehudi), which effectively prevents the government from releasing prisoners in any future political deals. The bill creates a new charge in murder cases, “murder under extraordinarily severe circumstances.” Prisoners convicted of murder in this category, under the bill,

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Conversion battles date back at least to Ezra

November 4, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Jewish wars. Not really wars, but a continuation of disputes going back at least to the time of Ezra. Jews have been quarreling about who is a Jew since then, and over the centuries have added numerous other squabbles. It all amounts to disputes among people who have been literate

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Ira Sharkansky, Jewish Religion, Middle East

High Court hears passport case for Jerusalem- born

November 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Fielding more than 50 questions in half an hour from Supreme Court Justices, Alyza D. Lewin presented the case for enforcement of a 2002 law that gives American citizens born in Jerusalem the right to list their place of birth in U.S. passports as “Israel.” She argued alternatively (1) that “what goes

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Middle East, USA

APN: Ramat Shlomo separates Jerusalem, Ramallah

November 3, 2014

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization, Israel’s Peace Now movement, in strongly condemning the Israeli authorities’ decision to proceed with an East Jerusalem construction project that has triggered deep disapproval among the international community, including in Washington. A spokesperson for the Department of State in Washington said

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Middle East, USA

U.S. being bested by Iran in nuclear talks

November 3, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the run up to November’s P5+1 talks, Iran has already won the battles that count; remember, this is the bazaar. After last year’s unsatisfactory interim agreement, this author wrote: A deal that is not a capitulation requires two conditions: the parties must equally value the process; and there

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Abbas praises Glick’s shooter; fireworks new weapon

November 3, 2014

By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas sent a letter to the family of Muataz Hijazi, the terrorist who attempted to murder Rabbi Yehuda Glick last week. In his letter he wrote to express his “sincere condolences” to the family, Abbas said “with anger, we have received the news of the

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Palestinians and Israeli check points

November 3, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The organization known as Machsom Watch has been in existence for over ten years. Since its first tentative steps as a small group of humanitarian feminists who wanted to protect the human and civil rights of Palestinians it has grown in numbers, is less radically feminist, but is

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

AJC: World should condemn P.A. terror incitement

Czech Republic to stand by Israel

P.A. redefines Rachel’s Tomb in textbooks

Anti- Israel faculty take on the ADL

JNS news briefs: November 4, 2014

BGU: Autistic brains not physically different

Falling prices — good or bad economic news?

Israel to restrict releases of future terrorists

Conversion battles date back at least to Ezra

High Court hears passport case for Jerusalem- born

APN: Ramat Shlomo separates Jerusalem, Ramallah

U.S. being bested by Iran in nuclear talks

Abbas praises Glick’s shooter; fireworks new weapon

Palestinians and Israeli check points

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