HOUSTON, Texas (Press Release) — Tom Neumann, former executive director of the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA), died Tuesday morning, Sept. 9, at the age of 69. Neumann joined JINSA as Executive Director in 1991, and ran the organization until his retirement in 2012. By dint of his boundless energy and personality, he
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Israeli public is in a notably bad mood. The Hamas rockets have, for the time being, stopped; the current cease-fire is holding. The tunnel threat, a strategic one most Israelis had not understood until several days into the war, has been alleviated; many Hamas rocket manufacturing facilities have been
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)–The Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency conducted an intercept test of the Arrow 2 interceptor missile on Tuesday morning, September 9. The test, which took place over the Mediterranean Sea, examined the capabilities of the Arrow 2, the latest version of the air defense system designed
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— As Alzheimer’s disease progresses, it kills brain cells mainly in the hippocampus and cortex, leading to impairments in “neuroplasticity,” the mechanism that affects learning, memory, and thinking. Targeting these areas of the brain, scientists hope to stop or slow the decline in brain plasticity, providing a novel way to treat Alzheimer’s.
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BERLIN, Germany (WJC) –Ralf Stegner, deputy leader of Germany’s governing Social Democratic Party, has told the newspaper ‘Welt am Sonntag‘ that Germany should reconsider its arms exports to Israel and should not deliver weapons to areas of tension and dictatorships. Stegner expressly named Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Israel as countries that should not benefit from
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By Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSAELM (TNA) –A 12-year-old Syrian boy arrived over the weekend to an Israeli hospital with injuries to his arms, leg, and eyes sustained from a mortar attack on his home near Damascus. The boy was led on a donkey by his brother up the slopes of Mt. Hermon to an IDF base
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By Lt. Gen. David Deptula, USAF (ret.) *This article originally appeared in Breaking Defense WASHINGTON, D.C. Those who oppose ISIL – the so-called “Islamic State (IS)” – must grasp the fact that no amount of kinetic force will make up for an inadequate plan to crush it. American power, both within and without the battle
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir United With Israel JERUSALEM –Several violent incidents of rioting, assault and vandalism by Arabs rocked Israel’s capital throughout Sunday night, Sept. 7. The most explosive incident occurred at a gas station at the French Hill neighborhood, which is adjacent to Arab neighborhoods. Shortly after midnight, tens of Arab attackers threw stones and
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Middle EastBERLIN (WJC) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would do everything she could to combat anti-Semitism in Germany, amid reports of attacks and a spike in anti-Israel sentiment since the Gaza conflict. In her weekly podcast, Merkel said she was alarmed that Jewish institutions in Germany still needed police protection and called
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JERUSALEM (WJC)–Veteran Israeli statesman Dan Meridor has been appointed as the new president of the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR), a foreign affairs think-tank which operates under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress (WJC). Meridor will succeed former Israeli ambassador Avi Primor. Meridor was born in Jerusalem in 1947. He served in successive
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The most dangerous challenge. Is it Daish or Vladimir Putin? For the time being, Israelis are observers of those quarreling whether–or how–to deal with Daish or Putin. With respect to Putin, The reserve of some stems from Ukrainians’ bad name in Jewish history. For others, it results from Ukrainians’ dismal
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — It is now almost exactly fifty years since I came to Israel to live. So I suppose you could say that I came on aliyah in September 1964, though I did not get my official status as a new immigrant until June 1967, but that’s another story. When people
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Israel is joining international efforts to prevent the spread of Ebola in Africa, which has been one of the largest Ebola outbreaks in history and is currently affecting the five West African nations of Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and Senegal. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs through Israel’s Agency
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By Adina Bar-El, Ph.D NIR YISRAEL, Israel — Finally the quiet has returned to our area of Israel. We hope that it will continue a long time. On September 1st– after the “enjoyment” of the children and their families during the war– all the children returned to their educational institutions: the young children to
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