By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – One Israeli was murdered and five were wounded Monday afternoon, August 4, when Muhammad Naif Ja’abis, of the Jabel Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem, drove a tractor and rammed it into a bus, turning it over and hitting a pedestrian. He was stopped when a police officer shot him dead. […]
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Sunday, August 3, issued the following denunciation of Israel: “The United States is appalled by today’s disgraceful shelling outside an UNRWA school in Rafah sheltering some 3,000 displaced persons, in which at least ten more Palestinian civilians were tragically killed. The coordinates of
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Middle East, USABy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — The IDF has begun to partially withdraw its troops from parts of the Gaza Strip. Having completed their specific missions, the forces are coming out of unnecessary areas. The IDF is still continuing to complete its mission to destroy the terror tunnels. The IDF estimates it will complete the
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is urging Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his government to end immediately their incendiary statements against Israel, which have led to attacks on the Jewish community. The climate of fear experienced by Venezuela’s Jewish community over the past decade has been heightened still further since
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — The outpouring of love shown to the IDF’s soldiers during Operation ‘Protective Edge’ has become legendary. The fighting soldiers have received countless donations and gifts; visits by Israelis from across Israel; musicians and rock stars have come to entertain; anyone with a helpful profession has donated time and abilities;
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Only the cynics are happy. Friday morning, August 2, everyone was claiming credit for the cease fire. John Kerry and Ban-Ki Moon were claiming primary authorship, and generous to note the contributions of Egypt, Turkey, and Qatar. The Palestinians of Gaza and Israelis were touting their accomplishments, and being equally
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — As an example of what the insightful commentator Melanie Phillips referred to as a “dialogue of the demented” in her book, The World Turned Upside Down, since Israel launched Operation Protective Edge some three weeks ago, the streets of American and European cities have been crammed with activists
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International, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Philanthropists Andrew and Erna Viterbi have offered a matching gift of $1 million to help care for and shelter civilians and soldiers in the south of Israel from the rockets, mortars and tunnel infiltrations from Gaza. Announced on Friday, August 1, by the Jewish Federation of San Diego and to be
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France –I saw the article in one of the glossy weekend supplements that comes with the French newspaper ‘Le Figaro’ which I try to read while I’m on vacation in France. The photography is beautiful, the articles intelligent, and it’s good for my French (I read it with the aid of
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Maimonides raises a relevant question about the nature of repentance in his famous halachic tract, The Laws of Penitence, “How do we know whether a person has truly achieved repentance? If a person finds himself in the same situation where he now has the ability to
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East
By Yael Rein WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following a 2,000 year history in the city, the last Christians left Mosul this week according to reports from local observers. The exodus comes as Islamic State (IS) militants, who captured Mosul last month, announced they would impose Sharia law in the city The group began painting the letter
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Middle East
PHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–Attorney and philanthropist Murray H. Shusterman will provide $1 million in urgently needed funding to enhance campus safety at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) in Beer-Sheva, Israel against the back drop of round the clock rocket attacks. The new Murray H. Shusterman Gate will protect security staff, students and visitors entering BGU’s
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
NEW YORK (Press Releases) — World Jewish Congress President Ronald S. Lauder on Friday, August 1, condemned in the strongest possible terms the apparent kidnapping of an Israeli soldier in the Gaza Strip and urged Jews worldwide to pray for his safe return. The IDF suspects Second Lt. Hadar Goldin of Kfar Saba was seized
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — Leaders of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, on Friday, August 1, lauded the Senate leaders and the Administration for the passage of the supplemental funding for the Iron Dome missile defense system which has saved countless
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Middle East, USA