WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Clearly annoyed with anonymous sources in Israel who leaked details of a cease fire proposal that was rejected, State Department spokesman Jen Psaki told of the efforts of her boss, Secretary of State John Kerry, to achieve what she described as a “humanitarian” break in the fighting between Israel and Hamas. Here […]
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is appalled by the anti-Semitic, threatening op-ed that renowned Spanish writer Antonio Gala wrote in El Mundo. “Shame on Antonio Gala and shame on El Mundo for publishing his anti-Semitic screed,” said Dina Siegal Vann, Director of AJC’s Latino and Latin American Institute. In his
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Israeli Cabinet unanimously rejected the terms of a Gaza ceasefire proposed by Hamas front men Qatar and Turkey. Secretary of State Kerry expressed surprise and chagrin at the vote. The Israelis expressed surprise and chagrin at Kerry’s support for a document that offered Hamas “arrangements to secure the
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In a recent article I had written about the war on women that is taking place in the Middle Eastern world, I had come across some quotes that were attributed to Sandra Fluke, who was allegedly interviewed by NPR. In essence, these quotes which I later
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release)–Mothers who live near green spaces deliver babies with significantly higher birth weights, according to a new study, “Green Spaces and Adverse Pregnancy Outcomes” published in the journal, Occupational and Environmental Medicine. A team of researchers from Israel and Spain, including Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), evaluated nearly 40,000 single live
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – IDF forces continued to operate inside the Gaza Strip on Monday, July 28,, their main objective are still the terror tunnels. A senior IDF officer was quoted on Sunday saying that Israel is in possession of all of the attack tunnels that Hamas dug from Gaza to Israel.
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir, Hernan Leon and David Surjanyi JERUSALEM (TNA) After a violent wave of anti-Israel and anti-Semitic protests around the world, Israel is finally receiving a show of support at various points across the globe. More than 2,000 people at Montevideo, Uruguay, came together to show support for Israel in an event that was
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–On Tuesday, July 22, 2014, the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) filed a 30-page amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court, urging the Court to uphold the right of American citizens born in Jerusalem to have “Israel” listed as their birthplace on their passports, certifications of nationality and registrations of birth. The brief
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By Anav Silverman KIBBUTZ EIN HASHLOSHA, Israel (TNA) – For Danny Cohen of Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha, it is hope that keeps the 50-year-old farmer living on the Gaza border. Originally from Argentina, Cohen is the head of the kibbutz’s emergency response team and is among the 60 kibbutz members who have remained on the kibbutz
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Here’s what I would tell the United Nations: Esteemed Delegates of the United Nations, I have come to address you today as a stand-in for Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is constrained by political correctness and the code of diplomacy from saying much of what needs to be said. You
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International, Middle East, Steve KramerIsraeli officials blast Obama’s demand of ‘unconditional’cease-fire (JNS.org) Israeli officials expressed outrages on Monday after U.S. President Barack Obama urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to announce an “immediate, unconditional humanitarian cease-fire” in Gaza. In a statement about a phone call between the two leaders, the White House said Obama “underscored the enduring importance of ensuring
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For some time on Saturday, July 26, and Sunday, July 27, it was not clear if there was a cease fire. A cease fire for humanitarian purposes (i.e., getting the bodies out of destroyed buildings) held, but then when Israel agreed to an extension Hamas did not. Several rockets and
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — When we children were living there some fifty years ago, it was still morning in Israel. There was no West Bank, no Gaza (they were occupied by Jordan and Egypt, respectively) and our elders, teachers, milkmen, booksellers, and postal workers were very often the still-tattooed survivors of Treblinka,
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JERUSALEM (TNA) – An Arab terrorist driving a car bomb was caught Sunday morning, July 27, at an IDF checkpoint near Beitar, about 6 miles south of Jerusalem. An initial investigation indicates that a massive terror attack was thwarted this morning. An Arab driver approached the checkpoint at a suspicious pace, thus alerting the soldiers
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