Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Wednesday appointed IDF Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Moshe Edri as chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission. [JNS.org]
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Middle East
n Israeli civilian who entered Lebanon weeks ago on his own accord was returned on Thursday in a special operation conducted by the Israel Defense Forces, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), and other security officials. [JNS.org]
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A few Hamas leaders fully expect Israel’s downfall, yet Israel may not want to dislodge Hamas from its perch in Gaza. That is due to the equally firm expectation Hamas will be replaced by something worse. [Bruce S. Ticker]
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Bruce Ticker, Middle East
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are stationed in Venezuela, on the northeast tip of South America, where some 2,000 kilometers (1,243 miles) separate them “from skyscrapers in Miami,” the author of a new report on the threat of UAVs has told JNS. Maj. (res.) Tal Beeri, head of the research department
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International, Middle East
By Shoshana Bryen While staying out of the horrific Syrian Civil War (except humanitarian aid at the border), Israel has long had three red lines for what happens in its northern neighbor: No Iranian or Hezbollah bases near the Israeli border; revised to no Iran in Syria. No weapons delivered by Iran to Hezbollah that Israel considers
Russia and Israel: Cooperating Under the Radar in Syria? Read More »
International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Israeli, American, and German researchers have found the first evidence of the consumption of beer within a residential community, at the Chalcolithic settlement of Tel Tsaf, which dates back some 7,200 years. “We have already uncovered evidence highlighting the relative wealth of the residents of Tel Tsaf, including the storage
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Dmitriy Shapiro (JNS) As Israel is set to invest 1 billion shekels ($317.3 million) into developments to increase the population in the Golan Heights, American experts believe the move announced by Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Sunday is unlikely to elicit much response from the Biden administration. Former Trump administration official Elliott Abrams,
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Middle East, USA
By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) While Israel has refrained from publicly setting clear red lines to act as precise markers for a threshold that, if surpassed by Iran’s nuclear program, would trigger an Israeli attack, it is clear that Jerusalem has been sending warning signals about Iran’s approach towards the danger zone. These warnings appear, in
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Middle East
Published by DPA Israel has cut the recommended period between receiving a second Covid-19 vaccine shot and a booster dose from five months to three. The country also relaxed its quarantine period for those who test positive but are vaccinated. A statement from the Health Ministry’s director-general, Nachman Ash, said the booster recommendation was changed
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Middle East
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations (COP) on Monday issued the following statement: “We are appalled by the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) vote to approve an open-ended Commission of Inquiry solely focused on Israel’s response to the conflict initiated by the Hamas terrorist regime last May, also known as ‘Operation Guardian of the Walls.’ … (Conference of Presidents)
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International, Middle East, USA
From time immemorial until the late nineteenth century, almost all of Jerusalem’s residents lived in the walled Old City. Divided into four uneven quadrants – the Jewish Quarter, the Muslim Quarter, the Christian Quarter and the Armenian Quarter – the Old City looms large due to its rich and multi-layered history, but it is actually quite small, at slightly less than 4/10 of a square mile. To give you a sense of perspective, it is less than 1% the size of modern Jerusalem. [Gedaliah Borvick]
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Middle East, Travel and Food
Published by Reuters UK JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s government set a goal on Sunday of doubling the number of Jewish settlers in the Golan Heights within five years, a move that could tighten its hold on the territory it occupied in fighting with Syria in 1967. Prime Minister Naftali Bennett cited then-U.S. President Donald Trump’s
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Middle East
Published by Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A major Israeli hospital will begin administering a fourth COVID-19 vaccine shot to 150 staff on Monday in a trial aimed at gauging whether a second booster is necessary nationwide, the facility said on Sunday. Sheba Medical Center near Tel Aviv said its trial would shed light on the efficacy
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We can’t solve the issue, or the problem, of Palestine. So, we cope. Years ago, I asked my daughter, who was studying to be a clinical psychologist, about her dissertation. It dealt with coping. What’s that? She explained, and I came to see coping as the essence of dealing politically with insoluble problems. [Ira Sharkansky, Ph.D]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East