By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Hamas had been preparing a murderous massive assault on Israeli civilian targets during the upcoming Jewish New Year holiday, Rosh Hashanah – this according to anonymous sources in the Israeli security services cited by the Israeli daily Maariv. Hamas had been planning a surprise attack where 200 fighters would have […]
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– Despite rockets and mortars fired at several civilian targets Saturday night, which have severely wounded one civilian, the Security Cabinet voted to extend the humanitarian cease fire for another 24 hours on the UN’s behest, ending Sunday night at 9 PM. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, Finance
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– What’s next? More of the same? Or some kind of cease fire that holds? We may be winding down. Hamas and its allies are firing fewer missiles. They may be pacing themselves toward the end of their supply. While there have been a few suicide bombers directed against Israeli soldiers, there
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON — Jews have been accused of harming and murdering non-Jews since the twelfth century in England, when Jewish convert to Catholicism, Theobald of Cambridge, mendaciously announced that European Jews ritually slaughtered Christian children each year and drank their blood during Passover season. That medieval blood libel, largely abandoned in
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– The Jewish Council for Public Affairs expressed grave alarm at reports that Hamas had planned a massive attack via tunnels burrowed deep into Israeli territory, and expressed support for Israeli efforts to destroy the network of tunnels. “The news that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed to his cabinet yesterday (Thursday, July
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) released the following statement on Friday, July 25, regarding Israel’s Iron Dome defense system: “The RJC welcomes Senator Mitch McConnell’s efforts to make the Senate’s proposed $225 million supplemental funding for Israel’s Iron Dome program a stand-alone bill. “Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has bundled the Iron
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By Dalia Burgana KIRYAT MALACHI, Israel — For the past two weeks, the lives of residents of Kiryat Malachi have been disrupted by many air raid sirens (referred to as “tzeva adom” or “red color) and echoes of rockets exploding in the area. A large part of the old, four-story apartment buildings in town are
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (WJC) — The chairman of the International Council of Jewish Parliamentarians, US Congressman Eliot L. Engel, has called on European nations to provide security measures for their respective Jewish communities. His call came in the wake of increased anti-Semitic violence around Europe, which has in part been sparked by the current conflict between
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Shimon Peres delivered a farewell address to the Knesset on Thursday, July 24, his last day in office as Israel’s President. Following is a text of his remarks: Members of Knesset, I have come to bid you farewell as a citizen, as a man whose dream is still alive. As a man who
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — As Gaza rockets continue to strike southern Israel, people in the the region’s lower-socioeconomic sectors are suffering even more with the current conditions. According to Israel’s National Food Bank, the country’s main food rescue network known as Leket Israel, the situation of southern Israel’s needy has become worse
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By Jeff Daube JERUSALEM –On Wednesday, July 23, 30,000 of us came together as one on Mount Herzl to pay tribute to chayal boded (lone soldier) Max Steinberg z”l. Max had left his comfortable world in Los Angeles, CA to fight with the brave IDF Golanis, only to be killed in combat in the terror snake
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By Nadine Epstein (From Moment Magazine, Momentmag.com) In this day and age, bringing a group of students to visit Auschwitz is so common it is barely noteworthy in the annals of experiential education. People from all over the world visit the Nazi concentration camp in Poland, where nearly a million Jews were killed and more
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The decision of the Federal Aviation Administration to permit flights between the United States and Tel Aviv to resume was applauded Thursday, July 24, by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, said, “We welcome the announcement by
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USAUNITED NATIONS, New York (WJC)–Ban Ki-moon, the secretary-general of the United Nations, has said he was “alarmed” to hear that rockets were placed in a UN-run school in Gaza and now “have gone missing,” and he demanded a full review of such incidents. A statement by Ban’s spokesman expressed the UN chief’s “outrage and regret”
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