By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Israelis from across the political spectrum expressed condemnation and disgust at the slaying of Muhammad Abu Khdeir from Shuafat, Jerusalem on July 2. Israeli security forces announced July 6 that they have arrested six Israelis in connection with the murder. The motive appears to be an act of revenge for […]
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Middle EastArrest of Jewish suspects reignites Arab riots across Israel (JNS.org) Violent Arab riots were reignited on Sunday evening following the news that Israeli authorities had arrested six Jewish suspects in the abduction and murder of Palestinian youth Mohammad Abu Khudair. In northern Israel, hundreds of young masked Arabs threw stones at police forces and
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SAN DIEGO (SDJW)–American Jewish organizations reacted with horror and condemnation to the announcement that Jewish extremists were behind the murder of an Arab teenager who was burned to death. Among those reacting were the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Jewish Committee (AJC) and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. Here are their statements:
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –One hesitates to write anything about what has been happening in Israel over the last few weeks, and what is still happening. The situation is volatile, in every sense of the word, and what is true at one moment may not be the next. But things have happened, and
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Scores of Israelis from all over Israel have been flocking to the homes of the three families whose sons were abducted and murdered by Hamas terrorists on June 12. Ministers and Members of Knesset, leaders, rabbis and people from all walks of life have been coming day and night. Many
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–There are far more questions than answers. There may be a new country being formed. It won’t be a welcome addition, as judged by the various governments sending units of their armed forces to attempt an abortion. Those associated with the movement, variously called the Islamic State of Iraq and Greater Syria
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Responding to reports that a Palestinian man with U.S. citizenship had been arrested and beaten by Israeli police, the U.S. State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki issued this statement on Saturday, July 5: “We can confirm that Tariq Khdeir, an American citizen, is being held by Israeli authorities in Jerusalem. He was visited
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Middle East, USAHigh school matriculation exams held in Sderot despite rocket fire (JNS.org) Many high school students in Sderot were forced to sit through their matriculation exams on Thursday under continual Color Red sirens as rocket fire continued from the Gaza Strip on southern Israel. Aviv Levy, a 10th grader who took his communications exam on Thursday,
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By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –On my recent visit to America, good friends asked me to explain why Israel continues to build settlements, “when peace is so close.” Fundamental to understanding why Israel continues to build homes in “settlements,” (communities located beyond the 1949 Armistice Line), is this reality: there will be no peace
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By Stanley Tiger SAN DIEGO– Regarding the recent vote by the Presbyterian Church (USA) to join the BDS – a.k.a. Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions against Israel: Perhaps the most sarcastic among us should be saying, with a quasi-sincere heart, “congratulations!” Your organization has finally bitten the poisoned apple, a process of seduction which has been
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California –When word came, like an advancing nightmare, that three Jewish teenagers had been abducted in the West Bank—a tortured, biblical landscape of stony hills and olive groves—we held little faith that they would ever see their parents again. Old men, so many of them wearing the garb of piety
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — “If indeed an Arab youth has been murdered for nationalistic motives, this is a horrifying, shocking act. There is no difference in blood. Murder is murder, whatever one’s nationality or age. There is no justification, no forgiveness and no atonement for any murder whatsoever.” These are not the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Immigration, Civil Rights and the murder of a Palestinian teenager were among the preoccupations of Jewish members (names in boldface type) of Congress in the week leading up to the nation’s Independence Day holiday on July 4th. U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) released a statement on efforts to address the humanitarian
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week With a little more than a year until convicted Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard is eligible for parole, a group of nine prominent legal scholars has sent a letter to President Barack Obama arguing for Pollard’s early release. The group of scholars and professors at top universities—led by Harvard Law
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