Amid manhunt, Palestinians try to infiltrate West Bank Jewish community (JNS.org) As Israeli security forces continued massive efforts to rescue three kidnapped teens, Palestinians on Monday tried to infiltrate the West Bank Jewish community of Kochav Yaakov, which is situated east of Ramallah in the Binyamin region. Israel Defense Forces troops managed to disperse a […]
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)- Congressman Alan Lowenthal (D-California) released on Monday, June 16, the following statement in response to the growing violence in Iraq: “The reason we went to Iraq in the first place, the reasons we shed American blood there, was to create a strong foundation for the Iraqi people to provide their
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— Congressman Henry A. Waxman (D-California) joined those calling on the Palestinian Authority to do all it can to locate and return the three kidnapped Israeli teenagers. “I strongly condemn the kidnapping of three Israeli teenagers by Palestinian extremists and call for their immediate release.,” Waxman said. “This act of terrorism against
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Middle East, USA
By Yifa Segal NOF AYALON, Israel (TNA) — A delegation of 40 French Members of Parliament arrived in Israel to commemorate 65 years of diplomatic ties between France and Israel. The largest parliamentarian delegation to ever arrive in Israel, its members included members of the Senate, national committee, mayors and former ministers. Upon their arrival,
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Monday, June 16, expressed deep concern for the safety of the three Israeli Yeshiva students who were kidnapped last Friday in the West Bank. “Our hearts and prayers are with the three and with their families. We stand in solidarity with their families and the
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Already active in six countries worldwide, Limmud FSU will now expand into Australia and Canada, thanks to cooperation with the International Fellowship of Christian and Jews headed by Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein, said the organization’s Founders Chaim Chesler and Sandra Cahn. Limmud FSU will hold its first Canada conference in Toronto this October
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International, Middle East
By Anav Silverman GUSH ETZION JUNCTION, Israel (TNA) — Monday, June 16, is the third day since the kidnapping of the three Israeli teens by Palestinian terrorists at the Gush Etzion junction in Judea. Standing at the site where the boys were reportedly last seen, IDF soldiers and Israeli civilians, adults and schoolchildren, continue on
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Middle East
JERUSALEM (WJC) — The Israeli government is considering the establishment of new Jewish communities in the Negev desert, according to a report by the newspaper ‘Haaretz’, despite opposition from environmental organizations. A plan to build seven new Jewish communities near the town of Arad will be brought for approval before a subcommittee of the National
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir TEL AVIV (TNA) – Amina Abbas, wife of Palestinian Authority Head Mahmoud Abbas, was convalescing at home after undergoing knee transplant surgery at a top Israeli hospital, Israeli media have reported. Yediot Aharonot said that Abbas’s wife was in Assuta Hospital, considered one of the best in Israel. She had been hospitalized
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Middle East‘Brings Back Our Boys’ Facebook page raises awareness on abducted Israeli teens (JNS.org) A Facebook page created Friday, June 13, following the abduction of three Israeli teenagers by terrorists near Hebron had garnered close to 80,000 “likes” by Monday. The “Bring Back Our Boys” Facebook page, which aims to raise international awareness of the kidnapping,
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International, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke Monday, June 16, with Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and told him, “I expect you to assist in returning the abducted youths and in apprehending the kidnappers. The Hamas kidnappers came from territory under Palestinian Authority control and returned to territory under Palestinian Authority
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are seeing the essence of terror with the apparent kidnapping of three yeshiva students on Thursday night, and days of media dealing with almost nothing else. The continued crises and perhaps ultimate falling apart of Iraq, Syria, and Ukraine may weigh on us more heavily than the disappearance of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Anav Silverman NOF AYALON (TNA) – On a quiet street in the rural community of Nof Ayalon, located in central Israel’s Ayalon Valley, members of press stand outside the home of Racheli and Avi Frenkel. The parents of the missing Israeli teen, Naftali, who was abducted with two other classmates by Palestinian
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Middle East
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – On Friday night June 13,.White City Shabbat set the Guinness World Record for the Largest Shabbat Dinner ever at the Hangar 11 in the port of Tel Aviv. 2,226 attendees were officially inscribed in the Guinness World Record for the Largest Shabbat Dinner, with notable diners including Chief Rabbi of
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Jewish Religion, Middle East