By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Prime Minister Netanyahu held a special Cabinet meeting Sunday morning June 15 at the Ministry of Defense in Tel Aviv, during which he revealed that the Hamas terror group is behind the kidnapping of the three Israeli youth in Gush Etzion late Thursday night. “This morning I can say what […]
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) — The President of the State of Israel, Shimon Peres, spoke to the newly elected President of Egypt, Abdul Fattah al-Sisi, Saturday and congratulated him on his election. President Peres stressed Israel’s commitment to maintain the peace treaty between Israel and Egypt and strengthening the cooperation between the countries. President Peres wished
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM — Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu issued the following statement on Saturday, June 14 : “Good evening. We are in the midst of a wide-ranging operation to locate and return the three missing youths. The three missing students are Eyal Yifrach, Gilad Sha’er and Naftali Frenkel. I spoke with their parents before the onset
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM – On Saturday night, June 14, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave his first official statement on the kidnapping of the three Israeli teenagers near the Hebron area that took place on Thursday. “I can’t share everything we know, but I can say: Our boys were kidnapped by a terrorist organization;
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Amid the tension between Israel and the Palestinian Authority over the kidnapping of three teenagers, one of whom has dual U.S.-Israeli citizenship, the U.S. State Department issued a routine announcement that Charles H. Rivkin, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs, Charles H. Rivkin, “will travel to Tel Aviv,
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are going through another wave of demands that Israel take an initiative. According to this view, time is not on our side, and the status quo cannot continue. Looking at the prominent proposals, they differ significantly one from another, and all have a taste of having been made in
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EFRAT, Israel (TNA) – Three Israelis have been missing since Thursday night, June 12. They have gone missing in the Gush Etzion area. Security forces have been conducting extensive searches to locate them. The three are young men in their late teens and early twenties. The three are feared to have been abducted by terrorists.
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Middle EastPalestinian negotiator calls Netanyahu ‘filthy war criminal,’ slams Abbas (JNS.org) In a newly surfaced audio recording, Saeb Erekat—the top Palestinian negotiator in the collapsed Israeli-Palestinian peace talks—calls Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a “filthy war criminal” and also harshly criticizes the leadership of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “I don’t say shoot him. He isn’t worth
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) –The White House announced Thursday that Vice President Biden spoke earlier in the day with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. The Vice President expressed the United States’ solidarity with Iraq in its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). The Prime Minister discussed Iraq’s current security situation, and
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Middle East, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — Stanley Fischer, who once governed the Bank of Israel, was confirmed on a 63-24 vote to serve as vice chairman of the U.S. Federal reserve. He succeeds Janet Yellen, who was elevated to the top position in the Fed, succeeding Ben Bernanke. Fischer, Yellen and Bernanke all are members of the
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Middle East, USA
NAZARETH, Israel (Press Release) – Some 1 billion people worldwide tuning into the World Cup opening ceremony on Thursday, June 12, witnessed a miracle in Sao Paolo during the opening ceremony, as Juliano Pinto, a paraplegic, stood from his wheelchair, took several steps and kicked a soccer ball, using a brain-controlled bionic exoskeleton built with
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – In the face of international protest, Israel’s government is going ahead and approving plans for the construction of 1,084 new housing units in six West Bank settlements, including in outposts that were originally been built in violation of Israeli law and later legalized by the government, Americans for Peace Now
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)—The Hadassah Foundation announced Dr. Yifat Bitton, founder of Tmura, is the recipient of this year’s Bernice S. Tannenbaum Award. The prize honors annually an outstanding young female leader who advances the status of women and girls in Israel or the United States. The Award was presented at a dinner ceremony
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Middle East, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In a joint IDF – Shabak operation, a Global Jihad-affiliated terrorist was targeted and killed by an IAF aircraft in the northern Gaza Strip on Tuesday night, June 10, the Israel Defense Forces reported. The terrorist, Mahmed Awwar, 33, a resident of Beit Lahia, has been involved in
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