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JNS news briefs: June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014

Israeli public schools seek to integrate Wikipedia into curriculum (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A new initiative promoted by the Israeli Education Ministry seeks to have public school students produce Wikipedia entries. The program was recently suggested during a meeting between Education Minister Shay Piron and Wikimedia Foundation Chairman Jan-Bart de Vreede, with the Education Ministry […]

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International, Middle East, USA

Positively Israel~June 10, 2014

June 10, 2014

By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel –This is the second part of my review of Israel’s achievements during the seven weeks I was absent from the blog scene. The recent Jewish festival of Shavuot (Pentacost) showed us the proper way to treat those less fortunate than us. There were many examples of that principle in the

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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Rivlin elected as Israel’s next President

June 10, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) –Reuven Rivlin was elected Tuesday, June 10, by the Knesset as Israel’s tenth president. One after the other, 119 Members of Knesset cast their confidential ballot for one of the five candidates. No one candidate received the required 61 votes, and so a second round between Rivlin who came in

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Middle East

Israel further isolated from U.S., rest of world

June 9, 2014

By J Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s settler government has reached a parting of the ways with the United States. The United States will continue to advocate the two-state solution. It is the only way in which Israel and Palestine can live side by side in peace and prosperity. It is

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Middle East

Tisch to film students: Make movies from the heart

June 9, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Steve Tisch, the Academy Award-winning producer and executive Vice President and Chairman of the New York Giants, chaired the 16th Tel Aviv Student Film Festival last week. Held at Tel Aviv University, it is the largest student film festival in the world, and widely acknowledged as the most influential. This year,

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Middle East, Sports & Competitions

4 BDS advocates arrested in Ramallah

June 9, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In an unprecedented incident, the Palestinian Authority has arrested four anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) activists in Ramallah. The four, Zeid Shuaibi, Abdel Jawad Hamayel, Fadi Quran and Fajr Harb, were arrested about two weeks ago on charges of “provoking riots and the breach of public tranquility.” The

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Middle East

Hamas: Abbas doesn’t really want peace

June 9, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Hamas government spokesman in Gaza, Ihab al-Ghussein, stated that Mahmoud Abbas was deceiving the Americans in public statements calling for peace with Israel. In a Facebook post on June 8, al-Ghussein wrote that the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is “tricking” the Americans. “When I go out and say that the

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Middle East

Menendez plans review of U.S. aid to Palestinians

June 9, 2014

SUMMIT, New Jersey (Press Release)– “Palestinians must choose between peace with Israel as a Jewish state and a marriage with Hamas, a terrorist organization,” Senator Robert Menendez declared at the AJC New Jersey Region Annual Meeting. The “marriage will have severe consequences.” The agreement between the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas to

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Middle East, USA

JNS news briefs: June 9, 2014

June 9, 2014

Pope Francis, Peres, Abbas pray for peace in Vatican City (JNS.org) Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas joined Pope Francis to pray for peace in Vatican City on Sunday. “Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare,” Pope Francis said. “It calls for the courage to say yes to encounter

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International, Middle East

Diving into the sub- surface of Middle Eastern politics

June 8, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It looks like everyone is angry, but that is only the top layer. Only a bit deeper down, the status quo–including everybody else’s anger–looks pretty good from all the competing perspectives. Israelis are angry with Palestinians for creating an alliance with Hamas, and angry with Americans and Europeans for recognizing

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Foreign caretakers for Israeli elderly quite common

June 8, 2014

By Jeffrey F. Barken/JNS.org TEL AVIV (JNS) — Janet Tauro and Varda Kahanovich made a deal upon which their lives depend. Tauro, a foreign worker from Mumbai, provides Kahanovich, a 90-year-old Israeli woman living on Kibbutz Maagan Michael, warm and devoted care. In return, Kahanovich hopes to live a long and happy life, well beyond

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

The prayers of Pope Francis, Peres, Abbas

June 8, 2014

VATICAN CITY (VNS)–Pope Francis joined in prayer with Israel’s President Shimon Peres and the Palestine Authority’s Presidentg Mahmoud Abbas. Here, as provided by the Vatican, are the comments made by each of the leaders on Sunday June 8: Pope Francis — Distinguished Presidents, I greet you with immense joy and I wish to offer you,

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International, Middle East

Terrorism information center tells of Fawzi Ayoub

June 8, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Fawzi Ayoub, a Hezbollah terrorist who was imprisoned in Israel for an attempted terrorist attack in Jerusalem and was also on the FBI’s most wanted terrorist list, has met his death in Syria. The Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center (ITIC) provides us with a glimpse in to

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International, Middle East

Petition asks Peres to raise Pollard issue on U.S. visit

June 8, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – A new petition has been launched demanding the release of incarcerated Israeli Jonathan Pollard. Peres, nearing the end of his presidential term, is scheduled to meet with US President Barack Obama at the White House on June 13th, during which Peres will receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Signed by

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Middle East, USA

JNS news briefs: June 10, 2014

Positively Israel~June 10, 2014

Rivlin elected as Israel’s next President

Israel further isolated from U.S., rest of world

Tisch to film students: Make movies from the heart

4 BDS advocates arrested in Ramallah

Hamas: Abbas doesn’t really want peace

Menendez plans review of U.S. aid to Palestinians

JNS news briefs: June 9, 2014

Diving into the sub- surface of Middle Eastern politics

Foreign caretakers for Israeli elderly quite common

The prayers of Pope Francis, Peres, Abbas

Terrorism information center tells of Fawzi Ayoub

Petition asks Peres to raise Pollard issue on U.S. visit

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