By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)- The Shabak, Israel’s internal security service, last week lifted a gag order on the arrest of a senior Hamas terrorist in April 2014, and provided details on the results of his interrogation. Mahmoud Mohammed Issa Tuama revealed that Hamas has been the force behind recent outbreaks of violence on the […]
NEW YORK (Press Release) — More than 80 Jews from around New York who are planning to make Aliyah in the coming months marched alongside the NefeshB’Nefesh float in this year’s Celebrate Israel Parade in New York City on Sunday, June 1. The prospective Olim included families and their children, young professionals and retirees. The parade’s 50th
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Democracy is an icon of those who aspire to the best of political and civil rights. Like other icons, however, it is tricky to sort out the symbol from the realities. Virtually all countries describe themselves as democracies, but few measure up. Political scientists who concern themselves with the nature
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By Sean Savage/JNS.org Since the 2011 revolution that ousted longtime Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak, the Arab world’s most populous country has faced an uncertain future. Briefly ruled by the long-repressed Islamist Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt was retaken by its dominant military in response to widespread dissatisfaction with the rule of president Mohamed Morsi, a Brotherhood member.
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By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS) — Members of Reform and Conservative synagogues have signed on to recent full-page advertisements in Jewish newspapers around the country, blasting their denomination’s leaders for supporting the (eventually failed) bid of the self-labeled “pro-Israel, pro-peace” lobby J Street to join the Conference of Presidents of Major American
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NORTH BETHESDA, Maryland (Press Release)– Former Israeli Minister of Defense and Deputy Prime Minister, IDF Lt. Gen. (Res.) Shaul Mofaz, told the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Washington D.C. Chapter on Thursday, May 29, that Islamic extremists are not only waging war on Arab leaders but preparing to launch new terror campaigns against
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International, Middle EastBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. –I’ve just returned from a J Street fact-finding Mission to Israel, the West Bank and Jordan with five Members of Congress and 16 national J Street leaders following suspension of the peace talks brokered by Secretary of State John Kerry. After meeting officials, activists and business people on all sides,
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Middle East, USARolling Stones Tel Aviv concert changed to start after Shavuot ends (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In a victory for observant Jews, the start time of the Rolling Stones June 4 concert in Tel Aviv has been pushed back by half an hour to allow those observing the Shavuot holiday to arrive at the event comfortably
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Representative Eliot L. Engel, the ranking Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement regarding the recent elections in Egypt: “After three years of tumultuous change, I hope that these elections will mark a turning point in Egypt. But that will only be the case if Egyptian
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — About one in eight women in the United States will contract breast cancer in her lifetime. Now new research from Tel Aviv University-affiliated researchers, in collaboration with Johns Hopkins University, has provided another tool to help women, clinicians, and scientists searching for a cure to the one of the most
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Japan’s largest pharmaceutical company, Takeda, recently signed an agreement with Teva Pharmaceutical Industries to commercialize the Israeli company’s innovative treatment for Parkinson’s disease, rasagiline, in Japan. The rasagiline tablets, which are approved in over 40 countries for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, gained UK and EU-marketing authorization in 2005
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — The Israeli Air Force chief stated last week that the IDF’s offensive capabilities will quadruple by the end of 2014. In a single day, Israeli planes will be able to strike thousands of terror targets and expand the IDF’s achievements during extended operations. Major General Amir Eshel, Commander of the Israel
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The attack at the Jewish Museum in Brussels, resulting in four deaths including those of a visiting Israeli couple, has elevated once again the issue of anti-Semitism. It comes against the background of recent studies of the subject, including one based on questions about attitudes toward Jews in various countries,
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastMuslim Brotherhood opponent El-Sisi wins Egyptian presidential election (JNS.org) Former defense minister and military commander Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, hailed as a hero in Egypt for his role in the July 2013 ouster of Islamist president and Muslim Brotherhood member Mohamed Morsi, easily won the country’s presidential election with more than 93 percent of the vote,
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