JERUSALEM (Press Release) — President Shimon Peres held a diplomatic working meeting on Wednesday, May, with US National Security Advisor Susan Rice at the President’s Residence. They discussed the major issues on the agenda today including the diplomatic situation between Israel and the Palestinians, the Iranian negotiations and the strategic relations between Israel and the […]
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — Nine women have completed the Israeli Chief Rabbinate’s exams to become kashrut inspectors, the newspaper ‘Haaretz‘ reports. The country’s Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi David Lau approved the move over the objections of some council members. Emunah, the Orthodox women’s movement, battled to end the ban on women, and called the move “an achievement of historic significance.” The rabbinate said
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastVATICAN CITY (WJC) — A rabbi and a sheikh from his native Argentina will be accompanying Pope Francis on his pilgrimage to Israel, Jordan and the Palestinian territories later this month. Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Omar Abboud, who are friends of Francis from his time as archbishop of Buenos Aires, will both join the papal delegation on 24-26
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International, Middle EastISTANBUL, Turkey (eturbonews) — According to a May report released by the Mediterranean Touristic Hoteliers and Proprietors Association, the number of the visitors coming to Antalya in the first quarter of the year was 1.32 million, an increase of 5.1 percent compared with the same period of the previous year. Antalya hosted 1.25 million tourists
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Middle East, Travel and Food
JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met Wednesday, May 7, in Jerusalem with prominent Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) supporters from the United States and Panama. During the meeting with the FIDF Delegation, Netanyahu addressed the threat of a nuclear Iran and the Palestinian issue. “Iran seeks to destroy the State
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Middle East
TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Despite an addiction to taking pictures everywhere they go, cellphone junkies have not been able to ditch their stand-alone cameras quite yet. Smartphones still don’t possess the sharp zoom capabilities of digital still cameras, so the resulting pictures can be messy and out-of-focus. That won’t be the case for long, however.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the blame game that follows the suspension or failure of the Kerry peace process, one often hears of Israel’s satisfaction with, and commitment to the status quo. No doubt many Israelis really do not want to accept the development of a Palestinian state, even though public opinion polls show
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Last July Secretary of State, John Kerry, conceived a peace baby to be delivered in nine months. The gestation period was full of turmoil. Mr. Kerry devoted an extraordinary amount of time to move the parties to negotiate until agreement. He spoke to Mahmoud Abbas, the head
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The failure of the Nigerian government to take immediate and effective steps to rescue hundreds of girls kidnapped from their school with the intention that they be sold into marital slavery highlights the need for more assertive U.S. leadership in protecting human rights, said the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. “For
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International, Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) –This year’s Intersnational Bible Quiz winner is Eitan Amos from Toronto, Canada. The 18-year-old, who lived in Karnei Shomron until he was 11, competed against 15 other finalists during this year’s International Bible Quiz traditionally held on Israel’s Independence Day. Seventy-five contestants from 33 countries including Mexico, Brazil, Argentina,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC (American Jewish Committee) has expressed “gratitude and admiration” to Secretary of State John Kerry for “the noble initiative” for Israeli-Palestinian peace he launched last June at the AJC Global Forum. Kerry’s address to AJC was his first speech in Washington as Secretary of State. “When you spoke to us in Washington
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Middle East, USA
BRUSSELS (WJC) — Police in the Belgian capital Brussels had to use water cannons to disperse a crowd defying a ban on a gathering of controversial far-right figures including the controversial Frenchman Dieudonné M’bala M’bala which critics called an “anti-Semitic hatefest”. Citing a threat to public order, the mayor of the Brussels municipality of
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International, Middle East
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Monday, May 5, released the following statement in honor of Israeli Independence Day: “This year, we celebrate 66 years of Israeli independence as well as over six decades of steadfast friendship between Israel and the United States. “When President Truman recognized the state of
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Middle East, USA
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — This week, Israel is celebrating its 66th year of independence as the Jewish State. The accomplishments of Israelis throughout this period and in the years leading up to Israel’s independence are unequaled. What other nation has achieved its freedom despite being surrounded by countries unalterably opposed to its
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Middle East, Steve Kramer