By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Unrest was recorded Monday, May 5, when Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu began to speak during the state ceremony for the terror victims, as several in the crowd got up holding red scarves representing bloody hands, and others shouted at the Prime Minister, protesting his release of Arab terrorists. The protesters were […]
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM –A special monument is located at the end of the trail that connects Israel’s Yad Vashem, the official memorial to Jewish victims of the Holocaust, and Mount Herzl, the national cemetery for Israeli leaders and fallen soldiers. Known as the “Memorial for the Last of Kin,” it commemorates the Holocaust survivors
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Why do Palestinians seem to get better press than Israelis in Western media? Journalistic bias is only part of the answer, Amotz Eyal, the founder of the Tazpit News Agency of Israel, told a gathering Sunday night, May 4, at Beth Jacob Congregation. In a slide and video presentation, Eyal
By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — “What makes you happy?” A recent survey in England asked people that question and, after obtaining thousands of replies and running the various statistical analyses, came up with the result that on the whole people are happier after the age of 55 than when they were younger. Various explanations
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, May 4, began his weekly Cabinet meeting with an explanation of his call for anchoring in the country’s Basic Law a provision recognizing that Israel is a Jewish state. Following is the text of his comments on this issue: “The State of Israel is a Jewish and democratic
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Jewish History, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — John Kerry regrets his use of the word apartheid in connection with Israel, but his half-hearted apology, which included a reiteration of his accusation against Israel’s leadership as well as that of the Palestinians for not having the courage to do what he thought was right, put him squarely with
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC decried on Sunday, May 4, the so-called “price tag” vandalism attacks that have spread to Arab communities in Israel in recent weeks, joining such other groups as the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the denunciations Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that such
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Carine Chitayat, the founder and CEO of the Adopt a Family Foundation stood in the main foyer of the Museum of Photographic Arts, where there were gathered numerous San Diego County residents whose hearts have gone out to the families of southern Israel who endure rocket attacks
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By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org JERUSALEM — Elad Peled, 87, has told the story of how he was injured during the battle for Tzfat (Safed) in Israel’s War of Independence many times. Now, for the first time, the retired Israel Defense Forces major general’s account of his days as Palmach commander will be readily accessible through
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By Edwin Black/JNS.org A growing number of lawmakers in the United States, Great Britain, and the European Union are openly suggesting the billions of dollars, pounds, and euros that they and others have collectively bestowed upon the Palestinian Authority to promote peace and reconciliation with Israel have done the exact opposite. The evidence is now
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By Alex Traiman/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent controversial remark that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” in the absence of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shined a spotlight on the perceived demographic threat to Israel—a threat that some experts say is not based on current reality. The
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Jewish History, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—In advance of World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (NJ), Co-Chairman of the Commission, addressed the deterioration of media freedom in Ukraine, and the continued presence of criminal defamation: On the situation in
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former IDF Lt. Hen Mazzig, who coordinates Israel advocacy for StandWithUs’s Pacific Northwest Chapter on 15 college campuses in and around Seattle, Washington, says the American Jewish community may be too focused on interacting with present-day elites, while pro-Palestinian advocates are building a constituency among the college
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) released the following statement Friday, May 2, on a House Select Committee on Benghazi, which House Speaker John Boehner said he planned to create if the House membership approves next week. “For nearly two years, House committees have aggressively investigated what happened the night four brave
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