WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Lawrence Silverman, acting assistant secretary for the Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs of the U.S. State Department, testified on Wednesday, April 9, before the Middle East and North Africa Subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. Following is a transcript of his testimony, as provided by the U.S. State Department: […]
Lebanon endangered by Syrian incursions, refugees Read More »
Middle East, USA
By Anav Silverman BE’ER SHEVA. Israel (TNA) – The new “Samson” Squadron, a military transport plane purchased from the United States, was inaugurated into the Israel Air Force (IAF) on Wednesday, April 9, in the Nevatim airbase near Be’er Sheva. The modern aircraft, with a range of flight of nearly 4,000 km, will greatly strengthen the IAF aircraft
IAF inaugurates Samson transport fleet Read More »
Middle East
By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA –As debate rages over a new documentary about the “honor killings” of women by Islamic extremists around the world, former president Jimmy Carter has weighed in — and not on the side of oppressed women. The film, Honor Diaries, is being denounced by Islamist activists such as the
Carter mum in book on Palestinian ‘honor killings’ Read More »
Middle East, USA
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — A 3,300 year old coffin was exposed by the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) containing the personal belongings of a wealthy Canaanite, possibly an official of the Egyptian Army. Among the items discovered is a gold signet ring bearing the name of the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I. The rare artifacts
3,300- year- old skeleton found in Israel Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationRISHON LEZION, Israel (Press Release) — The opening of a weibo micro-blogging account by President of Israel Shimon Peres highlights the emergence of the new media and the importance of public opinion in China’s dynamic information environment. The commercialization of the media in China and the rise of the Internet created an information-hungry, technology-savvy public that
Peres’ micro- blogging account good for China trade Read More »
International, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Under the title “Why does the Chinese Government abuse many of his citizens?” Rabbi Shlomo Aviner, one of Israel’s leading rabbis, attacked on his website the Chinese Government for its persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China. Rabbi Aviner writes that he believes that even though this persecution is carried
Rabbi calls for protests in behalf of Falun Gong Read More »
International, Middle East
By Josh Hasten/JNS.org PARIS — Against the backdrop of studies revealing rising anti-Semitism both in France and across all of Europe, as well as one particularly brutal attack in Paris last month, French Jews are flocking to Israel. On March 30, the Jewish Agency for Israel released figures showing that aliyah from France increased dramatically
Aliyah from France increases as anti- Semitism grows Read More »
International, Middle East
By Dmitriy Shapiro/JNS.org/Washington Jewish Week WASHINGTON, D.C. — With only weeks left before the planned April 29 deadline to reach an agreement in the U.S. brokered Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations, the Obama administration has been working overtime to salvage talks that unraveled early last week. Despite the effort, experts are bearish on whether any progress can be
Parties try to get Mideast talks back on track Read More »
Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Tawfik Hamid, Ph.D., is a unique and solitary voice in the Islamic world. A self-described former terrorist, he was a member of the militant al-Gama’a al-Islamiyya with Dr. Ayman Al-Zawaherri who later on became the second in command of Al-Qaeda and now heads it. He stresses he has never actually committed an
Self- described former terrorist wants peace with Israel Read More »
Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Whenever there is a hiccup in the peace process, or signs of real crises between Israelis and Palestinians, the Israeli and international left trot out the one-state solution. Their message is that Israel will be stuck with one state between the Jordan and the Sea that will include both Israelis
Quiet steps short of peace ease Jewish-Arab relations Read More »
Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
JERUSALEM (TNA) – The Jewish Agency for Israel is hosting this week a special Passover camp experience for some 100 children from southern Israel whose lives have been affected by rocket fire from Gaza and by other terror attacks. The program is run by The Jewish Agency’s Fund for Victims of Terror and funded by contributions
Arab, Jewish kids from southern Israel to camp together Read More »
Middle East
ENGLEWOOD, New Jersey — There are action heroes, superheroes, and everyday heroes. Then there are those, like Eli Beer, founder and head of United Hatzalah of Israel, who seem to embody a little of all three. Beer, 40, traveled from Israel at the end of March to visit Bergen County as part of an ongoing
Behind Israel’s fast response to medical emergencies Read More »
Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–The dire state of the Kerry Peace effort was just so predictable. How did he have the arrogance and vanity to think that he can solve a problem that has eluded the whole world for over 100 years? The “process” became the objective, and not the real needs of both sides. One
Mideast solution may come from within Read More »
Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A few days ago, something of a deal was in the offing. It would allow for the continuation of peace talks (not peace itself, alas) between Israel and the Palestinian Authority and include the release of more prisoners convicted of terrorism in Israel, and perhaps even Jonathan Pollard after 29
Peace process dead — so now what? Read More »
Middle East