By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Amnesty International released a report on Thursday, Feb. 27, accusing the IDF and Israeli police of being “Trigger-happy”, using “reckless force in the West Bank.” “Israeli forces have displayed a callous disregard for human life by killing dozens of Palestinian civilians, including children, in the occupied West Bank over […]
By Anav Silverman ABEL BETH MAACAH, Israel – A hoard of silver dating back to the time of the Biblical Exodus, was discovered by American and Israeli archaeologists last summer at Abel Beth Maacah, a 35-acre tel and the northernmost site in Israel. Among the artifacts discovered were five complete silver hoop earrings, three silver
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By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — You probably already know about the most famous of Israeli “firsts.” Such as Intel’s microchip breakthroughs, SMS technology, the digestible camera and cherry tomatoes. But every week there is news of exciting discoveries and innovations from the Jewish State. Last week, there was even more than usual. Dr. Itai
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — AJC welcomed the successful conclusion of the fifth annual Germany-Israel bilateral consultations. A large German delegation led by Chancellor Angela Merkel, including 16 Cabinet ministers, visited Israel for two days. They engaged in intense discussions on a wide range of issues with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet “The
JERUSALEM – Israel’s General Security Service (GSS) announced Monday, Feb. 24, that it has arrested 15 Arabs who were members of a Hamas terror cell that operated against civilian traffic on route 443, a major road connecting Jerusalem and Tel Aviv. The terrorists, all resident of the village of UR-Tahtah in their late twenties and
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM —Yesh Atid, the political party led by Yair Lapid, has tried to assert its pluralist and vaguely secular nature (despite its Members of Knesset who’re Orthodox) by promoting legislation to compel Orthodox men to serve in Israel’s army. So far, as pointed out by one of the ultra-Orthodox (haredi) parliamentarians
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PARAMUS, New Jersey (Press Release) – An unprecedented number of 20 dentists from around the United States who are planning to make Aliyah to Israel gathered Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, to take the Israeli Dentistry Licensing Exam, which was held for them at the Nefesh B’Nefesh (Soul by Soul) offices in Paramus, New Jersey. This
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israelis have been seeking accommodation for decades, depending on when you start counting, first with Arabs and later with Palestinians. It is common, and perhaps justified, for Israelis and our friends to blame the Arabs for intransigence as well as violence. That is a cultural perspective, one that sees Israelis with
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM–The town hall meeting, unique to New England’s traditional style of local citizen governance, made its way to Jerusalem when two US Congressmen visited Israel’s capital to discuss ‘local’ issues with U.S. citizens recently. U.S. Congressmen Bill Johnson (R-OH) and David McKinley (R-WV) took part in a historic town hall meeting with
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By Yissachar Ruas OFF ISRAEL’S COASTLINE — Israel’s Navy is the IDF’s smallest branch and the least known. Israel’s navy actually predates the establishment of the State, existing as the Mossad LeAliya Bet, the Haganah’s illegal immigration organization, running ships through the British blockade in an attempt to rescue Jews from Europe and smuggle them
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Sari Nusseibeh, the Palestinian public intellectual, activist and president of Al Quds University, paraphrases in his memoir, Once Upon a Country (p. 446), what he wrote in 2001: The average Israeli sought security and a Jewish state, and the average Palestinian sought freedom from occupation. There was an astoundingly simple
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Jews are nervous. That is a chronic condition, now heightened by talk of boycott, helped along by the likes of John Kerry and Thomas Friedman. Shimon Peres is joining those who say the conditions.are ripe for Israel to.make peace with the Palestinians, and it better succeed or else. On the ground however,where
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JERUSALEM (WJC) – A delegation of 43 Argentinean Christian, Jewish and Muslim leaders and politicians has arrived in the Middle East for a goodwill tour to the region to promote peace and mutual understanding. The group met on Thursday, Feb. 20, with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Ramallah, who expressed his belief that peace
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two dramatic events, or maybe not so dramatic. Commentators see possibilities, while the rest of us will wait and see what comes next, if anything. One has optimists hopping. The other is sobering, but may portend significant responses. The event seen as a sign of hope was a presentation made
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