Middle East

By Maxine Dovere/JNS.org NEW YORK—In July 2012, the Israeli government announced its decision to allow the aliyah of the last remnants of the Ethiopian Jewish community. Each month, 250 Falash Mura (Ethiopian Christians of Jewish ancestry) will complete legal immigration until the entire community has been relocated to Israel. A new immigrant absorption center will be developed to […]

By Evelyn Gordon After radical Islamists killed 16 soldiers at an Egyptian army outpost in Sinai this August, Egypt’s military pointed an accusing finger straight at Hamas-run Gaza, whence it said some of the terrorists came. Suiting action to words, Cairo swiftly shut the Egypt-Gaza border crossing, massed troops near Gaza, destroyed some of the

HAIFA (Press Release) –President Obama’s middle name, Hussein, makes Israelis – both Jewish and Arab – perceive him as less pro-Israeli, reveals a new study conducted by the University of Haifa and the University of Texas. The study has just been published in the journal Political Behavior. “Even though the Israeli public has extensive information

  By Yaakov Lappin     The IDF is deep in preparations for the next potential round of fighting with the Shi’ite Lebanese terror militia Hezbollah. If one conclusion can be drawn from the intensive military training, it is that the IDF is determined that any future confrontation does not resemble the indecisive outcome of the 2006

  In a full interview with Israel Hayom, which provides exclusive news for JNS.org in Israel, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the claim that he is using the Iran issue to harm President Barack Obama’s re-election bid. By Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu dedicates much of his time to thinking about how

By Robert G. Sugarman and Abraham H. Foxman NEW YORK–The start of a New Year always offers an opportunity to reflect on the events of the past year and to contemplate what lies ahead for the Jewish people and the state of Israel.   It has been a year of momentous change both at home and

By Israel Hayom and JNS.org Israel stepped up security after a controversial American film, Innocence of Muslims, sparked protests at U.S. embassies in Libya, Egypt and Yemen. In Libya, U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other diplomats were killed. Several dozen protesters from the Islamic Movement’s northern branch demonstrated outside the U.S. Embassy in

By David P. Goldman        The Obama administration is baffled by the Egyptian government’s response to the Sept. 11 attack on the American embassy in Cairo. It took President Mohamed Morsi two days to denounce the assault on the embassy, and even then he placed the blame on a hitherto unnoticed clip posted on YouTube rather