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New effort announced to aid Holocaust families to recover property

JERUSALEM (Press Release) — A new Holocaust era restitution project was announced by the Jewish Agency for Israel on Wednesday  to identify the victims whose assets were confiscated by the Nazis. An initiative of the Jewish Agency for Israel (JAFI), with the support of the Government of Israel, Holocaust Era Asset Restitution Taskforce – Project HEART — aims […]

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U.S. reports successful test of U.S.-Israel Arrow anti ballistic missile

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–The joint U.S.-Israel Arrow Weapon System successfully intercepted a ballistic target missile during a flight test conducted Tuesday. This test is part of the Arrow System Improvement Program (ASIP) and was conducted jointly by the Israel Missile Defense Organization and the U.S. Missile Defense Agency at the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center,

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Arab Knesset member denounces Obama; NPR’s manipulation of news discussions

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel –This is a fascinating and revealing scoop by the Muqata blog. A member of Israel’s parliament attacked President Barack Obama in the nastiest terms: “After the exposure of lies from the US, we must say frankly to Obama: You no longer scare us and you can go to hell. “Obama

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Rather than help Palestinians, some Western liberals derive pleasure from pitying them

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–The heading of a recent article by the British journalist Brendan O’Neill is significant: “Palestine an obsession of the radical West, not Arabs” (www.theaustralian.com.au). He draws our attention to the fact that during the demonstrations in Egypt and elsewhere there were very few pro-Palestinian slogans: “Instead, this revolt was about Egyptian

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Israel relatively peaceful oasis in roiled Middle East

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israel is never far from the world’s headlines, but it is enjoying something of a breather. Muslims from Mauritania and Morocco to Pakistan are dealing with issues more pressing than their conventional assertions about Palestine.  Palestinians have troubles that, arguably, are greater than Israel. Gazans have a regime that is serious about Islamic law,

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U.N. veto hailed and damned by Israelis who made up minds ahead of time

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–I’m on the mailing list of an American-born Jerusalemite whose blog seems to be dedicated to bashing US President Obama. I stopped reading it regularly a long time ago but I made an exception today in the hope that, after the United States veto of the proposed Palestinian anti-settlement resolution in

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Susan Rice explains U.S. veto of resolution on settlements

NEW YORK (Press Release)– Susan Rice, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, explained her casting a veto in the Security Council on Friday on a resolution promoted by the Palestinian Authority to condemn Israel’s settlements in the territories.  She spoke with reporters via a conference telephone call. OPERATOR: Welcome, and thank you for standing by.

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U.S. veto of U.N. resolution on settlements wins plaudits

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday expressed appreciation to the United States for vetoing the “fundamentally flawed” U.N. Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements and for making clear to the Palestinian Authority that the only route to peace is through direct negotiations with Israel. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, issued

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Egyptians, Palestinians hated leaders, but loved their lies about Israel

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –On Thursday, we considered the difference between what Palestinian Authority leadership may have told American and Israeli “peace” negotiators and what they assuredly are telling their constituents. The disconnect means the Palestinian people are not being prepared for any sort of operative peace with a legitimate, sovereign state of Israel.

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Pending Israel vote at U.N. prompts statements from members of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–As the drama intensified at the U.N. Security Council over whether enemies of Israel could persuade the United States to join in a resolution condemning settlements in Palestinian territories, members of Congress weighed in with press releases.  Among them: Eliot L. Elliot (D-New York)–“It is absolutely outrageous that the U.N. Security Council

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