Half a year after he was arrested by the Shin Bet security services, interrogated for days, and accused of being a “Jewish terrorist,” Israel’s prosecution service has confirmed what Netanel Furkowitz’s defense team have said all along: that the youth leader from the Samaria community of Kochav Hashachar is innocent of any wrongdoing, and had […]
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Middle EastThe Palestinian Authority and Hamas are actively promoting a classic blood libel against Israel, after circulating a fabricated statement in the name of a prominent rabbi allegedly calling to poison Palestinian wells. False allegations of Jews poisoning drinking water – along with other rumors such as those accusing Jews of drinking non-Jews’ blood – were
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Middle EastFollowing revelations on Sunday of a secret letter of understanding between Zionist Union chief Isaac Herzog and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in which the two leaders outlined the parameters for a future Palestinian state, Efraim Sneh spoke with Arutz Sheva about the agreement – and what it could mean for Israel going forward. Sneh,
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Middle EastThe President of the Conference of European Rabbis has challenged the Swedish government to lift all restrictions on Jewish practices in Sweden, after its Ambassador to Israel claimed his prime minister wants to lead the fight against worldwide anti-Semitism. In a letter to Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt – who also serves as
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International, Jewish ReligionConstruction of an underground security wall along Israel”s border with Gaza has prompted an outcry in the Strip, with calls for intervention by international human rights organizations and the United Nations to block the Israeli plan. The wall, which will run tens of yards into the ground and is intended to block Hamas terror tunnels,
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Middle EastTehran (dpa) – Iran has foiled several terrorist attacks planned by Islamic State sympathizers across the country, the head of the Iranian National Security Council was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency Monday. Police had arrested a terrorist group planning to carry out several suicide attacks in Tehran, Ali Shamkhani told ISNA. According
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Middle EastAlexey Pushkov, the head of the Russian parliament’s International Affairs Committee, has praised U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump’s plans to invite Vladimir Putin to Washington. Putin and Trump have exchanged a series of compliments over the course of Trump’s campaign to become president of the U.S. Pushkov, who is a vocal member of Putin’s United
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International, USAIsrael is building an underground wall meters below ground level that aims to prevent Hamas’ smuggling and attack tunnels weaving into Israeli territory, according to local media reports. Israel’s top-selling newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, reported Thursday that military leaders had approved the expensive defense project that would protect the entire 60 kilometer length of the Israel-Gaza
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Middle EastThe political landscape of Israel shifted last week. For the first time in quite some time, there was a sense that there is a real opposition to the leadership of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. On Friday, at the Herzliya Conference, former defense minister and Army chief of staff Moshe “Bougie” Yaalon announced he is going
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Middle EastNot far from the Magic Kingdom, a child was swept up by an alligator, dragged into a lagoon and killed. The 2-year-old had wandered away from his parents, as toddlers often do. Before they knew it, the child had made his way to the edge of the water where a 4- to 7-foot gator lay
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USABy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–Whether it was by coincidence or not, the supplement that came with the Ha’aretz newspaper last weekend contained a long article about – and interview with – Professor Telma Handler, a psychiatrist, psychologist and international expert on the brain whose most recent research has focused on the mechanism of empathy.
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (WJC) — Colette Avital, the head of the Center of Holocaust Survivor Organizations in Israel and a member of the Executive of the World Jewish Congress-Israel, expressed indignation and outrage over a program available on Google Play which invited users to “live like a real Jew in Auschwitz.” “We cannot understand how the top management of Google
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, USAIsrael incentivizes Arab municipalities to fight illegal construction (JNS.org) The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved the appropriation of about $3.6 billion for Israeli-Arab communities, but made the funds contingent on Arab municipalities fighting illegal construction. The cabinet decided that the newly allotted funds would go to municipalities that agreed to increase efforts to battle
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Middle EastA boxer from Syria bowed out of a qualifying round for the Olympics because he would have had to face off against an Israeli contender, Haaretz reported Sunday. The Syrian boxer, Ala Ghasoun, had been scheduled to vie against Israel’s Artium Musley. Since Ghasoun refused the match, Musley will be automatically moved to the next
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