20% of West’s donations to PA go to terrorists’ families, Israeli minister says (JNS.org) The stipends paid by the Palestinian Authority (PA) to terrorists’ families amounts to some $75 million a year—about 20 percent of the donations funneled to the PA from Western nations and bodies, Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Tzipi Hotovely said Sunday in […]
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The chief executive officer of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism once almost gave up on God and religion after his stepmother died and he became estranged from his rabbi father. However, Rabbi Steven Wernick added in an interview that through its outreach, the caring Jewish
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, USABy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) is outraged that a pro-Israel LGBTQ organization’s peaceful reception at the national Creating Change conference was invaded by hateful protestors, who interrupted the event and threatened people gathered to hear gay rights activists from Jerusalem. “Groups hostile to Israel, aligned with the BDS (boycott,
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur SAN DIEGO — Some journalists in Israel speculate about a possible replacement for Binyamin Netanyahu as prime minister. I’m not in a position to judge if their ideas are realistic or if it’s only wishful thinking, but the fact that the matter is under discussion is noteworthy. It’s obvious that there’s
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’ve recently heard negative comments from ranking officials of the United States about two issues in our headlines. There’s a feeling of being scolded for poor behavior. In this case, however, the teacher comes to the scolding with dirty hands, or behavior that is hardly different from what Israel is said
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Since 1947, the 2-state solution (an Arab State alongside the State of Israel) has been the holy grail of Western diplomats. Notice that I said Western; most Muslim countries have never subscribed to that concept. The proof of Muslim antipathy to the Jewish State is the continuous incitement
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — A U.S. Hellfire anti-tank missile — a weapon launched from Predator drones in anti-terrorism operations, among other uses — found its way into the hands of Cuba’s government in 2014. But the route it took, twice crossing the Atlantic, was less mysterious than the U.S. government’s
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USAAbbas shirks responsibility for stalled peace talks, Netanyahu’s office says (JNS.org) The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office on Thursday denied claims by Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas that the Palestinian leader had recently sought a meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, but was ignored. “This is another attempt by Abu Mazen (Abbas) to shirk responsibility
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Something like 30 Israelis have died in the present wave of violence. Some call it the Knifing or Stabbing Intifada, in reference to the large incidence of attacks with knives, by a male or female, most of whom have ranged in age from 15 to 35. Some have been as
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — The dogma of unreasoned hate pervades the atmosphere in seats of higher learning and research as campaigners for an end to Israel make dangerous inroads into the once hallowed hallways of British academia. The beginning of 2016 saw the nadir of freedom of speech at King College London, a once
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–I’m not in a position to comment on the merits of the criticism that Naftali Bennett, the leader of the Habayit Hayehudi party and in that capacity a senior member of the government of Israel, expressed at the security conference in Tel Aviv the other day. Though, as expected from every
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — I know I’ve written before about Verdi’s Requiem, the role it played in my childhood and musical education in general, about the impression made on me when I read of its performance by prisoners in Theresienstadt and finally being privileged to attend a performance of the reconstruction of
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsTurkey considers senior diplomat as next ambassador to Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Turkey is considering appointing a senior diplomatic official to be the country’s next ambassador to Israel as part of its efforts to restore ties between the countries, the Turkish newspaper Sozcu reported on Wednesday. According to the report, Ankara has decided to
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-40th in a Series- Exit 13 A, Spring Street, La Mesa, California – ‘La Mesa Village’ By Donald H. Harrison LA MESA, California – In the quaint shopping village on both sides of La Mesa Boulevard stands a furniture and accessory store that identifies itself as “Mostly Mission.” A plaque further identifies the building
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