Palestinian militant group Hamas promised Wednesday that Israel will face further “surprises” during Ramadan after the shooting attack that left four people dead in central Tel Aviv. Hamas said in a statement released after two Palestinian gunmen carried out the attack at the Sarona Market food and retail center Wednesday that the incident “is the […]
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Middle EastOmri Casspi Israeli basketball champion Omri Casspi, now a forward for the NBA’s Sacramento Kings, is leading a drive to raise $200,000 for charitable organizations in his homeland. Casspi said his campaign is part of a wider mission to show the best of Israel to the world. The organizations selected are Yad Ezra, which feeds
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAPrime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Chief of Staff Gadi Eizenkot upon the Prime Minister”s return from a state visit to Russia, Wednesday night, to discuss Israel”s response to the terror attack in Tel Aviv”s Sarona Market which left four dead and five wounded. In the wake of the attack,
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Middle EastPublished with permission from Alternet. Dear Bernie, I don’t know what you’re going to do from here on, and I’m not going to advise you. You’ve earned the right to figure out the next steps for your campaign and the movement you have launched. But let me tell you this: You’ve already succeeded. At the
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USABritish Prime Minister David Cameron on Thursday morning joined the chorus of international condemnation following Wednesday night’s deadly shooting attack at Tel Aviv’s Sarona Market. Two Arab cousins from Yatta near Hevron gunned down innocent customers at a restaurant at the open-air market, after calmly ordering desserts. The US government was among the first to
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International, Middle EastRome (dpa) – Anyone spreading Holocaust denial propaganda in Italy could face prison sentences ranging from two to six years, according to a bill adopted in parliament. The bill, modifying an existing law that already punished propaganda and incitement to violence on racist, ethnic or religious grounds, also targets those who negate genocide or crimes
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International, Jewish HistorySTOCKHOLM, Sweden, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — An AJC leadership delegation just concluded a two-day visit to Sweden’s capital. The visit was highlighted by a private 90-minute meeting with Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Löfven, who was joined by Foreign Minister Margret Wallström. The Chairman of the Jewish Community of Stockholm, Aron Verstandig, participated with the
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International, Middle East, USAJewish teens who were rescued from a beach in Dover after being trapped by the tide have raised 5,000 euro for the lifeboat station crew that saved them and are promising that more is to come, the British Jewish News reported Wednesday. The 34 strictly-Orthodox teenagers and their families raised the funds just hours after
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InternationalSAN DIEGO (SDONA)–The San Diego La Raza Lawyers Association said Wednesday Donald Trump is wrong in calling it radical and demanded a retraction from the presumptive Republican nominee. “The comments made by Trump have been misleading, blatant lies and even racist in nature,” said the organization’s president, Luis O. Osuna. “We call on other bar associations to
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San Diego County, USACNN comes under fire for calling Tel Aviv shooters ‘terrorists’ in quote marks (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) CNN came under fire Wednesday for its social media reporting on the Palestinian terrorist shooting attack in Tel Aviv that left four Israelis dead and seven others wounded. The breaking news update on CNN’s Twitter account presented the
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-60th in a Series- Exit 36, East Willows Road, Viejas Indian Reservation By Donald H. Harrison VIEJAS INDIAN RESERVATION, California – I grew up watching cowboys and Indians in the movies and on television. Cowboys and Indians were enemies back then, but not anymore. Especially not here. Levi’s, which today we know as “jeans,” is one
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USAPolice have opened an investigation into the Balad party over suspected illegal donations during the 2013 election campaign. Party officials claim that all of the money was collected in accordance with the finance laws. Senior Balad members told Haaretz that the investigation only began in the past few weeks and expressed suspicion that it is
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Middle East“Israelis have to be bombed… it is wrong to maintain the State of Israel. It is an illegitimate creation” — Taher Herzallah, American Muslims for Palestine National Campus Coordinator By Max Samarov and Philippe Assouline On April 19th Jonathan Schanzer, a former US Treasury Department official, testified in Congress regarding the activities of the anti-Israel boycott movement
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAAuthorities carried out a controlled explosion Wednesday on a suspicious vehicle outside the Israeli embassy in central London. After London Metropolitan Police cordoned off High Street Kensington, Witnesses reported the sound of a loud explosion to SkyNews. Police reportedly evacuated a nearby Whole Foods Market. A witness on the scene tweeted that the Whole Foods
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