On the 40th anniversary of Operation Entebbe, former Mossad chief Tamir Pardo wrote an article for Yedioth Aharonoth reenacting every step of the legendary rescue operation from his point as view as the communications officer of Sayeret Matkal. The elite special ops force, led by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s heroic brother Col. Yoni Netanyahu, rescued […]
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International, Jewish History, Middle EastSaeb Erekat, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization”s (PLO) Executive Committee, on Tuesday blasted President Reuven Rivlin over what he termed his “visit to the Israeli settlements”. He was referring to Rivlin”s tour on Monday of the Binyamin region of Samaria, as a guest of Yesha Council leader Avi Roeh. The Yesha Council represents
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Middle EastActress Helen Mirren testified before federal lawmakers Tuesday in support of a bill that would make it easier for Holocaust victims and their families to seek art stolen by the Nazis. Former Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is co-sponsoring the bill in the Senate and led Tuesday’s hearing. The Holocaust Expropriated Art Recovery (HEAR) Act
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International, Jewish History, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – On the heels of the final primary contests of the 2016 presidential campaign, Bend the Arc Jewish Action announced today a major national expansion of its efforts to defeat Donald Trump. “Last fall, the media was still treating Trump like a joke. But we weren’t laughing. We called out his
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USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — At a special ceremony in Jerusalem to mark the unification of the city 49 years ago during the Six Day War, Prime Minister Netanyahu declared: “The idea of a divided, split, wounded city is one we will never return to.” That statement mirrors the Israeli consensus on the
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Following the 2016 US presidential elections, the next administration must adopt a new and realistically balanced policy toward Israel and the Palestinians to bring an end to their conflict in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace based on the Arab Peace Initiative. Throughout the primary campaign, only
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Aviva Paley of San Diego, who helped launch Kitchen for Good, which uses unused kitchen produce to feed the hungry, has been selected to participate in the 2016 ROI Global Summit in Jerusalem, an exclusive, high-profile gathering of young global innovators taking place June 26-30. (ROI is a bilingual play on words
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Every city has its pluses and minuses. They are part of what makes a city, i.e., a mixture of different peoples and their perspectives, along with whatever lays heavily on the current generation due to the history of what happened before them and the precedents created. Jerusalem must be somewhere
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – An Orthodox Jewish woman is suing her former employer the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) after it punished her for observing Passover, considered one of the most important holidays in Judaism. The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty joined together with the American Jewish Committee, one of the nation’s leading Jewish advocacy
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USAIsrael reportedly strikes Syria for first time under new defense minister (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike over the weekend against a military installation south of Homs, according to a report on Tuesday by the Syrian website Zaman Al Wasl, which identifies with the regime of Syrian President Bashar
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Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO –Election Central—where results are posted and candidates and their sign-toting supporters parade from television interview to interview—was buzzing Tuesday night, June 7, with two conclusions about the race in which Hillary Clinton defeated Bernie Sanders for the Democratic presidential nomination: Having a woman
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Donald H. Harrison, Shor M. Masori, USABernie Nation is taking it on the chin, and if they need to Sanders’ warriors can lean on my shoulder now that their long road is over. I do understand their pain. How it can feel so unfair. Over! California and New Jersey haven’t even finished voting yet! How can it be over? It’s over
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USAWASHINGTON — No matter your preference of candidate, party or ideology, Tuesday marks a defining moment in the United States. For the first time in 240 years, a woman — Hillary Clinton — has locked up a major party’s nomination for president, and is now within shot of winning the White House itself in November.
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USAWASHINGTON — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s attempt Tuesday to roll out an anti-poverty plan was quickly overshadowed by Donald Trump’s impolitic assault on an American-born judge’s Mexican heritage. “Claiming a person can’t do their job because of their race is sort of like the textbook definition of a racist comment,” Ryan told reporters in