Israeli security forces arrest Hamas weapons smuggler who posed as fisherman (JNS.org) Israel’s Shin Bet security agency announced the arrest of a Palestinian man who had been attempting to smuggle weapons to the Gaza-based Hamas terror group by posing as a fisherman. Salim Hassan Na’aman, 39, from the Shati Refugee Camp in Gaza, was arrested […]
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –Amotz Asa-el is a respected Israeli journalist. Soon after the speech by Israel’s Deputy Chief of Staff Yair Golan in which the latter alluded to tendencies in contemporary Israeli society reminiscent of those that led to the rule of Nazism in the 1930s, Asa-el wouldn’t comment on whether the general
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Some of my American friends are unhappy. They are telling me to stick with Israel. That I no longer understand the US. Some go further. They ask to be dropped from my list, and/or demand that I give up my American citizenship. I’ll defend myself with a counter charge of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNews of Israel’s friends in the Western Pacific: Nauru More than a billion people living in low-lying coastal areas around the world could be at risk of climate change-induced rise in sea levels by 2060, British charity group Christian Aid warned in a new report. Most of the cities at risk of coastal flooding are
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International, The World We ShareBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The week of Israel’s 68th anniversary, NATO invited Israel and three other countries to “establish diplomatic missions to NATO headquarters.” This is not NATO membership, something to which Israel does not aspire, but recognition that Israel has something to offer the Atlantic Alliance. Prime Minister Netanyahu said, “The
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International, Middle East, Shoshana BryenIn a sign that the billionaire class might now be ready to get behind Donald Trump, who spent most of the primary disparaging their influence, Sheldon Adelson—the second most important GOP financier after the Koch brothers—has announced he will pour $100 million into the formerly self-funded Trump campaign. Adelson, whose net worth is $26 billion,
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USASouthern Gaza is in a total electricity blackout, and even the Palestinian Authority news outlet Maan admits it’s not Israel’s fault. Though reports of electricity shortages in Gaza are generally accompanied by unjustified finger-pointing at Israel for the situation, today’s report by Maan barely mentioned Israel at all. Instead, it implied – though did not
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Middle EastRamallah (dpa) – The Palestinians want to push ahead with multi-lateral talks on the Middle East conflict despite Israel’s objections, Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said Monday. France has been pushing to host international talks, a first round of which is scheduled for May 30, but Israel has raised objections. Israel fears foreign dictates. “We
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Middle EastYesh Atid party chairman Yair Lapid promised to “work very hard” to be the “next Prime Minister” Monday, at the annual Anti-Defamation League convention in Washington, D.C. “This is the time for Israel to move forward, and we [will] offer the public a detailed plan which will propel Israel back on the right track,” Lapid
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Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Almost five decades after the 1967 Arab-Israeli war, Israel is set to begin clearing mines at one of the holiest sites in Christianity. The clearing project at the site New Testament baptism site on the shore of the Jordan River is scheduled to begin toward the end of 2016, the Israeli
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Jewish History, Middle East*/]]> */]]> */]]> An earthquake rumbled in the Red Sea early Monday morning, shaking buildings in the Sinai peninsula and as far north as Israel’s southern tip. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in Israel from the temblor, which struck at about 4:45 a.m. Monday morning. According to the US Geological Survey
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Middle EastNEW YORK — Inside the Second Avenue Deli the scent of cured meats with notes of spicy golden mustard and sour pickles wafts through the air. As one of the few bona fide Jewish delicatessens left in New York City, the eatery is more than a piece of living culinary history. It offers a glimpse
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Jewish History, USABranded by Breitbart columnist as a “renegade Jew” I’ve now found that reading strong ideological blogs is like asking the dentist to give me four root canals and pull out my toenails while he’s at it. Why? Our political “discussion” now seemingly can’t function without a personal attack on someone, rather than sticking to policy
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USAUNESCO, the UN”s cultural body, on Sunday strongly condemned the “Second International Holocaust Cartoon Contest”, which opened in Tehran over the weekend. The contest features, among others, entries deriding Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his government’s Middle East policies. But the organizers of the exhibition have denied that it is meant to deny the Holocaust,
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