Tel Aviv University and Israel Democracy Institute published a Peace Index on Monday revealing that less than half of the Israeli public perceives Binyamin Netanyahu”s government to be functioning adequately, according to a Channel 2 report. The general score that the government received was 5 out of 10. In the sphere of security, 47 percent […]
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Middle EastLondon’s newly elected Muslim mayor, Sadiq Khan, on Sunday paid respect to the millions of Jews slain in the Holocaust as his first public engagement in office, The Associated Press reported. Khan received a hero’s welcome from London’s Jewish community at the end of the Yom Hashoah ceremony, which brought together thousands from London’s Jewish
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International, Jewish HistoryThe National Security Council Counter-Terrorism Bureau issued a travel advisory against Israelis visiting Tunisia on Monday, ahead of an expected Lag B’Omer festivities to be held May 25-26 in Ghriba, on the island of Djerba. “There is a severe travel warning for Tunisia (high concrete threat),” the Bureau said. “Terrorist elements, especially those affiliated with
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
Most Israeli Jews support increased Jewish pluralism in Israel, and are in favor of the right to freedom of marriage, a survey released on Sunday found. The poll, published by The Jewish People Policy Institute, found that more than 60 percent of Israeli Jews back the legalization of civil marriages in the country. Over 80%
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Jewish Religion, Middle East
By Raphael Poch JERUSALEM– Each year over 300,000 people from across the country descend upon the small town of Meron for a yearly pilgrimage on the 33rd day of the Omer, known as the holiday of La’g Ba’omer. The sheer amount of visitors to the town’s holy site, the grave of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai,
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastIslamic State reportedly planning to attack Israel from Sinai (JNS.org) The Israeli military is concerned that the Islamic State terror group is planning a large-scale attack against Israel from Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula, Germany’s Bild newspaper reported on Sunday, citing an Israel Defense Forces officer. The Sinai has become an Islamic State stronghold in recent years.
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — As of Saturday morning, May 7, there had been several days of virtual dueling. There is no better way for describing the mortars that have been fired toward Israel or soldiers patrolling near the Gaza border, and responses from Israeli tanks and aircraft. There have also been fierce words of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIn response to the revelations of the leaked state comptroller’s report on 2014 Operation Protective Edge, former IDF Southern Commander Maj. Gen. (res.) Yom-Tov Samia criticized the state for having no strategy vis-a-vis Hamas in Gaza. The as-yet-unpublished report strongly condemns Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud), and then-IDF Chief of Staff
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By William Booth May 7 at 12:37 PM Follow @boothwilliam HEBRON, West Bank — Arriving aboard a tour bus, accompanied by a former Israeli machine-gunner turned human rights activist, an international delegation of pretty famous…
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Middle EastOne night last summer, Jeffrey Tanenhaus did in Manhattan what people in New York do about 35,000 times each day: He unlocked a Citi Bike from a bike-share station. With more than 300 such kiosks sprinkled mostly around Manhattan and Brooklyn, Citi Bike had become New York’s newest mode of transportation, and one of its
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USA
Former minister and Knesset member Haim Ramon warned Saturday of a Palestinian demographic threat in Jerusalem, saying Israel must separate from the city’s eastern part if it hopes to maintain control of its capital. Speaking at a cultural event in the city’s French Hill neighborhood, Ramon — who was a member of the Labor and
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Middle EastIsraeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is surprisingly popular in the United States, ranking among the top 10 most admired men. According to a poll published Saturday by the UK-based YouGov polling service, Netanyahu was tied with the Dalai Lama as the 9th most admired man in the United States. That ranking put him ahead of
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Middle East, USADisgraced former Israeli President Moshe Katsav has officially submitted a new request for clemency to President Reuven Rivlin, the President’s Office confirmed Sunday. “As is the case with all requests for clemency, it will be passed on to the legal department of the President’s Office for review,” a statement from the President’s Office said. The
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Middle East
Sadiq Khan: My story will be familiar to many Jewish Londoners. My parents moved to Britain from Pakistan in search of a better life, just like so many Jewish people who arrived here generations before. When my parents arrived in Britain, they worked around the clock to rebuild from scratch. They had an incredible work
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