It was only meant to last 40 years. But the aluminum core at the heart of Israel”s nuclear facility in Dimona, which was purchased from France in the late 1950s, has been operational since 1963, raising questions about the future of the facility. After using an ultrasound monitor to study the core, Israeli scientists discussed […]
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Middle EastIsrael’s Shin Bet foils Passover terrorist attack in Jerusalem (JNS.org) Three Palestinians believed to be planning a terrorist attack in Jerusalem were arrested early Tuesday, Israel’s Shin Bet security agency revealed. The suspects—ages 15, 16, and 23—are all residents of Nablus. There were arrested by a joint military, police, and Shin Bet task force in
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The number of Palestinian youths held in Israeli prisons more than doubled during the recent outbreak of violence by Palestinians against Israeli citizens and security forces. According to new figures released by the Israel Prison Service, seen by Israeli newspaper Haaretz, Palestinian minors imprisoned for security-related crimes in Israeli cities and the West Bank increased
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Likud MK Nava Boker on Monday responded to a letter sent by 83 out of 100 senators, urging US President Barack Obama to increase the annual military aid package to Israel from $3 billion when the current agreement ends in 2018. “It would be better for all those babbling about international isolation to stop lying
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Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre pledges to rename a street and a park that honor a Nazi sympathizer who won the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1912. Alexis Carrel, a pioneering research scientist, surgeon and biologist from France faced criticism toward the end of his life over his involvement with the Nazis. He died in 1944.
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Arab MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint List) has come out with a call, demanding that Palestinian Authority (PA) Chairman Mahmoud Abbas be replaced for being a “bully” towards Arabs who have abandoned the “illusion” of peace with Israel. Zoabi has long been an open supporter of Hamas, and in February she paid a condolence visit to
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Middle EastIsrael responded Monday afternoon to recent claims made by the Jordanian government, according to which Israeli actions on the Temple Mount were threatening the Al-Aqsa Mosque and harming Arabs on the Mount. Earlier in April Jordan blasted Israel for allowing 400 Jews to ascend the Mount, accusing the group of plotting against the Al-Aqsa Mosque.
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Middle EastThe Jewish community in Nigeria celebrated a very special Passover this year. Thanks to a unique collaboration between the local Chabad and the EMI SYSTEMS LTD, Nigerian Security Company owned by Israeli businessman Eyal Mesika, a kosher Passover seder was held for the first time in six major cities across the African nation, led by
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International, Jewish ReligionAn overwhelming majority of US senators signed a letter urging President Barack Obama to reach an agreement with Israel over a new defense aid package as soon as possible. “In light of Israel’s dramatically rising defense challenges, we stand ready to support a substantially enhanced new long-term agreement to help provide Israel the resources it
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Middle East, USAThe mayor of Tehran visited a Jewish retirement home and then posted a photo of the event to his Instagram account on Friday. Mohammad Bagher-Ghalibaf, who has been mayor of the Iranian capital since 2005, was in the past commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Aerospace Force, including control of Iran’s ballistic missiles. Ghalibaf
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Middle EastBy Kenneth Bandler NEW YORK — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) criticized Senator Bernie Sanders for comparing socio-economic conditions in Baltimore to Palestinian communities in the West Bank. “What do the serious issues Baltimore’s leadership and population are confronting have to do with daily Palestinian life in the West Bank?” stated AJC CEO David Harris. “Inserting
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Middle East, USASoldiers on the southern Gaza border have not changed their mission or their outlook due to the discovery of a Hamas attack tunnel penetrating deep into Israeli territory from the coastal enclave, an officer said. Despite a renewed public focus on the Gaza Strip in light of the tunnel — found earlier this month and
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Middle EastThe Lebanese Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) Movement has demanded that the government ban the screening of the new Hollywood movie Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, because it stars Israeli actress Gal Gadot, according to the Lebanese reports. Gadot, who is cast as Wonder Woman, was the subject of scrutiny in a letter the
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & BroadcastMost Israelis think the next US president — whoever that may be — will be better for Israel than Barack Obama has been, and while a majority would prefer to see Democratic candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton in the White House over Republican candidate Donald Trump, most believe he would get along better with Prime Minister
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