NEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, Feb. 11, welcomed the decision by the Church of England’s Diocese of Guildford to bar Rev. Stephen Sizer from “writing or speaking on any theme that relates, either directly or indirectly, to the current situation in the Middle East or to its historical backdrop.” ADL […]
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — What we know is this: three innocent people, young, educated, blameless, smiling at the future, were gunned down in Chapel Hill, NC strictly because of their Muslim faith. I call upon every Jewish, Christian, and all other theological leaders in this nation to join me in expressing moral outrage,
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–The only museum in the world, dedicated to the history of the Ancient Near East from a biblical perspective, has a new exhibition examining the Babylonian exile of the Jewish people as never seen before. The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem has amassed a collection of over 100 cuneiform tablets, original
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Jewish History, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationHAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — A first of its kind genetic study confirms the history of the Druze community: The community began to form genetically in the 11th century AD, and there has since been no genetic impact of other ethnic groups on the community. This is according to a new study conducted by a
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (SDJW) — President Barack Obama on Wednesday, Feb. 11, formally requested Congress to authorize the use of force against ISIL. Here is the text of his letter requesting that authorization: TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES: The so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) poses a threat to the
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Middle East, USABy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — The London based newspaper, Al Arabi Al Jadeed, reports that the Lebanese Terror organization, Hezbollah, planned to assassinate former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, back in 2009. The assassination was planned as pay back over the killing of Imad Mughniyeh who was Hezbollah’s international operations chief. Mughniyeh was assassinated
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Middle EastIslamic State-linked Sinai terror group claims to decapitate 10 Israeli spies (JNS.org) An Islamic State-linked terror group in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula has decapitated 10 men whom the terror group accused of spying for Israel and Egypt. In a video posted online by Wilayat Sinai (Province of Sinai), which was formerly known as Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis,
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel’s election campaign is settling down to right vs left, with several of the middle level and marginal parties campaigning on the basis of which camp they will join, a moderate level of nastiness between party leaders, and a higher level of nastiness between the two leading circulation newspapers. Zionist Union is
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LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — On February 8, the University of California Student Association’s (UCSA) voted 9 in favor, 1 against, and 6 abstaining, in favor of two divestment resolutions. One calls for divestment from American, Mexican, Russian, Turkish, Indonesian, Brazilian, Sri Lankan, and Egyptian government bonds. The other calls for divestment from certain companies that do business
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USALOS ANGELES (Press Release) — StandWithUs will hold its first community anti-BDS (Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions) conference from March 21-23, 2015 at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles. BDS, an international propaganda campaign that seeks to delegitimize and erode support for the Jewish state, is the latest threat to Israel. This conference brings together the most comprehensive assembly of renowned
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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison Vermont’s two United States senators—Democrat Patrick Leahy and Independent Bernie Sanders have announced they will boycott the speech of Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to a Joint Session of Congress on March 3. Leahy released a statement on Tuesday saying: “The unfortunate way that House leaders have unilaterally arranged this,
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)– President Reuven Rivlin and First Lady Nechama Rivlin hosted a special meeting of NA`AMAT, The Movement for the Advancement of the Status of Women, with the attendance of over one hundred and twenty representatives of the organization, from seven countries across North America, South America, and Europe. The meeting marked the
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) –Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu said Tuesday, Feb. 10, he will speak to the U.S. Congress, notwithstanding President Obama’s opposition, because he believes the P5+1 negotiations with Iran pose a threat to Israel’s very survival. His office released the following statement: First, on behalf of the people of Israel, I wish to send
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WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Congressman Peter Roskam (R-Illinois) and Congressman Juan Vargas (D-California) on Tuesday, Feb. 10, introduced the U.S.-Israel Trade and Commercial Enhancement Act. “This bipartisan bill would counter the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel and strengthen the U.S.-Israel economic relationship,” the two members of Congress said. Over the past several years,
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