By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (TNA)– Bus 143 was stoned near Pisgat Ze’ev, in Jerusalem at 7:45 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 22. The 143 bus line runs from Kochav Yaakov to the Central Bus Station in Jerusalem. There were no injuries, though the bus was damaged. Later in the afternoon, five Palestinian teenagers were arrested for throwing […]
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Middle EastYa’alon calls Turkey a Hamas headquarters (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) In a meeting with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel at the Pentagon on Tuesday, Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon criticized Turkey for the support it provides to Hamas. “Turkey is playing a cynical game,” Ya’alon told Hagel. “Hamas is supported by Turkey and Qatar. Hamas
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InternationalTEL AVIV (Press Release) — Climate change predictions for the Middle East, like other arid regions of the world, are alarming. In an area known for its water scarcity, rainfall is expected to decrease even further in the near future, spelling disaster for the functioning of unique ecosystems — hotspots of biodiversity and rich genetic fodder
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Middle East, The World We Share
By Eileen Wingard SAN DIEGO — The invitation from Gabriela Hartstein Auspitz Labson to a select circle of family and friends read: “You are invited to celebrate the sunrise of my second century.” The celebration, a Seudah Shlishit (third meal of Shabbat), took place Saturday, October 11, 2014, in a lovely room on the second
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Eileen Wingard, San Diego County, USAReport: Obama seeks to bypass Congress, suspend Iran sanctions (JNS.org) President Barack Obama “will do everything in his power” to prevent Congress from voting on a nuclear agreement with Iran if one is reached by the Nov. 24 deadline, The New York Times reported Monday. “Even while negotiators argue over the number of centrifuges Iran
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –You know the fog of battle, when the smoke, noise, and panic are so heavy as to confuse one’s views about what is happening, and which side has an advantage. Politics isn’t all that different. In this case, the fog is not so much the result of smoke as of confusing
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — The German Templers were part of the ‘Christian Zionism’ movement whereby the European powers sought to establish their presence in the Holy Land after 1840. Following their charismatic leader, Christian Hoffman, these adherents of the German Lutheran church, primarily in Wurtemberg, established settlements in Jerusalem, Haifa, Galilee and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, International, Middle EastU.S. denies it prevented FBI from aiding search for Israeli soldier (JNS.org) A U.S. official denied a report published by Israel Hayom that the U.S. prevented the FBI from aiding Israel in the search for IDF soldier Oron Shaul, who was initially feared kidnapped during Operation Protective Edge. Shaul was later deemed to be killed
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Two chemical weapons-related stories this week should be considered separate, not necessarily interchangeable, parts of a whole. The first was that ISIS had used chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Kobani, raising the question of where ISIS would have acquired such weapons. The second, in the New York Times, detailed
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen
JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Helmsley Charitable Trust has announced more than $9.6 million dollars in grants to four Israeli institutions. These grants are part of a continuing effort to invest in Israel’s leading institutions and critical initiatives toward the goal of strengthening Israel as a successful and secure nation. Since the Helmsley Charitable Trust began awarding
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — A new poll conducted from October 12-14, shows that a majority of Israeli Jews oppose the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders and oppose withdrawing from the Jordan Valley as well as the division of Jerusalem. According to a poll conducted last week by the Shivukim-Panorama
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) In advance of the opening of “The Death of Klinghoffer” at the Metropolitan Opera on Monday night, Oct. 19, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) released a statement by Lisa and Ilsa Klinghoffer, the daughters of Leon Klinghoffer, which will be featured in the playbill. Following is the full text of the statement: Twenty nine years
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Jewish History, Middle East, USA
By Tzvi Zucker JERUSALEM (TNA) –The phenomenon of Western Muslim citizens traveling from their home countries in the West to fight for ISIS in Syria and Iraq has been widely reported on. Israel is now seeing this phenomenon with its citizens, as there are over 30 Israeli Arab citizens having joined ISIS according to
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Middle EastBy Lloyd Levy EILAT, Israel –While soaking up the sun in Eilat ( 100F. this week), my body was idle but my mind was still ticking over. I had a Damascene revelation, on this ancient road from Cairo to Damascus. The symbolism of Eilat’s location occurred to me. It is at the head of a
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