By Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA) — Hussam Hassan Qawasme, the Hamas mastermind behind the June kidnapping and murder of three Israeli teens, has been indicted, according to a statement released Thursday, Sept. 4, by Israel’s Shin Bet security forces. The IDF military court announced the indictment nearly two months after Qawasme was arrested for his […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The current commotion is focused on Israel’s declaring as state land some 4,000 dunams (c 988 acres) just over the Green Line and west of Betar Ilit and Gush Etzion. The action has produced demands from the US to reverse the action, along with condemnations from the UN General
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He teams up with State Department program honoring former Jewish U.S. Rep. Benjamin Gilman, R-New York WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Shawn Carter Foundation (SCF), founded by Shawn “JAY Z” Carter and his mother, Gloria Carter, has increased its support for study abroad scholarships for U.S. undergraduate students with financial need through the U.S. Department
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International, San Diego County, USABy Ze’ev Ben-Yechiel JERUSALEM (TNA)–An Israeli civil rights group has filed a complaint in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague against Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal over the July-August murders of 38 Gazan civilians. The motion by the Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center to bring Mashaal to the ICC was made possible by the
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Middle EastBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida –“Hamas was seriously beaten,” Prime Minister Benjamin “Bibi” Netanyahu told a group of skeptical reporters and columnists at a news conference, on the day after an open-ended ceasefire was declared. The IDF put figures on the “severe beating”. 603 Hamas soldiers, commonly called gunmen by the media and
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) — Over 500 blue and white Israeli flags dotted a solidarity rally held for Israel in Stockholm that was organized by the Zionist Federation in Sweden, this past Sunday, August 31. Among those holding the Israeli flag, was featured speaker Mostafa Geha, a Muslim Lebanese activist and writer, who co-founded
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s TEL AVIV (WJC) — The Israeli military has provided its most detailed assessment yet of the conduct and impact of the Gaza war, including photographs indicating that terrorists stored and fired rockets from schools. In a briefing at the their headquarters in Tel Aviv, the Israel Defense Forces presented a minute picture of the
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Middle EastSANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – As students head back to college and begin to pick their classes, AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday, Sept 3, posted on its website a list of 218 professors identifying themselves as Middle East scholars, who recently called for the academic boycott of Israel. “How can professors who are so biased
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Israel’s former National Security Advisor Major General Yaacov Amidror (ret.) has joined the Gemunder Center for Defense and Strateg as a Senior Advisor. In his new position with JINSA, Maj. Gen. Amidror will provide expert policy guidance and share his extensive knowledge with other Gemunder Center leaders as well as the
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA)– Relations between India and Israel have progressed politically, commercially, in sciences and culture and particularly in the area of agriculture since the two countries entered full diplomatic relations in 1992. In its mission to transition to sustainable agriculture and diversify its food sources, India has been utilizing Israeli technology. An
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By Gabriel Scheinmann and Raphael Cohen WASHINGTON, D.C. — After nearly two months of fighting, Israel and Gaza have agreed to an open-ended ceasefire, and for the third time in six years, Israel finds itself looking back at its attempt to stop the barrage of rockets fired at its citizens from the Hamas-controlled enclave of
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned a call by Hatem Bazian, the founder of the anti-Semitic hate group that calls itself “Students for Justice in Palestine” (SJP), for a disruptive and potentially unlawful, violent and dangerous “International Day of Action” on college campuses around the world. The SJP is
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EILAT, Israel (Press Release)– Twenty Israeli families from towns near Gaza were sent on a free vacation to Eilat this weekend by Israeli-Americans who decided to band together to give these families living near the tumultuous Gaza Strip one last taste of summer before it ends. Launched by the Israeli-American Council (IAC), the umbrella organization for
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BETHESDA, Maryland (Press Release) -Friends of Yemin Orde appointed Robert L. Gurmankin, an experienced leader and fundraiser in the Jewish philanthropic arena, as the organization’s first Director of Major Gifts. Gurmankin will focus his development efforts in the New York tri-state area and the Philadelphia region, and will work to build relationships with foundations and
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