CAPE TOWN, South Africa (WJC) –The South African Jewish Board of Deputies (SAJBD) and the country’s Zionist Federation on Thursday strongly condemned a one-sided statement on the conflict in Gaza issued by the ruling ANC party’s Deputy Secretary General Jessie Duarte. “The State of Israel has turned the occupied territories of Palestine into permanent death […]
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We’ve been here countless times, and the general picture is all too familiar. Our Jerusalem residence close to Arab villages is an element of safety. We’re pretty near the limit of what the Gazans can shoot, and they are most likely aiming for areas more certainly Jewish. However, their aim is far
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir HAIFA, Israel –Rambam Health Care Campus provides medical care to hundreds of patients from Gaza and the Palestinian Authority (PA) year round. 650 children and teenagers in were treated in the hospital throughout 2013. Currently, hospitalized patients include 3 adults and 8 children from Gaza, and 3 adults and 2 children from
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Middle EastIsrael’s center, south remain under heavy rocket fire (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) As Israel entered the third day of Operation Protective Edge, Palestinian terrorists in the Gaza Strip fired dozens of rockets into Israeli cities and towns across the map. Since Tuesday, Hamas and other Gaza terrorist groups have launched rockets as far as 73
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-Third in a series — By Donald H. Harrison TEMECULA, California – Attorney and writer Erle Stanley Gardner invented “Perry Mason,” the fictional defense lawyer of television and pulp fiction fame, who most people my age (68) can’t think of without remembering the actor who played him on television, Raymond Burr. Gardner also was
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Travel and Food, USANew Israeli forum to fight academic boycotts (JNS.org) The Committee of University Heads in Israel on Tuesday announced the establishment of a forum to fight academic boycotts of Israel. “This type of boycott is a dangerous process that is contrary to the spirit of research,” said committee chairman and Hebrew University of Jerusalem President Professor
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By Yaniv Hassidoff JERUSALEM (TNA) — As missiles fell Wednesday afternoon, July 9, as far north as Zichron Ya’acov and following the rising tensions and ongoing preparations of the Israeli Home-Front Command, Haifa’s mayor Yona Yahav has instructed emergency teams today to refresh emergency procedures. Furthermore, he instructed to raise the level of alertness of
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Middle EastNEW YORK (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress voiced full support for Israel as it widened ‘Operation Protective Edge’ in response to hundreds of rockets fired at Israel by the Hamas regime in Gaza, including at least one rocket reportedly aimed at Tel Aviv. “Israelis know that world Jewry stands side-by-side with them as work
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – For the first time a rocket has been fired from Gaza at the northern town of Hadera, which is situated 100 km (62 miles) away from the Gaza Strip. A short while before that a rocket fired from Gaza hit Israel’s capital city, Jerusalem. On Tuesday nihgt, July 8, a
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JERUSALEM (TNA)–The IDF thwarted on Tuesday evening, July 8, an attempted infiltration by terrorists via the sea. Four Hamas terrorists were spotted on their way to a beach on Israel’s southern shores, their final objective the Kibbutz of Zikim. The terrorists were spotted while diving from Gaze’s shores and were stopped by IDF infantry who
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)— The familiar cry in the night, followed by a blind shuffle to the crib, a feeding, a diaper change, and a final retreat back into oblivion — every hour on the hour. Such is the sleep pattern of most new parents, who report feeling more exhausted in the morning than when
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBRUSSELS (WJC)–European leaders, anti-racism campaigners and Jewish organizations have expressed outrage after a German neo-Nazi took a seat on the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee. Udo Voigt, the former leader of the National Democratic Party of Germany (NPD), has praised Adolf Hitler, was convicted for glorifying the Waffen SS, and infamously
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Things have escalated in the south to the point where the IDF is now pursuing an “operation.” The Hebrew, צוק איתן, touches more buttons than the official English translation, “Protective edge.” Alternative translations that might touch different buttons, are “Strong rock” “Impregnable rock,” or “Impregnable fortress.” In IDF parlance, a named
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) -A significant part of any battle nowadays is waged in the media, as each sides tries to garner public support through the exploit of images and footage used to influence popular opinion. A report by the BBC shows that the Hamas in Gaza is wasting no time in the current
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