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Fouad Ajami, Middle East scholar, commentator, dies

June 23, 2014

PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)–Scholar and commentator Fouad Ajami lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, June 22, it was announced by John Raisian, director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University “Fouad is truly one of the most brilliant Middle East scholars of our time,” said Raisian. “His Hoover Institution family will forever miss his superb […]

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Middle East, USA

A kinder, gentler way to measure newborn’s length

June 23, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release) — After their hectic experience of delivery, newborns are almost immediately stretched out on a measuring board to assess their length. Medical staff, reluctant to cause infants discomfort, are tasked with measuring their length, because it serves as an indispensable marker of growth, health and development. But the inaccuracy and unreliability

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Beit Guvrin, Maresha caves now world heritage site

June 23, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– The Beit Guvrin caves and the ancient town of Maresha in central Israel were recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Sunday, June 22, during its 38th World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar. The man-made caves, known for their unique ‘bell

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Middle East, Travel and Food

ZOA to Abbas: Repudiate Erekat

June 23, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Monday, June 23, condemned senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official, Saeb Erekat, for his statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal who isn’t “worth the bullet” it would take to shoot him. It has called upon PA president Mahmoud Abbas to

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Middle East, USA

World Jewish Congress condemns Presbyterian vote

June 23, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release) – World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer condemned a divestment resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA on Friday, saying that it sent “a terrible signal about the church and its priorities.” “The fact that the church assembly voted to approve this injurious resolution even as Israel

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Middle East, USA

Albanian FM seeks stronger Israel ties

June 23, 2014

JERUSALEM (WJC) — At a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati spoke of his country’s friendship for Israel and also its wartime history as a sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bushati, 37, one of Europe’s youngest foreign ministers, called

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International, Middle East

Aliyah increases with refugees from France, Ukraine

June 23, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Chairman of the The Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky announced on Monday, June 23, that global Aliyah (immigration to Israel from around the world) is up 55%, due largely to dramatic increases in immigration from France and Ukraine. Speaking at the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors’

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International, Middle East

Ex-prisoner indicted for murder of Israeli policeman

June 23, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Ziad Awad, 42, a terrorist released in the Gilad Schalit deal, is responsible for the murder of Baruch Mizrahi, the senior Israeli police officer killed on Passover eve near Hebron, according to Israeli police. Awad, a resident of the Arab village Idna near Hebron, was arrested by an elite police unit

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Middle East

Israel fires on 9 Syrian targets in response to attack

June 22, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — Israel’s Air Force attacked nine Syrian military targets Sunday night, June 22, in response to the attack on Saturday that killed a 13-year-old Israeli citizen and wounded two others. The targets included head quarters, bases and shooting positions. Directs hits were confirmed. “Yesterday’s attack was an unprovoked act of aggression

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Middle East

Albie Sachs first recipient of Taiwan’s Tang Prize

June 22, 2014

TAIPEI, Taiwan (Press Release) — Former lawyer and activist Albie Sachs was awarded Taiwan’s first annual Tang Prize in Rule of Law for his contributions to human rights and justice globally. The Jewish human rights activist from South Africa, 79, will receive a cash prize of US$1 million. The Tang awards are a kind of

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International

Israel-Syria border explosion kills 1, wounds 2

June 22, 2014

JERUSALEM (TNA)– An explosion along the Israel-Syria border on Sunday, June 22, killed a 15-year-old boy who was visiting his father, a civilian contractor engaged in building a security fence. The father was severely wounded and a third person was lightly wounded. They were airlifted by IAF helicopter to the Rambam Hospital in Haifa. In

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Middle East

Israel must balance many competing pressures

June 22, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Israeli governments have long recognized the need to tread carefully in pursuit of national security. Greater powers have a limited tolerance for Israel daring to approach what they do in defense of their own interests. Part of the balance is the considerable power of the Israeli military that can threaten any state

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Peres will ask Obama for Pollard’s release

June 22, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – President Shimon Peres met Sunday morning, June 22, with Esther Pollard, wife of incarcerated Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard, and the heads of the Knesset Caucus to Free Jonathan Pollard, MK’s Nachman Shai Ayelet Shaked, at the President’s residence in Jerusalem. The meeting took place a day before Peres is scheduled

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Middle East, USA

Nervously watching the violence all around us

June 22, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –The road to hell is paved with good intentions, so the saying goes, and that certainly seems to be the case in the Middle East. Once again (or is it still?) it seems to be well on its way to hell due to the actions of people who think

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Fouad Ajami, Middle East scholar, commentator, dies

A kinder, gentler way to measure newborn’s length

Beit Guvrin, Maresha caves now world heritage site

ZOA to Abbas: Repudiate Erekat

World Jewish Congress condemns Presbyterian vote

Albanian FM seeks stronger Israel ties

Aliyah increases with refugees from France, Ukraine

Ex-prisoner indicted for murder of Israeli policeman

Israel fires on 9 Syrian targets in response to attack

Albie Sachs first recipient of Taiwan’s Tang Prize

Israel-Syria border explosion kills 1, wounds 2

Israel must balance many competing pressures

Peres will ask Obama for Pollard’s release

Nervously watching the violence all around us

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