About two-thirds of Israelis don’t trust Kerry on security, poll says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Sixty-four percent of Israelis do not trust U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to take Israel’s security into account as a “crucial factor” in the framework peace proposal he is attempting to formulate in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, a […]
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – Israel police and Shabak announced they have arrested Aziz Musah Salam Awisat, a resident of the Jabl Mukaber neighborhood in Jerusalem, on charges that he sabotaged gas lines in buildings in several attempts to cause mass explosions. Awisat, allegedly affiliated with Hamas, is 49 and a father of six. Authorities
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Before the end of this week, the Knesset will have passed three important bills: (1) raising the number of votes before a party can gain seats from 2% to 3.15% and other changes in the composition of future governments; (2) obligating ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the army instead of allowing
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Middle East
By Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York –Freedom is every American citizen’s fundamental right. The most important part of an individual’s freedom is to be able to walk safely and freely on the streets of his or her own town. Back in the Soviet Union, the dictatorship took away the freedom, and sometimes life, of its
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Arkady Mamaysky, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) described itself as “pleased and proud” to announce that Brooklyn College President Karen L. Gould issued a public statement last Friday, apologizing in full to the four Jewish students who were forcibly thrown out of an anti-Israel, anti-Semitic boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) event at
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) –The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, March 11, praised Norwegian Cruise Line for its “courageous and responsible” decision to cancel all port calls to Tunisia following the Tunisian government’s refusal to allow Israeli passport holders to disembark from the Norwegian Jade cruise ship. “We applaud the courageous and responsible decision of
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – In response to the ruling by Israel’s High Court of Justice (Supreme Court) on Tuesday, March 11, regarding settler claims to ownership of a large house in Hebron, Americans for Peace Now (APN) joins its Israeli sister organization Shalom Achshav (Peace Now) in calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
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Middle EastA LOOK BACK OVER MY SHOULDER (Second Edition March 2014) Editor’s Note: In 1936 Garry Fabian’s family fled Germany to Czechoslovakia, hoping to escape Nazi persecution, but in vain. By 1942 Garry, aged eight, was interned in Theresienstadt. He was to spend till May 1945 in that ‘model’ concentration camp and was one of
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International, Jewish History
ATLANTA, Georgia (Press Release)– Maryland’s Susan W. Turnbull was elected chair of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs Tuesday, March 11, at the JCPA’s Plenum in Atlanta. Turnbull will succeed outgoing chair, Larry Gold. “I have had the honor of working with Susan for many years in multiple capacities – as a member of our
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USARiots in Amman after shooting of Jordanian citizen who attacked Israeli soldier (JNS.org) Riots broke out in Amman following Monday’s incident in which a Jordanian citizen was shot and killed at the Allenby Bridge crossing between the West Bank and Jordan after he apparently attacked an Israeli soldier. According to the Israel Defense Forces, the
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International
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Press Release)–Following is the transcript of comments by Anne W. Patterson, U.S. Assistant Secretary for Near Eastern and North African Affairs, at the outset of a meeting on ways to invigorate the private sector of the Palestinian Authority: I am very pleased to be here today and bring greetings and a strong
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–On a visit to lecture at the US Military Academy at West Point, I heard from the Professor and Colonel who was my host that one of the important lessons being taught was given the acronym of KISS. Keep it simple, stupid. As I’ve reflect on that since then, it tells me that the US military
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Anav Silverman PETACH TIKVAH, Israel (TNA) — A year since the passing of peace activist and settler Rabbi Menachem Froman, his wife, Hadassah and close family friend, Sheikh Ibrahim Abu El-Hawa, a Palestinian Muslim, recently paid public tribute to the man who was well-known for his unique peace activities in the region. Rabbi
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Middle EastJonathan Pollard returns to prison after surgery (JNS.org) Imprisoned Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard returned to his jail cell in North Carolina on Sunday after undergoing emergency surgery on his kidneys, intestines and, gallbladder last week. Pollard’s wife, Esther, said after a phone conversation with her husband that he is “very weak” and “totally drained and
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International