Iran FM: We did not agree to dismantle anything (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said Wednesday that Iran “did not agree to dismantle anything” in the interim nuclear deal it reached with world powers in November in Geneva. Zarif said the U.S. statements about the deal, which went into effect […]
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Shimon Shiffer is a conventional Israeli journalist-commentator, insofar as he can be counted on to sound at least a bit left of center in his criticism of the current government. He also works for Yedioth Aharonot. Once it was the daily newspaper with the largest circulation, but has now lost that
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By Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org The Taglit-Birthright Israel program has expanded eligibility for its free 10-day trips to Israel for Jewish young adults ages 18-26, JNS.org has learned. Teenagers who went on an educational trip to Israel during high school were previously not eligible for Birthright trips, but can now participate, confirmed Noa Bauer, Birthright’s vice president
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Jacob Kamaras, Middle EastShimon Peres: Recognition of Israel as Jewish state ‘unnecessary’ (JNS.org) Israeli President Shimon Peres has called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s insistence on Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state “unnecessary” and a possible impediment to Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, Israel Hayom reported. In conversations with diplomatic and political officials in recent weeks, Peres said it
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By Alan H. Gill/JNS.org When the economic crisis hit Bulgaria in 2011, Yana—a Jewish mother of three—was one of the first casualties. She lost her job as an optician and suddenly her family had to survive on her husband’s meager salary of $500 a month. Bills pilled up quickly, and soon they were $8,000 in
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InternationalHolocaust awareness program at Auschwitz museum launches in Arabic and Farsi (JNS.org) The Auschwitz museum, which is located at the site of the former Nazi death camp in Poland, says it has launched an online program on Holocaust awareness in the Arabic and Farsi languages. The museum says it gets very few visitors from the
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — My column in the Toronto Star last Monday suggested that Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper is proof that you don’t have to be Jewish to be a Zionist. His speech at the special session of the Knesset later that day illustrated it. The probably pre-planned heckling and subsequently staged
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)… Saying the Economist “cannot repair the damage of publishing an anti-Semitic image with only half-measures,” the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today called on the editors to issue a full-throated apology for an editorial cartoon depicting President Obama as hindered in his efforts to reach an agreement with Iran by the machinations of
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By Sean Savage/JNS.org BOSTON — With the Middle East in turmoil, Europe moving backwards, and the United States fatigued from years of war and recession, Canada has emerged as a staunch supporter of Israel. At a time when Israel is routinely singled out for condemnation, Canada has been at the forefront of defending Israel and
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has criticized Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) for falsely stating in the U.S. Senate this week that the bipartisan Nuclear Weapons Free Iran Act could manipulate the U.S. into war, since it would “let Israel determine when and where the United States goes to war.” ZOA
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USAUNESCO decision to pull Jewish exhibit slammed by U.S. and Israel (JNS.org) American and Israeli officials blasted the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s (UNESCO) decision to pull an exhibit on the Jewish connection to the land of Israel after the Arab League objected to the display. The Arab League had expressed “deep worry
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM – Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen arrived to Israel n Sunday, Jan. 19, on an official four-day visit. Accompanied by an entourage of 208 people, Harper and his wife were greeted by Israeli children with flowers at Ben Gurion Airport on Sunday morning. Harper’s first stop in
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Middle EastSecond of Series By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –There are wide cultural differences between the religious Arab world and the secular Western world, which most Western countries fail to comprehend. Surprisingly, the West refuses to recognize that the Muslim Brotherhood (MB) is an Islamist organization which promotes an Islamic takeover throughout Arabia and then
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–One of the better responses to the ASA boycott came from Charles Krauthamer. Without using exactly these words, he calls the return of anti-Semitism the fashion of the politically correct, after a decline due to the exaggeration of the Holocaust. Jews are easy targets for a cheap shot at asserting what is
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