NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC, in a press release dated January 8, said the organization was “dismayed by the destruction of more than 50,000 books in an arson attack on a major Christian library in Tripoli, Lebanon. Al-Saeh library was targeted by a mob after a pamphlet insulting the Prophet Mohammed was allegedly found in […]
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Middle East
SANTIAGO, Chile (WJC) — A Palestinian soccer team in Chile has ignited a controversy over its shirts, which show the entire map of Israel as Palestine. The uniforms of the Club Deportivo Palestino, which was founded in 1920 by Palestinian immigrants to Chile, use the map of Israel in place of the number 1
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel receives a lot of unwelcome attention from the U.S., the UN and the EU. As others in the region see it, however, that makes Israel the most important country in the world, and Palestinians the world’s luckiest “refugees.” While withdrawing security and political assistance from most of the
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By Judy Lash Balint/JNS.org JERUSALEM—It’s 9:30 a.m. on a sunny Monday morning in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City. Two large groups of revelers almost collide in the alley leading to the main square. Both groups are accompanied by a clarinetist and a drummer belting out traditional “simcha” tunes, and in the middle
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Jewish Religion, Middle EastJudea and Samaria communities won’t be evacuated in peace deal, Netanyahu says (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a Likud party faction meeting on Monday that there would be no evacuation of Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria in a peace deal resulting from the current U.S.-brokered Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations. “A settlement freeze
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International
By Aryeh Savir Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, one of Israel’s most staunch supporters, is to visit Israel on January 19th. Israelis, who are moved by his support especially when viewing it against the prevalent anti-Israel sentiments usually voiced by world leaders, have found a unique way to thank him for his outstanding support. Citing
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Less than 20 000 Jews came on aliyah last year, mostly from Europe and the United States. Some 70 000 illegal immigrants are said to be currently in Israel, mostly from Africa. Whereas the Jewish Agency for Israel through its various affiliates is making valiant efforts to bring more Jews to
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman EILAT, Israel — In January 1996, a Muslim baby born in northern Jordan was given the name Yitzhak Rabin. The mother and father, who were supporters of peace with Israel, had wanted to honor the slain Israeli leader’s role in the Israeli-Jordanian peace treaty with King Hussein of Jordan in 1994. It
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — A dog and pony show is a performance by politicians, inspired by what happens in a circus. It involves actors speaking predictable lines, talking past one another rather than responding to one another, and finishing the performance with no expectation of anything beyond polite applause. That’s what it looked like
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–John Kerry seems to be involved in some sort of manic quixotic obsession with the Israel/Palestinian issue, to the detriment of the rest of the world’s problems. Sometimes the more one talks through problems, the more the different viewpoints become apparent, and this only makes matters worse. The Israel/Palestine problem is a
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International, Lloyd LevyNew York Post under fire for coverage on murder of Brooklyn Jewish businessman (JNS.org) Members of Brooklyn’s Jewish community and local politicians on Monday protested a controversial New York Post cover that featured a photo of Menachem Stark, an Orthodox Jewish businessman whose smoldering body was found in a Long Island dumpster on Sunday, accompanied by the
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InternationalBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — The Cabinet, during its weekly meeting yesterday (Jan. 5), discussed the harsh incitement, the culture of hatred and Antisemitism orchestrated by the Palestinian Authority. Intelligence Affairs Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz and the Director General of his ministry, Brig.-Gen. (ret.) Yossi Kuperwasser, presented the annual “Palestinian Incitement Index.” The report includes
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — In a TV clip showing the exchange between the new European Union envoy in Israel and President Shimon Peres when the envoy presented his letters of credential, the president described Israel as an island in a turbulent sea and added something to the effect that the inhabitants must defend
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Middle EastJERUSALEM–U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry held another news conference in Jerusalem on Sunday morning before flying to Jordan and Saudi Arabia to meet with leaders of those nations. He spoke about numerous issues in the Middle East including South Sudan and Iraq. From a transcript provided by the U.S. State Department, here is what
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