International

U.N. consults Israeli non-profit on disability rights

By Anav Silverman RA’ANANA, Israel — There are around 780 million people across the world living with disabilities today. At a recent UN Conference, a leading Israeli non-profit organization that services people with disabilities took center stage. Jean Judes, the executive director of the Ra’anana-based Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) spoke at the three-day UN Conference […]

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: August 5, 2013

IDF Christian enlistment triples in the past year (JNS.org) Christian enlistment in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has nearly tripled in the past year, going from 35 to 100, with another 500 Christians doing national service, according to the Israeli Prime Minister’s office. On Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with Father Gabriel Nadaf,

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International

Neither side will get ‘justice’ in Middle East negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Conversations began in Washington, to be continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah. It may be too early to speak of negotiations, but it is best that we do not know. More is likely to happen in secret than in public. “Discussions” appears to be an appropriate term for whatever is happening.

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Conference of Presidents sounds alarm for Baha’i in Iran

NEW YORK (Press Release) –An edict by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khameni, urged all Iranians to avoid dealings with the Baha’i sect and called them “deviant and misleading.” “Such actions and statements are a warning for potential danger,” said Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: August 2, 2013

Al-Qaeda threat prompts U.S. to shut diplomatic posts, including Israel (JNS.org) The United States is temporarily shutting embassies and consulates across the Middle East and Asia on Sunday as a precautionary measure due to a terror threat related to Al-Qaeda. “The Department of State has instructed certain U.S. embassies and consulates to remain closed or

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International

Deadwood, South Dakota, and the Jews

By Jerry Klinger DEADWOOD, South Dakota — The air pockets over the northern Rocky Mountains of Montana were shaking the airplane pretty hard. I was trying to write about a recent historical roadside marker project that, my little society, the Jewish American Society for Historic Preservation had completed in Spokane, Washington. The marker recognized Spokane’s

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USA

JNS news briefs: August 1, 2013

Netanyahu responds to Arab Knesset member who said Arabs were in Israel first (JNS.org) While the Knesset on Wednesday night voted on a bill to necessitate a national referendum among Israelis on any peace deal that would require territorial withdrawals, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who did not have any planned remarks, responded to an Arab

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International

JNS news briefs: July 31, 2013

Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations stumble over which issues come up first (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) While outwardly looking positive and accommodating, Israeli and Palestinian negotiators are in fact in disagreement over when to bring up core issues such as borders and security, with the Palestinians wanting to talk about borders first, and the Israelis wanting all

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International

JNS news briefs: July 30, 2013

Mahmoud Abbas rules out ‘presence of a single Israeli’ in future Palestinian state (JNS.org) While Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations began in Washington, DC, on Monday, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, speaking in Cairo, ruled out the “presence of a single Israeli” in a future Palestinian state. “In a final resolution, we would not see the presence

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