International

Rabin Centre in Tel Aviv depicts his life and Israel’s history

  TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Yitzhak Rabin, who served as Prime Minister of Israel during two separate periods, 1974-77 and 1992-95, was a figure who towered over his generation. The first native Israeli (‘sabra’) to serve in that office, he was assassinated by an extremist right-wing Jew in November 1995, at the conclusion of […]

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East

Phasing of prisoner release a test for negotiations

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For several days we have heard the pluses and minuses of an apparently simple, but actually complex decision by Israeli government ministers to release some 104 prisoners for the sake of negotiations with the Palestinians. The decision is complex because it was made in principle, with important details left for

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: July 29, 2013

Hamas and Iran hold meetings to mend ties (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Despite differences over the civil war in Syria, senior Hamas officials met with Iranian and Hezbollah officials in Beirut last month in an effort to mend ties, the Saudi-owned newspaper Asharq Al-Awsat reported Sunday. Palestinian sources cited in the report said “Important meetings

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International

Israel-Palestinian Authority talks to commence July 29

  WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Sunday issued the following announcement about forthcoming talks between representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority: “Today, Secretary Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume

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Middle East

Emmett Till’s 1955 murder helped spur Civil Rights Movement

By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — August 28 will mark the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s unforgettable ‘I Have A Dream’ preachment—the culmination of the 1963 March on Washington. Ironically, the date will also mark the 58th anniversary of the brutal murder of Emmett Till, on August 28, 1955—an appalling vigilante

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USA

JNS news briefs: July 26, 2013

Israel suspends EU projects in Judea and Samaria (JNS.org) In an apparent response to the European Union’s recent decision to impose financial sanctions on Israeli communities located beyond the pre-1967 lines, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon on Thursday ordered Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories Maj. Gen. Eitan Dangot to suspend several joint Israeli-EU projects

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International

JNS news briefs: July 25, 2013

Putin plans Iran visit (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to visit Tehran next month in an attempt to restart talks over Iran’s nuclear program, Russian media reported. The visit is reportedly scheduled for either August 12 or 16, according to Iranian and Russian foreign ministry officials speaking with Russian daily

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International

JNS news briefs: July 24, 2013

Bereaved families angered by plan to release Palestinian prisoners (JNS.org) Families of terror victims are harshly criticizing the Israeli government’s plan to release 85 Palestinians imprisoned prior to the 1993 Oslo Accords as a goodwill gesture to the Palestinian Authority ahead of renewed peace talks. Arnold Roth—whose 15-year-old daughter, Malki, was murdered along with 14

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International

Chief rabbinate politics as nasty as those in the Knesset

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There are times when there are too many Jews in the Jewish country. Or maybe just too many rabbis. Currently we are approaching the culmination of a messy election to the Chief Rabbinate that reveals–along with a couple of other issues simultaneously bothering us–that Judaism would profit from a clean

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East