International

Israeli, US Air Forces Simulate Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites

(JNS) The Israeli and United States air forces launched a two-day drill on Tuesday simulating strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities, according to an Israel Defense Forces statement. The drills will be conducted over parts of Israel and the Mediterranean Sea, and include long-range flights such as those Israeli pilots would be required to undertake to […]

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Israel, Middle East, USA

Handful of GOP Lawmakers Openly Criticize Trump for Dinner With Neo-Nazi Nick Fuentes

Published by New York Daily News NEW YORK — Some Republican lawmakers criticized former President Donald Trump by name Monday for his meeting with white nationalist Nick Fuentes. Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, both said Trump should not have given a platform to the notorious hatemonger at his Mar-a-Lago resort. “Trump

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USA

Kanye West Storms Out of Podcast Interview After Being Challenged on Antisemitic Claims

Published by Radar Online Kanye West stormed out of an interview this week after the interviewer challenged the embattled rapper on his controversial and widely-condemned anti-Semitic remarks, RadarOnline.com has learned. The surprising incident took place on Monday as Kanye – alongside white nationalist Nick Fuentes and alt-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos – appeared for an interview

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USA

Trump’s Jewish Supporters Must Condemn and Disavow Him

By Jonathan S. Tobin (JNS) If pro-Israel Republicans think former President Donald Trump will apologize or make amends in any way for choosing to have a public dinner at his Mar-a-Lago resort home with two notorious antisemites, they haven’t been paying attention to how he has conducted his public career. And if they think they

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Israel, Middle East, Opinion, USA

Israel’s Ben-Gvir Cautious on Advancing Far-Right Agenda

Published by Reuters UK By Dan Williams JERUSALEM (Reuters) -A far-rightist on track to a key post in Israel’s incoming government has warned his party not to try to move too quickly with its agenda, saying in a recording leaked on Sunday that some planned legislation could backfire. Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu last week promised

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Israel

The Sassoons: The Rothschilds of the East

This family biography traces the Sassoon family from its 19th century roots in Baghdad and its migration to Bombay, where it developed into an important merchant family specializing in such commodities as opium, textiles, and oil.  The family also had banking operations in various cities, real estate holdings in China and other parts of Asia, and an international customer base centered on England. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Business & Finance, Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East

Police Boost Forces in Jerusalem Following Deadly Twin Bombings

(JNS) Jerusalem District Police chief Doron Turgeman on Wednesday ordered the deployment of additional personnel in Jerusalem, following two deadly terrorist bombings in the city earlier in the day. Forces will be bolstered throughout the capital, with a specific focus on high-density public areas, according to a police statement. The alert level has been raised

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Israel, Middle East, USA

Deep in the Heartlessness of Texas: Is Abortion Law an Antisemitic Plot?

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — Jewish Texans, estimated to number 176,000, should probably worry about the deep in the heartlessness of the Texas abortion law — with the reporting of Amanda Eid’s near-death experience. The majority of Texas lawmakers approved legislation that severely sickened Eid and almost killed her in late August because she

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Bruce Ticker, Opinion, USA

Los Angeles Jews Honor Muslim Scholar of Moroccan Jewry

By Karmel Melamed (JNS) With the red carpet rolled out and Moroccan music filling the Em Habanim synagogue in Los Angeles last week, more than 400 of the city’s Moroccan and Sephardic Jews gathered to honor Moroccan Muslim anthropologist Aomar Boum for his two decades of promoting Moroccan Jewish history and encouraging warm relations between

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California, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Israeli Companies to Launch Drone Supply Network for Hospitals

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) Israel is set to become the first Western country to establish an aerial drone medical supply network that will link its major hospitals. Behind the achievement are the Rehovot-based Gadfin aero-logistics company, which makes a unique unmanned aircraft that takes off and lands vertically, and folds out its wings to fly

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Israel, Science, Medicine, & Education