By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — I was in Israel when Trump made his announcement recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Initially, I thought Israelis would pour out into the streets celebrating this ‘historic’ moment, but other than small chatter here and there, and some expressions of jubilation, not much else gripped the nation. On the
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USAIvanka Trump and family Happy Hanukkah! Ivanka Trump and her family kicked off the first night of the Festival of Lights on Tuesday, and she shared some festive family photos to celebrate. “Tonight, as we light the menorah, Jared, Arabella, Joseph, Theodore and I wish everyone celebrating a Happy Hanukkah!” she wrote on Instagram as
Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of the British Labour party, said Wednesday he does not support the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement against Israel, but does back targeted action against Israeli communities in Judea and Samaria. Corbyn”s spokesman clarified the Labour leader”s position after a cabinet split emerged over the issue when Kate Osamor, the
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International, Middle EastA senior Palestinian Authority negotiator and a perennial critic of Israel was spotted recently at an Israeli hospital. Saeb Erekat earlier this year blasted US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman for claiming that Jewish communities built in beyond the pre-1967 Green Line were part of Israel, including Jewish neighborhoods in eastern Jerusalem. Erekat, who serves
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Middle EastIsrael’s air force hit the Gaza Strip’s Hamas rulers early Wednesday after Palestinians fired at southern Israel on Monday, the army said. Late Tuesday night the military said that an undefined “projectile” was fired from Gaza towards southern Israel. A spokeswoman told AFP that it was “very probably” a rocket but that it was not
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Middle EastThe special election in Alabama on Tuesday coincided with the first night of Hanukkah, and some onlookers are hailing Doug Jones’s triumph over Roy Moore as this year’s Hanukkah miracle. The Jewish holiday is a joyous festival that celebrates the miraculous victory of an underdog resistance movement led by the Jewish priest Mattathias and his
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USAPro-Palestinian protesters who demonstrated in Vancouver against U.S. President Donald Trump”s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel”s capital burned Israeli flags, the Canadian Jewish News reported on Tuesday. The protests took place in downtown Vancouver on December 8 and 9, and were held in front of the U.S. consulate and the Vancouver Art Gallery, according to
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International, Middle East[twittervideo:2036116] British Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday said that the holiday of Hanukkah calls on all people “to defend the values and way of life that we share.” “I want to send my very best wishes to everyone celebrating Hanukkah in our Jewish communities here in the UK and all around the world,” she
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International, Jewish Religion[video:2036146] Tzvi Sukkot, Chairman of the ring-wing Otzma Yehudit organization, was an eyewitness to an occurrence this afternoon during which residents of the community of Yitzhar in Samaria entered the Arab village of Burin. While Israeli media had initially reported that some 40 “masked settlers” had entered the village and “started throwing stones” without providing
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Middle EastThe State has agreed with petitioners that an illegal Arab outpost was built on privately owned Jewish land in Samaria. The illegal outpost was built by the Ramadin tribe near the Jewish town of Alfei Menashe in western Samaria. The land in question belongs to the Himnuta organization, a subsidiary of the Jewish National Fund.
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Middle EastCoins, pottery, and ritual baths recently uncovered revealed a Hasmonean-era Jewish town at the Susya in Mount Hevron. The findings are surprising in light of historical reports about Hasmonean activity to convert the Edomites who lived in the region, in year 112 BCE. The discovery a settlement site from the time of the Hasmonean Kingdom
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Jewish History, Middle East7 years of research yields trove of material about wartime experience A new book was launched on Dec 12 in Shanghai that gives a new Chinese perspective on Jewish refugees in China during World War II. Publication of Jewish Refugees in China (1933-1945): History, Perspective and Chinese Model marked the conclusion of a project sponsored
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, International, Jewish History[twittervideo:2036113] Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday wished the Jewish people a happy Hanukkah. Hanukkah began at sundown on Tuesday with the lighting of the first candle. “At sunset today, Jewish communities in Canada and around the world will welcome the beginning of Hanukkah – one of the oldest traditions in the world,” said
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International, Jewish Religion, USABy Pamela Pollack-Fremd LA MESA, California — When did women win the right to vote in prosperous, stable, civilized Switzerland? Many people would be surprised to learn that it did not happen until 1971. The Divine Order, written and directed by Petra Volpe, is a gentle and entertaining film, which shows how that right was
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