Naomi Chazan The heated discussions over the meaning of the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin and the 100th anniversary of the Balfour Declaration have dominated the media just as moves to entirely alter the status of Jerusalem and its environs have quietly proceeded apace. Two interrelated bills (The Basic Law: Jerusalem, the Capital of Israel [Amendment […]
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Middle EastWill one of the world”s most popular Jewish pilgrimage sites be relocated to Israel? Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, founder of the Breslov Hassidic movement, was buried in the Ukrainian town of Uman 207 years ago. Followers of Rebbe Nachman made regular pilgrimages to his tomb, though the annual tradition was largely abandoned during the Cold
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastPresident Reuven Rivlin, who is in Spain for a state visit marking 30 years of diplomatic relations between the two countries, on Sunday evening met with leaders of Spain”s Jewish community, and took part in a special event hosted by the community at Madrid”s Ibn Gavriol School. Along with the president, also addressing the event
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International, Middle EastThe Board of Deputies for British Jews (BoD) and the Jewish Leadership Council (JLC) hosted a meeting on Sunday morning between Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and the UK”s Jewish communal leadership. The discussions were part of the Netanyahu’s celebrations of the centenary of the Balfour Declaration. The meeting allowed Netanyahu to engage directly with British
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON — The man authorities have identified as the shooter in the massacre at a Texas church was give a bad conduct discharge from the Air Force three years ago after being court-martialed for assault, a military spokeswoman confirmed Sunday. Federal law prohibits a person who has been dishonorably discharged from buying a firearm. Whether
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USAPraise the Lord and pass the ammunition! Hours after Sunday’s mass shooting at a church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, the Lone Star State’s Attorney General called on the faithful to come to services armed. Appearing on Fox News on Sunday night, Ken Paxton was asked by anchor Eric Shawn, “As a country, what do we
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USAAnthony Weiner Former New York Congressman Anthony Weiner begins his prison sentence of nearly two years Monday at Federal Medical Center Devens, a male-only federal prison facility in Massachusetts, according to the New York Daily News. The 53-year-old was tried and convicted of one count of transferring obscene material to a 15-year-old. In September, he
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USABy Alexander Fulbright Police on Sunday morning detained two confidants of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for interrogation in the investigation into suspected corruption in the purchase of naval vessels from a German shipbuilder. While police did not reveal the identities of the two, multiple reports named one of them as David Shimron, Netanyahu’s cousin and
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Middle EastBy Shoshanna Solomon A program funded by the US Department of Energy and Israel’s Ministry of Energy and the Israel Innovation Authority will finance five joint Israel-US clean energy projects for a total of $4.8 million. Each project addresses energy challenges and opportunities of interest to both countries, while focusing on commercializing clean energy technologies
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Middle East, USASUTHERLAND SPRINGS, Texas — At least 26 people were shot and killed Sunday when a 26-year-old gunman dressed in black opened fire at a Baptist church in a small town near San Antonio. An additional 20 people were injured in the attack, which happened as a church service was underway at First Baptist Church in
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USABy Dov Lieber The Palestinian Authority Foreign Ministry on Saturday claimed the Israeli government was supporting terrorist groups that attacked a Druze town in southern Syria, but then reversed its policy after the Druze community in Israel protested. In a highly unusual move, Israel on Friday said it would intervene in the Syrian Civil War
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Middle EastUS President Donald Trump would “certainly be open” to meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, he said in an interview broadcast Sunday as he began an extended Asian tour. Asked by journalist Sharyl Attkisson, host of the “Full Measure” TV show, whether he would “ever consider sitting down with the dictator,” Trump said he
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InternationalSacked Catalonia leader Carles Puigdemont and four associates turned himself in to Belgian police on Sunday, the Brussels prosecutor’s office said, following Spain’s issuing of an arrest warrant. He is wanted by Madrid for actions related to his push for the region’s secession from Spain. Puigdemont’s move comes as two polls suggested pro-Catalonia independence parties
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InternationalSen. Lindsey Graham called Sunday on a special counsel to investigate the Democratic Party’s links to Russian involvement with the Fusion GPS dossier and Uranium One deal, adding that President Trump should stay out of it. “I think we need a special counsel to investigate the Fusion GPS episode between the Democratic Party, Mr. [Christopher]