By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The Internet provides insight into the range of opinions expressed by overseas Jews about Israel. It also raises the question about the nature of Israel’s relations with the Jewish Diaspora. Do overseas Irish, Germans, Italians, Indians, Sri Lankans et al demonstrate the same concern for a “homeland” as do Jews
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his family are embroiled in numerous scandals. Recent court documents show that the Prime Minister is a suspect in two investigations of “fraud, breach of trust and bribes,” with the Israeli newspaper Israel Hayom saying on its front page recently that his indictment is imminent.
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireNEW YORK (Press Release) — The white supremacist group whose slogan, “You will not replace us” reverberated across the University of Virginia campus in Charlottesville earlier this summer has outlined plans for a year-long effort targeting college campuses with racist fliers, posters and stickers. Newly emboldened by the events and violence in Charlottesville and determined to
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Binyamin Netanyahu is the most American prime minister that Israel has ever had. He lived in the United States for many years and at some point even made his surname more pronounceable for Americans. He seems to have learnt there more than impeccable English. One has sometimes a feeling that he
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON — Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s former chief strategist, left the White House last month vowing to support the man he helped into the Oval Office and to savage those he saw as blocking Trump’s way. It is a long, long list. In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes,” Bannon exacted revenge on a
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USAThe British soccer team Chelsea on Saturday pleaded with fans to ditch an anti-Semitic song about the club”s striker Alvaro Morata after they sang the offensive chant during a 2-1 win at Leicester City, AFP reported. Morata scored his third goal for Chelsea since his club record move from Real Madrid to open the scoring.
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International, Sports & CompetitionsThe Daily Stormer neo-Nazi website published an article supporting Yair Netanyahu for publishing a meme on his private Facebook account that appeared to be inspired by anti-Semitic overtones. “Yair Netanyahu is a total bro,” wrote Daily Stormer reporter Andrew Eglin, who went on to say that “this is one of those things that is just
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Middle East, USASecretary of State Rex Tillerson is weighing a plan to pressure Israel to return tens of millions of dollars in military aid allocated by Congress for the Jewish state, claiming the funds violate an agreement signed during the Obama administration. According to a report in the Washington Free Beacon, the Trump administration is mulling an
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Middle East, USA[youtube:2032659] An Israeli singer and his family were attacked by an Arab lynch mob in eastern Jerusalem Saturday night, following a concert at a hotel near the Mount of Olives. Avi Miller, a haredi singer who performed for guests at the Seven Arches Hotel Saturday evening, says he and his family were attacked by a
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Middle EastA member of the Saudi royal family visited Israel during a secret trip last week, despite his country”s refusal to recognize the Jewish state. According to a report by the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, a senior member of the Saudi royal family held high-level talks with Israeli officials during a clandestine trip to the Jewish state.
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Middle EastThe Jerusalem District Court submitted an indictment against 18-year-old Yechiel Weisenstern, a resident of Modiin Illit, on charges of aggravated assault for racial motives. According to the indictment, Weisenstern attacked the Arab man while the victim was walking on Agrippas street near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem last Monday. The Arab was accompanying a
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Middle EastThe Israeli government approved a $1 million donation to help repair the Jewish community in Houston that was devastated by Hurricane Harvey. The assistance will be used to rehabilitate the community’s schools, synagogues and community centers, which are not funded or supported by the authorities. The Ministry of Diaspora Affairs is currently examining the fastest
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Middle East, USAHundreds of thousands of Catalans were expected to rally on Monday to demand their region break away from Spain, in a show of strength three weeks ahead of a secession referendum banned by Madrid. Nearly 400,000 people have signed up to join the demonstration in Barcelona, part of an escalating struggle between the wealthy northeastern
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InternationalTwo law enforcement officials died after their vehicles crashed head-on in a rural county southeast of Tampa, Fla., Sunday morning as Hurricane Irma bore down on the state, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The drivers were Hardee County Sheriff’s Deputy Julie Ann Bridges, 42, of Wauchula, Fla., who was headed home in her marked
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