Israeli soldier stabbed in Tel Aviv (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli soldier was stabbed at a Tel Aviv train station on Monday in the latest in a string of terrorist attacks across Israel. The victim, in his 20s, was taken to hospital in critical condition. The attacker, a Palestinian man from Nablus, was apprehended. […]
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It was shocking and discomfiting to hear a United States Navy Seal (who shall remain unnamed in this dispatch) announcing that he was the shooter on the night of the killing of Osama bin Laden. This American observer remains outraged, ashamed, and despondent in the wake of this lost
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Philanthropists and political power players Sheldon Adelson and Haim Saban shared a stage for the first time Sunday, Nov. 9, to culminate the Israeli-American Council (IAC)’s First National Conference, debating a wide range of political issues but agreeing on the need for the U.S. to toughen its stance on a nuclear Iran. Adelson,
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By Donald H. Harrison ENCINITAS, California – A Pulitzer Prize winning historian told attendees of the Jewish Book Fair at Temple Solel here that Israel’s Mossad was wrong in 1979 to assassinate P.L.O. intelligence chief Ali Hassan Salameh notwithstanding the fact that he was suspected of helping to mastermind the murder of Israeli athletes
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Before our very eyes, the U.S. is shifting alliances in the Middle East. For decades, American foreign policy in the region was anchored by relationships with Israel, Egypt, the UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Saudi Arabia. That has changed under the Obama administration. Since the president’s first foreign speech
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Speaking at the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference, former Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney blasted President Obama for his Iran policy and recent secret letter to Iranian leaders, saying he was “stunned” the administration would attempt to connect with a “rogue” state. “That the president would write a letter
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – EL AL Israel Airlines and JetBlue Airways have signed a code share agreement, providing travelers to Israel with expanded options and easier connections. Travelers living in 38 cities in the U.S.A. can now experience convenient connections to their EL AL nonstop flight to/from Israel. Luggage is automatically transferred between the JetBlue and
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USABEVERLY HILLS, California (Press Release)– Over $33 million was raised at the annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala Wednesday night, Jun 6, breaking all records at the event where more than 1,200 supporters from the United States and Israel gathered to support the brave men and women of the IDF. Those
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– Over 30,000 U.S. citizens living in Israel cast their vote in this week’s U.S. elections. iVoteIsrael, the leading organization facilitating the ability of Americans in Israel to vote in US elections, has successfully completed its 2014 campaign making voting from Israel more accessible to as many Americans in Israel as
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Wade Henderson, president and CEO of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, issued the following statement on the 5th Anniversary of the passage of the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA). Next week, Henderson will head a delegation including Jewish, Muslim, Latino, African-American, Asian-American,
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International, USAReport: Obama sent letter on Islamic State to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-October expressing their shared interest in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq. The Wall Street Journal reported that the letter—which left Israel
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Middle East, USAWASHNGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), Ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, on Wednesday, Nov. 5, issued the following statement on President Obama’s request for emergency funding to address Ebola in Africa and public health preparedness in the United States. “The Ebola epidemic has taken a tragic toll in Liberia, Sierra
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International, Science, Medicine, & Education, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC), the global Jewish advocacy organization, is urging governments worldwide to condemn unequivocally Palestinian terrorist attacks in Jerusalem, and to press the Palestinian Authority to make every effort to deter, rather than incite, further assaults. “Hamas rockets and missiles may be quiet for the moment, but Palestinian
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Many readers of San Diego Jewish World live outside the United States so for them, principally, I thought I would provide some insight into how an American election works. Traditionally, today, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, is election day, but for weeks preceding the election we
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