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Hamas hints that it fired rockets from residential areas (JNS.org) The Palestinian terror group Hamas hints that it fired rockets from residential areas amid mounting evidence from Israel that the terror group used civilian areas as cover during the recent Gaza operation. “Gaza, from Beit Hanoun in the north to Rafah in the south, is

Israeli government seeks to intensify anti-terror enforcement (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu convened a special session on Wednesday to discuss the growing threat to Israel posed by radical Mideast terror organizations such as the Islamic State, Israel Hayom reported. Justice Minister Tzipi Livni, Public Security Minister Yitzhak Aharonovitch, Shin Bet security agency Director Yoram

By Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — When the Jerusalem publisher of the Hebrew novel A Tale of Two Abrahams told my editor that the book was now available in an English edition, I lept at the chance to exchange a few emails with the Israeli author of the novel and review the book at the

Egypt reportedly offers Abbas a Palestinian state in the Sinai (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi reportedly offered Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas a Palestinian state in Sinai. Egypt had been working on the proposal for several weeks and presented it to Abbas in Cairo over the weekend, Army Radio reported Monday.

To Dance by Valery Panov, Principal Dancer, Kirov/Mariinsky Ballet Company, Leningrad/St. Petersburg, Russia By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — When the Soviet Union finally approved Valery Panov’s application to emigrate to Israel, his wife, Galina, was hemorrhaging from a miscarriage.  He lifted her into his arms and carried her through the airport and onto the

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The following is a Joint Statement by Secretary of State John Kerry and Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on the ISIL meeting held Friday, Sept. 5, at Celtic Manor in Wales, United Kingdom. This morning (Friday, September 5) we had a meeting with some of our key allies and partners

Green Dome: Trees to protect southern Israeli trains from rockets (JNS.org) Workers have started planting hundreds of trees along the train tracks leading from Asheklon to Sderot in southern Israel in an attempt to protect the trains and passengers on that line from rocket attacks, Israel Hayom reported. After consulting with experts, Israel Railways and

Arab party’s former MK faces jail time over 2007 Syria visit (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Former Member of Knesset Said Nafa, who served for the Arab party Balad from 2007-13, was sentenced on Thursday by the Nazareth District Court to one year in prison after being convicted in April for visiting an enemy state and

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Wednesday, Sept. 3, issued the following statement by Secretary of State John Kerry on the beheading of journalist Steven Sotloff by an ISIL terrorist. “Yesterday, the world bore witness again to the unfathomable brutality of ISIL terrorist murderers when we saw Steven Sotloff, an American journalist who

Islamic State beheading victim Steven Sotloff was Israeli citizen (JNS.org) The Islamic State terrorist group on Tuesday released a video showing the beheading of American-Jewish journalist Steven Sotloff. The Israeli Foreign Ministry revealed on Wednesday that Sotloff also held Israeli citizenship. A video released in August showed the Islamic State’s beheading of American journalist James

Abbas to demand Israeli withdrawal from West Bank in 3 years (JNS.org) Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas is set to unveil a plan for a return to negotiations with Israel over a nine-month period. Abbas’s plan will propose an Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank in three years, reports say. The plan was revealed