By Morton A Klein and Daniel Mandel NEW YORK — We are at that periodic occurrence, a crisis in Israeli/U.S. relations. This one revolves around White House pique over Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s acceptance of an invitation by House Speaker, John Boehner, to address the U.S. Congress on Iran’s nuclear weapons program, an issue […]
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)–MK Tzipi Livni, Co-Chair of the Zionist Camp party addressed the Conference of Presidents Major Jewish Organizations annual Leadership Mission to Israel on Thursday, Feb. 19. In light of the upcoming elections in Israel, MK Livni discussed the platform of her Zionist Camp party, which she co-chairs with Yitzhak Herzog. She said that
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Middle East, USAIsraeli Supreme Court reverses election ban on Arab Knesset member Zoabi (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli Supreme Court on Tuesday reversed the Central Elections Committee’s decision to disqualify MK Hanin Zoabi (Joint Arab List) and far-right activist Baruch Marzel (Yahad Haam Itanu) from next month’s Knesset election. In an 8-1 decision, the court said
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama spoke at the concluding session of his Summit on Combating Violent Extremism, and urged Americans not to confer on terrorist movements the mantle of Islam, which he said they seek. Here is a text of his remarks delivered Wednesday, Feb. 18. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much.
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Compiled by Donald H. Harrison WASHINGTON, D.C. — Under intensive questioning by press corps members assigned to the U.S. State Department, spokeswoman Jen Psaki admitted on Wednesday, Feb. 18, that the United States has been withholding information from Israel about what is occurring in the P5+1 negotiations with Iran over its nuclear program. Psaki reiterated a
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Ambassador Jarl Frijs-Madsen, Consul General of Denmark in New York, addressed a special ceremony at the American Jewish Committee headquarters on Wednesday, Feb. 18, to commemorate the victims of the twin terror attacks in Copenhagen. Representatives of New York’s diplomatic, interfaith and political communities joined with AJC leaders for the somber event.
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli High Court proposes compromise for Charlie Hebdo distribution (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s High Court of Justice on Tuesday discussed a petition filed by the Yisrael Beiteinu political party that requests the lifting of an injunction against distributing the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. In late January, after receiving threats, Israel’s Steimatzky bookstore chain
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By Miriam Raftery East County Magazine SAN DIEGO’S EAST COUNTY (SDONA)—Last week, a young Jewish man was shot and killed outside a Copenhagen synagogue. In Paris, as many as 250 Jewish graves were desecrated. At the University of California in Davis, California earlier this month, swastikas were sprayed on a Jewish fraternity houseafter a demonstration by
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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Miriam Raftery, USABy Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON–In the campus war against Israel, the all too familiar refrain from anti-Israel activists, many of whom form the loose coalition of groups and individuals spearheading the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) campaign, is that their quarrel is only with Israelis and their government’s policies, not with Jews themselves. But
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ENCINITAS, California (Press Release)– With growing demand from eager 20-somethings passionate about creating Jewish community for their peers, Moishe House, which has a branch in this San Diego suburb, is expanding its presence around the world. Due to significant interest from young Jewish communities, Moishe House opened 16 houses last year, including several across Europe
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 17, harshly criticized remarks by Roland Dumas, a former foreign minister of France, who in a televised interview claimed that Prime Minister Manuel Valls was “under Jewish influence” because his wife is Jewish. Dumas made the remark in a televised interview on BFMTV on Monday.
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Increasing its commitment to help those affected by the crisis in Syria, the United States is providing an additional $125 million in humanitarian assistance to the UN World Food Program (WFP), which feeds nearly six million Syrians and refugees from Syria every month. The announcement was made Tuesday, Feb. 17, by Kelly Clements,
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday, Feb. 17, at his Jerusalem office, met with US Reps. Robert Pittenger (R-North Carolina) and US Rep. Dennis A. Ross (R-Florida) and told them at the start of their meeting: “The American-Israeli alliance is a powerful one. It’s based on common values, common interests.
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, Feb. 16, addressed the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, which held its conference in Israel. Here is a transcript of his remarks: Today we lost a minister in my government and a dear friend. Uri Orbach loved the Jewish people. He
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