Netanyahu household expenses officially questioned

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The State Comptroller (government auditor) has finally issued his long delayed report. The results do not add to the reputation of the Prime Minister, his spouse, or Israeli media. We’re being inundated with an over abundance of small details about the larger picture we’ve know for years. The Netanyahus have

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Obama: Don’t confer religious legitimacy on terrorists

WASHINGTON, 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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U.S. purposely keeps Israel out of Iran loop

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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Danish victims mourned in NYC ceremony

NEW 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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Reserve IDF officers tell Americans their experiences

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Currently touring the United States are two young reserve officers of the Israel Defense Force (IDF) who can refute the propaganda often spouted by Israel’s enemies with first-hand facts. Using their first names only, for security reasons, Ashager, who grew up in Yavne, Israel, and Eyal, who represents the 8th

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Israel helps Marshall Islands purify salt water

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– The Marshall Islands will soon have its first water purification vehicle – thanks to the Israel. The Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs is supplying A desalination vehicle to the tiny nation with a population of about 70,000 people. Located near the equator in the northern Pacific Ocean, the Marshall Islands suffers from

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U of Haifa, ECNU form Shanghai research center

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — The University of Haifa and the East China Normal University (ECNU) in Shanghai signed a memorandum of cooperation on the construction of the Shanghai-Haifa International Research Center, the first of its kind in Shanghai for Israeli and Chinese academia. The joint fields of research already agreed upon include neuroscience, mathematics

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AJC: Europe hesitant to face up to anti- Semitism

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Rabbi Andrew Baker, American Jewish Committee’s Director of International Jewish Affairs, told the White House Summit on Countering Violent Extremism on Wednesday, Feb. 18,  that Jews in Europe are living in fear and criticized the hesitancy of many European leaders to identify publicly the roots of rising anti-Semitism and the perpetrators of

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Jewish guard Dan Uzan buried in Copenhagen

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (WJC) — Crowds of mourners turned out for the funeral of the Jewish man killed in the Copenhagen shooting spree, as questions mounted about whether more could have been done to prevent the attacks, Agence France Presse reported.  Dan Uzan, a 37-year-old volunteer security guard, was killed outside Copenhagen’s main synagogue in the second of

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