By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA — The State Department’s demand that Israel “exercise restraint” in its search for the Hamas kidnappers makes a mockery of President Obama’s pledge two years ago that he “will always have Israel’s back.” State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declared on June 20 that the Obama administration is “urging
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Middle East, USA
NEW YORK (Press Release)– EL AL Israel Airlines is the official airline of the Israel Lacrosse Association, which is expanding efforts to introduce the sport to Israeli communities throughout the country. In coordination with Taglit-Birthright, more than 40 lacrosse players from all over the USA took the initiative and collected more than 2,000 pounds of lightly
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-President Obama dispatched 300 military advisors to Iraq to bolster the Maliki government. When Obama’s press secretary was asked what the advisors will be doing, he replied they will be advising Iraqi soldiers which on-line courses to take to learn what real soldiers do in combat. * Pope Francis excommunicated all
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire
LA JOLLA, California (Press Release)– San Diego’s internationally recognized San Diego Jewish Book Fair celebrates its 20th year, starting with the summer book fair event on July 24th at 7:00 p.m. with award-winning New York Times bestselling author Daniel Silva and his newest novel, The Heist “A Conversation with Daniel Silva” will be presented
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Travel and Food
PALO ALTO, California (Press Release)–Scholar and commentator Fouad Ajami lost his battle with cancer on Sunday, June 22, it was announced by John Raisian, director of the Hoover Institution at Stanford University “Fouad is truly one of the most brilliant Middle East scholars of our time,” said Raisian. “His Hoover Institution family will forever miss his superb
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Middle East, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release) — After their hectic experience of delivery, newborns are almost immediately stretched out on a measuring board to assess their length. Medical staff, reluctant to cause infants discomfort, are tasked with measuring their length, because it serves as an indispensable marker of growth, health and development. But the inaccuracy and unreliability
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)– The Beit Guvrin caves and the ancient town of Maresha in central Israel were recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a heritage site on Sunday, June 22, during its 38th World Heritage Committee in Doha, Qatar. The man-made caves, known for their unique ‘bell
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Middle East, Travel and Food
NEW YORK (Press Release)- The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) on Monday, June 23, condemned senior Palestinian Authority (PA) official, Saeb Erekat, for his statement that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal who isn’t “worth the bullet” it would take to shoot him. It has called upon PA president Mahmoud Abbas to
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – World Jewish Congress CEO Robert Singer condemned a divestment resolution adopted by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church USA on Friday, saying that it sent “a terrible signal about the church and its priorities.” “The fact that the church assembly voted to approve this injurious resolution even as Israel
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (WJC) — At a meeting with the World Jewish Congress-Israel and the Israel Council on Foreign Relations (ICFR) in Jerusalem, Albanian Foreign Minister Ditmir Bushati spoke of his country’s friendship for Israel and also its wartime history as a sanctuary for Jews fleeing the Holocaust. Bushati, 37, one of Europe’s youngest foreign ministers, called
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International, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – Chairman of the The Jewish Agency Natan Sharansky announced on Monday, June 23, that global Aliyah (immigration to Israel from around the world) is up 55%, due largely to dramatic increases in immigration from France and Ukraine. Speaking at the opening plenary of the Jewish Agency Board of Governors’
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International, Middle East
By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA)–Ziad Awad, 42, a terrorist released in the Gilad Schalit deal, is responsible for the murder of Baruch Mizrahi, the senior Israeli police officer killed on Passover eve near Hebron, according to Israeli police. Awad, a resident of the Arab village Idna near Hebron, was arrested by an elite police unit
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Middle EastIDF uncovers secret tunnels, explosives labs in West Bank (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) Combat Engineering Corps uncovered numerous secret underground compartments in Palestinian homes during the course of the ongoing search for three Israeli teens kidnapped in the West Bank. Engineering Corps special forces discovered the secret compartments in various locations, in one
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Travel and FoodBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM — Israel’s Air Force attacked nine Syrian military targets Sunday night, June 22, in response to the attack on Saturday that killed a 13-year-old Israeli citizen and wounded two others. The targets included head quarters, bases and shooting positions. Directs hits were confirmed. “Yesterday’s attack was an unprovoked act of aggression
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Middle East