Netanyahu says Rafah plan will take time as Israel strikes elsewhere

Published by DPA Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes preparations for an offensive on the city of Rafah in the Gaza Strip will “take a little time” as the Jewish state continued to hit other Palestinian areas on Wednesday. The United States and other Western powers are worried about Israel extending its war south and […]

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State Of Florida Adds $50 Million To Israel Bonds

Published by Tampa Free Press Florida’s Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis announced Tuesday that the state has purchased an additional $50 million in bonds to assist Israel as it continues to wage war against Hamas in Gaza. In a news release, Patronis encouraged his counterparts across the country to do likewise “to stand with Israel.”

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This gubernatorial candidate is the early frontrunner for 2025 | Opinion

Published by NJ.com By Alan J. Steinberg While the current focus of New Jersey political pundits is on the 2024 Democratic US Senate primary, the first stirrings of the 2025 gubernatorial race are also underway, with prospective candidates intensively seeking fundraising sources and building political partnerships. In this early stage of the campaign, Rep. Josh

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Senate Democrats urge ‘bold’ US push on Palestinian state

Published by AFP Washington (AFP) – More than a third of the US Senate’s Democrats called on President Joe Biden’s administration Wednesday to take “bold” action toward establishing a Palestinian state, in the latest pushback against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The letter to Biden comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the country’s

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AMCHA Initiative: UC Faculties Foment Antisemitism; Jews Speak Up at UC Regents Meeting

AMCHA Initiative on Wednesday released a new report which found a staggering increase of 1100% in anti-Zionist advocacy and activism by UC faculty since Oct. 7. The report was sent to the Regents, who are holding their monthly meeting in Los Angeles on Wednesday and Thursday. [Press Release}

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Today’s Jewish Birthday: Yigael Yadin

Yadin devoted himself to archaeology, winning the 1956 Israel Prize for his doctoral thesis on seven Dead Sea Scrolls, three of which his father had purchased in 1947 from a Bedouin goatherd and four that Yadin purchased in 1954 in New York.  He excavated such sites as the Qumram Caves, Masada, Hazor, Tel Megiddo, and the Judean Desert caves where artifacts from the Bar Kokhba revolt were found. [SDJW staff]

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JNF-USA Helping to Rebuild San Diego’s Sister City in Israel, Sha’ar Hanegev

Approximately 30,000 evacuees from San Diego’s sister city of Sha’ar Hanegev and the neighboring municipality of Eshkol, both within a close distance of Israel’s border with Gaza, are returning to their homes, where they will find that volunteers from Jewish National Fund-USA have rebuilt, refurbished, and repainted some of the structures that were damaged or destroyed during the Oct. 7 Hamas-led massacre.  New facilities are also being planned. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Qatar ‘cautiously optimistic’ as Gaza talks resume, UN raises alarm

Published by DPA International Mediator Qatar is “cautiously optimistic” after negotiations to reach a ceasefire in the Gaza war resumed in Doha on Tuesday, just as a top UN figure said Israel using hunger as a tactic in the conflict could constitute war crimes. Israel has been bombarding the Palestinian coastal strip since October 7

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Kushner Suggests Gazans Be Moved to Secure Area in Israel’s Negev Prior to Israel Finishing the War against Hamas

Published by Raw Story Jared Kushner was blasted Tuesday for saying that Gaza’s “waterfront property could be very valuable,” while suggesting Israel transport Palestinian civilians out of the Gaza Strip and move them into the Negev desert while the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) “cleans up” the Hamas-controlled region. Donald Trump’s son-in-law’s comments had been made

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ADL Introduces 4-Part Digital Course on Combating Antisemitism

“Educators play an important role in shaping the perspectives of their students,” Hess added. “Our new course gives teachers the tools to dispel myths and stereotypes and to foster a deeper understanding of antisemitism and bias in the classroom and beyond.” [Press Release]

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