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The Cypriot owner of the vessel that brought the explosives to the Beirut port in 2013 is said to have taken a $4 million loan from a bank accused of laundering funds for the Lebanese terror group.
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America, whose commitment to the Middle East has been understandably questioned recently, could very well be back in the region—and that’s a good thing.
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It will now go before the full Senate and then the State Assembly, and must pass before the Aug. 31 deadline.
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The warning by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo came one day after the United States initiated the mechanism for the U.N. Security Council to snapback sanctions on Iran.
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The Israeli airline is extending the unpaid leave of most of its 6,080 employees • El Al CEO: “There is still a significant way to go until the restart of scheduled flights.”
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It also said: “We believe that while Jerusalem is a matter for final-status negotiations, it should remain the capital of Israel, an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.”
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The anti-Israel bill is cosponsored by Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Andre Carson and Mark Pocan. The Squad+.
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The coronavirus pandemic will be a defining moment for nearly every business in America. Some companies will come out of this crisis stronger. Others will not survive.
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According to the White House, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also agreed to the borders of a Palestinian state.
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“We are in direct discussions with representatives of the American government about our shared interests, including communications infrastructure,” said Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel.
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Israel partially reopened its skies this week, with visitors from “green countries” exempt from quarantine upon arrival.
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“We’ll be doing a snapback. You’ll be watching it next week,” says the U.S. president.
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Israelis can fly to Greece, Bulgaria and Croatia, but must be tested for COVID-19 before flying and remain in quarantine upon arrival until receiving the results.
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The administration hopes the seizures will deter shipping companies from dealing with Iran and Venezuela.
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“Turkey must reverse course on this destabilizing action to renew the United States’ confidence in our defense relationship,” according to Michael McCaul (R-Texas).
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Israelis will reportedly be limited to four locations and will have to remain in quarantine until receiving the results of a pre-flight COVID-19 test.
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We condemn every form of normalization with the occupation, which we consider a stab in the back of the Palestinian cause,” said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum in a statement.
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At the end of the day, the Jewish people’s exile is over. We sing about next year in Jerusalem, and there is nothing stopping us from making that a reality.
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“The status quo in Lebanon is unacceptable,” says U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Kelly Craft. “Now is the time to ... enable the [peacekeeping] mission to fully achieve what it was set out to accomplish.”
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In addition to Democrats, reportedly, the U.S. State and U.S. Defense Departments have been for continuing the aid, while many in the White House have advocated halting it.
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The buyer is a Chinese businessman living in the United States.
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We must use this moment of crisis as an opportunity to make a meaningful change in the day-school system. With rapidly declining enrollment numbers, and more parents than ever who can’t afford tuition, we must come up with a plan to make sure day schools don’t die out.
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“I feel as if I were reborn today,” the father of the family says. “I am so happy to have met all my children and grandchildren.”
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The Democratic platform includes language that expresses support for the U.S.-Israel relationship, a pledge to maintain security funding for Israel and backing for a two-state solution.
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Tourism Minister Asaf Zamir called the move “important news for the aviation sector and all Israelis.”
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The American Jewish Committee called on former Prime Minister Carl Bildt to apologize.
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“There were no casualties ... firefighters are trying to contain the fire,” stated Iranian TV • Investigation is underway.
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"MENE, MENE, TEKEL, UPHARSIN": "MENE, God has numbered the days of your kingdom and brought it to an end; TEKEL, you have been weighed ... and found wanting;"
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In 2014, Israel declared IRW to be illegal, based on its role of funneling money to Hamas, and it is banned from operating in Judea, Samaria and the Gaza Strip.
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Condemning Jerusalem for having allowed Jews to pray on the holy site during Tisha B’Av, Amman calls it a “place of worship for Muslims only.”
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Additionally, the spending package included $47.5 million in U.S.-Israel anti-tunnel technology cooperation, $4 million for new U.S.-Israel collaboration on coronavirus research and $6 million for joint U.S.-Israel cooperative programs in energy and water.
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The Anti-Defamation League has labeled Duke as “perhaps America’s most well-known racist and anti-Semite.”
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The majority of the new arrivals hailed from New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Illinois and California.
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The development follows that of its sister publication, “The New York Jewish Week,” which will transform into a digital news outlet.
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Israel was in third place among 135 nations, giving US leadership a high approval rating.
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The explosive was destroyed before it caused any damage.
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Recent water tests produced by the first pilot show that the quality of the drinking water is the best seen in the Gaza Strip in years.
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Railing against the Israeli prime minister’s handling of the coronavirus crisis, the head of the right-wing Yamina Party called the current government “one of the worst” in the country’s history.
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According to the heads of Israel’s ultra-Orthodox parties, the Israeli Health Ministry will announce the new directives by Wednesday.
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Miri Regev reportedly liked the “out-of-the-box” solution to the problem of commuter congestion on the highways leading to the center of the country.
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“We will continue to move the wheels of the economy in order to put people back to work,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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The State Department appropriations bill would include $5 million for refugees resettling in Israel.
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The victim was treated at a local hospital for minor injuries.
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The only names on Omar's list are Jewish ones: billionaire Jonathan Gray, retired real estate executive Stanley Weinstein and billionaire hedge-fund owner Seth Klarman.
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Mahmoud Abbas said the Palestinian Authority supports China's takeover of Hong Kong.
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In the comments section of Madonna’s Instagram post, users lambasted her for sharing the video and cited Farrakhan's history of anti-Semitism, homophobia, sexism and other bigotry.
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The U.S. administration’s peace plan can serve as a basis for a process leading to peace and security, says Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó.
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Likud MK Miki Zohar criticized the decision as politically motivated, saying Sasha-Biton had “fallen into a trap.”
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The National Association of Nurses were promised funding for 2,000 additional staff at hospitals, HMOs and family health centers.
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A missile depot and other weapons warehouses were also destroyed, reported Syrian media.
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Nine months after the Yom Kippur attack on the small Jewish community in Halle, Germany, local leaders say anti-Semitism is only getting worse.
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Israel is working to sign deals with multiple companies, as AstraZeneca and Oxford University report promising findings from early testing of a new vaccine.
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The Defense for Children International-Palestine has been linked to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, designated a terror group by the United States and European Union.
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From 2009 through 2011, Usama Hamade, 55, conspired with others to export U.S. origin goods to a terrorist-designated entity.
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The Iranian judiciary said that the man gave the U.S. and Israel information on the movements of IRGC Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani, killed in January by an American drone.
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The agreement, reached with Cyprus, Greece and Italy, reportedly will see the 1,200-mile pipeline built by 2025.
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Nearly 1,600 people tested positive for the coronavirus this weekend; more than 400 Israelis have been killed by the virus.
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Likud faction leader MK Miki Zohar rails against the health hazard posed by the demonstrations, in view of renewed coronavirus restrictions.
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As anti-Semitism surges around the world, the Jewish community does not have the luxury of remaining silent.
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“I have often said I would remain a member of the court as long as I can do the job full-steam. I remain fully able to do that.”
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According to the IDF and Shin Bet, between 1,300 and 1,400 such attacks took place in 2019, the original US report said only 101 took place.
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It states, in part: “We believe that while Jerusalem is a matter for final status negotiations, it should remain the capital of Israel, an undivided city accessible to people of all faiths.”
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The suspect can be seen spray-painting Temple Emanu-El at 2:15 a.m. on July 15. He then went to Temple Sinai, about five miles away, where he vandalized that building as well.
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The new nonstop flight is part of the first long-haul international flights that American has launched from New York in more than four years.
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The move comes just one day after the congresswoman picked up an endorsement from U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.).
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"She is home and doing well," said spokesperson Kathleen Arberg.
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The ruling was due to the movement “failing to rectify its legal status under Jordanian law,” official says.
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The Palestinian Authority has detained several PA Arabs who told Israeli TV journalist Zvi Yechezkeli that they support Israel’s plan to apply sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria.
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The Csengele kosher slaughterhouse in Hungary has become the first to receive such certification for goose liver.
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Health Minister Yuli Edelstein says that unless the country’s COVID-19 numbers change within three days, a full shutdown is on the way.
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“Recognizing sovereignty over Judea and Samaria ... will allow the administration to be remembered for restoring God’s people to His promised land,” said Pastor Mario Bramnick.
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Iran's judiciary said that Asgari sold data related to Iran’s missile program to the U.S. intelligence agency.
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According to the NYPD, “two men punched the victim in the head” after yelling anti-Semitic slurs at him on a Saturday.
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Netanyahu: "The rescue plan is “comprehensive” and “unprecedented,” but there are still “holes in the net.”
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Coronavirus figures are rising too fast in too many countries, warns the head of the World Health Organization.
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"The national mission to exercise our historic right in the land of our ancestors may be in jeopardy," says Land of Israel Caucus chairman Haim Katz.
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The legislation prohibits the state and its political subdivisions from entering into contracts worth more than $100,000 with companies with 10 or more employees that engage in BDS.
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Russia, China, Iran and Turkey are “key players in espionage and influence directed against Germany,” according to a report.
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“We are collapsing,” INA head Ilana Cohen wrote in a letter to Finance Minister Israel Katz.
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Steinitz says closing the country down to combat the rapid rise in COVID-19 cases will benefit the economy in the long term.
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Aaron Keyak has previously served as communications director for Reps. Jerrold Nadler (D-N.Y.) and Steve Rothman (D-N.J.).
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Amnesty International claimed that NSO Group—whose technology enables the surveillance of smartphones—helped the Moroccan government spy on a human-rights activist critical of Rabat.
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So far, the airline’s parent company, Knafaim, has rejected the 30-year-old son of U.S. businessman Ken Rozenberg’s offer.
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“All public figures who utilize their influence on social media, regardless of intent, to perpetuate language that reinforces myths and stereotypes must learn how to communicate better these issues,” said the Jewish Federation of Greater Philadelphia.
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The bill seeks “to restore humanitarian and development assistance to the Palestinians,” despite the Trump administration having defunded or slashed such funding to virtually zero.
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“Many in the Jewish and Muslim community eat kosher or halal food and have not been able to benefit from these programs,” stated a letter signed by two senators.
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Part of the Israeli miracle is the restoration of a depleted, deteriorating land through determination, ingenuity and back-breaking work.
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Canadian lawmaker Erin O’Toole, a member of Canada’s Conservative Party, also said he would expand relations with Israel.
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United also increasing service to Israel out of its New York/Newark hub from one flight a day to 10 weekly flights.
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Ishmael Khaldi, who has held several Foreign Ministry positions since becoming Israel’s first Bedouin diplomat over a decade ago, is known as a staunch defender of the Jewish state.
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Yossi Cohen was asked to extend his term in office by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and will remain in office until June 2021.
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Israel has a “very strong foundation” for future development, OECD deputy secretary general tells online conference.
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“Thanks for being such a close friend and ally!”
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“If we do not block the spread of the coronavirus we will have neither health nor an economy.”
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Efforts are also underway to push for the extradition of Ahlam Tamimi, the mastermind behind 2001 Sbarro pizzeria bombing in Jerusalem that killed 15 people, including two Americans.
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“The public is in desperate need of reform and financial aid” regardless of politics, says Finance Minister Israel Katz • Coalition deal sets Aug. 15 deadline for the passing of a biennial budget.
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“I profoundly hope that annexation does not go ahead,” says the British prime minister in a Hebrew op-ed published by a major Israeli daily.
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The permanent space will provide support to new immigrants in the areas of employment, education and housing, and offer Hebrew classes, exhibits and performances.
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Two Arab-Israeli women taken into custody on June 6 • Lebanese terror group uses ex-Israeli Lebanese journalist for recruitment.
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U.S. Embassy confirms the property has been put on the market, saying it was decided to do so following the transfer of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem.