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US / Iran / News Briefs

LA City Council Approves Local Iran Sanctions

By JTA

The Los Angeles City Council approved a law that bars people investing in Iran’s energy sector from bidding on or holding contracts with the state of California or its local governments. Friday’s 13-0 vote makes Los Angeles the first city in California to be in full compliance with the Iran Contracting Act of 2010, according […]

Middle East / Levant / Politics / Global / Police and Crime / Government / The Courts / News Briefs

Australian Book: Prisoner X Leaked Information to Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Journalist Rafael Epstein claims Zygier revealed intelligence about operations he had been involved in to an Iranian businessman.

Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Lebanon

Official: Fatah, PLO Lost Control of Lebanon Refugee Camps

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Fatah movement and the Palestine Liberation Organization have lost control of the Palestinian refugee camps in Lebanon, a Lebanon-based Fatah official told Ma'an news agency. Fatah leader in Lebanon Muneer Maqdah told Ma'an on Saturday that Lebanese authorities told the PLO to adjust the situation in order "to avoid more aggravations" which they warned […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Turkey / Religion

Bipartisan Letter to Obama Urging Action on Erdogan

By Jewish Press Staff

More than 80 dignitaries from across the political spectrum are concerned about the future U.S. relations with Turkey.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Gulf States / UAE

Muslim Clerics Finally Forbid Suicide Missions but Only on Mars

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Islamic law forbids a one-way trip to Mars, a “fatwa” Muslim religious committee has ruled in the UAE (United Arab Emirates), the Khaleej Times reported Wednesday. “Such a one-way journey poses a real risk to life, and that can never be justified in Islam,” the committee said. “There is a possibility that an individual who […]

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Jordan

Jordanian Yitzchak Rabin to Enlist in IDF

By JTA

A Jordanian man named Yitzchak Rabin has won his 16-year-old battle to join the Israel Defense Forces. Yitzhak Rabin Namsy, 18, earlier this week was granted Israeli citizenship and is eligible to enlist in the Israeli army. The boy was named by his Jordanian parents in honor of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzchak Rabin, who signed […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Germany

Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

Jewish / US / Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

AIPAC Lobbying to Address Iran, Peace Process

By JTA

The agenda for thousands of American Israel Public Affairs Committee activists who will meet with lawmakers next month includes Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israeli-Palestinian talks. “From March 2-4, more than ten thousand AIPAC activists will be in Washington for our annual policy conference,” according to an email the group sent this week to lawmakers. The […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global / News Briefs

Israel Sending Illegal African Infiltrators to Uganda

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israel has begun sending illegal African infiltrators to Uganda, the country the Theodore Herzl once imagined more than a century ago would be the home of a Jewish state. Activists who encourage the infiltrators to demand remaining in Israel have argued that sending them to Uganda does not mean that they will be allowed to […]

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Two Mortar Shells Explode in Golan Heights after Netanyahu’s Visit

By Jewish Press News Desk

Two mortar shells exploded in open areas in the central Golan Heights Tuesday afternoon, shortly after Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and his entourage left the area following a visit. No one was injured, and no damage was reported. It is not known if Syrian soldiers or rebels were the source of the mortar fire and […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Visits Golan Heights and Says It ‘Divides Good from Bad’

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Golan Heights “divides the good from the bad,” meaning Iran, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday during a visit to the region along with Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon and IDF Chief of Staff Benny Gantz. "On the day when talks between the major powers and Iran are being opened in Vienna, it is […]

Israel / Egypt

Egypt Charges Two Egyptians and Two Israelis with Spying

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptian authorities said Tuesday they have charged two alleged Israeli Mossad intelligence agents and two Egyptians with plotting to spot on behalf of Israel by gathering information with "the intent of damaging national interests in exchange for money and gifts and sex." Egypt’s public prosecutor identified the Israelis as Samuel Ben Ze'ev and David Wisemen, […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Government / News Briefs

Work with Kerry, Tim Kaine Tells Netanyahu

By JTA

The chairman of the U.S. Senate subcommittee on the Middle East urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to cooperate with John Kerry in advancing Middle East peace. Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) is touring the Middle East with Sen. Angus King (I-Maine), and met Sunday with Netanyahu and his defense minister, Moshe Yaalon. The senators also […]

Terrorism / US / Iran / News Briefs

Cantor Compares Obama Iran Policy to Pre-WW2 Isolationism

By JTA

Rep. Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, cited the lateness of American actions against the Nazis in critiquing President Obama’s foreign policy. In a speech Monday to the Virginia Military Institute, Cantor (R-Va.), who is Jewish, described leading a congressional delegation recently to Auschwitz to mark the 69th anniversary of the Nazi death camp’s liberation. […]

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Greece Intercepts Arms Shipments to Iran, Sent by an Israeli

By JTA

Greek authorities have intercepted arms shipments apparently sent by an unnamed Israeli and intended for Iran, in violation of international sanctions, the Greek newspaper Kathimerini reported. Greek officials, working together with the American Homeland Security Investigations agency, uncovered two shipments of spare parts for F4 Phantom jets in December 2012 and again in April 2013, […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

African Illegal Killed in Clash with Saudi Police

By Jewish Press News Desk

An African illegal was killed in an altercation with police in the Saudi city of Jeddah over the weekend, AFP reported. A police spokesman said the incident took place Saturday as police were searching migrants suspected of being in the country illegally. "When the police tried to arrest one of the Africans, the members of […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

5 Dead, 14 Injured as Tourist Bus Explodes Near Eilat

By Jewish Press Staff

30 tourists of different nationalities were on the bus when it exploded.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Iraq

Syrian Rebels Stone Girl to Death for Using Facebook

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS) heroic warriors took a Syrian girl named Fatoum Al-Jassem to the Al-Reqqa religious court, where the judge ruled that membership in Facebook is tantamount to adultery and sentenced her to death by stoning, Al-Rai Al-Youm reported. Dawla al-Islāmiyya fi al-'Irāq wa-sh-Shām, abbreviated ISIS, is an armed […]

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Egypt

Arabic Voice of Donald Duck Fired over Anti-Israel Tweet

By JTA

An Egyptian radio host who calls himself the official voice of Donald Duck on Disney Middle East was fired after sending anti-Israel tweets. Wael Mansour tweeted the news of his firing on February 6, six months after his tweet against Israel. “Disney decided I am no longer the official voice of Donald Duck in its […]

US / Iran / News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

White House Says Netanyahu’s Visit Shows ‘Deep Bonds’ with Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The White House on Wednesday confirmed that President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will meet on March 3 and added that the Prime Minister’s visit “is a demonstration of the deep and enduring bonds between the United States and Israel, and our close consultations on a range of security issues.” That was White […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Europe / Saudi Arabia / Gulf States / UAE / Egypt / Russia

Russia Buying Out US Influence with $2 Billion Arms Deal for Egypt

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Has the United States done anything right in the Middle East in the last few decades?

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Reaches Accords on its Nuclear Program with UN Agency

By JTA

Iran reportedly will allow the United Nations to investigate possible military uses for the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. The agreement reported by news services on Sunday was among seven accords made by Iran during meetings with the United Nations nuclear watchdog, the International Atomic Energy Agency. The talks began Saturday. Iran reportedly also agreed to […]

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Iraq

Senate Urges State Dept. to Renegotiate Terms for Iraqi Jewish Archive

By JTA

The Senate unanimously urged the State Department to renegotiate the terms for the return to Iraq of an archive of Iraqi Jewish texts. The resolution passed Thursday “strongly urges” the department to renegotiate the agreement with the Iraqi government “in order to ensure that the Iraqi Jewish Archive be kept in a place where its […]

Israel / Eye on "Palestine" / Iran / News Briefs

New PA Foreign Policy: Renew Iranian Ties to Threaten Israel

By Shalom Bear

The PA has renewed ties with Iran and is threatening to bring back suicide bombers. Does this concern anyone?

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Eye on "Palestine" / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Church's New Study Guide is Textbook Example of Israel Hatred

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The church "study guide" casts supporters of the Jewish homeland as "inherently racist and abusive."

Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Rebels Claim They Seized Major Government Prison

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels seized part of a major government prison near Aleppo after it staged a car bomb attack, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. The official media of the Assad regime said it repelled the attack by “armed terrorists” and that a “large number of their members [were] dead and wounded,” but other […]

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / The Knesset

'National Day of Commemoration for the Jewish Refugees from Arab Lands' Passes First Reading

By Jewish Press News Desk

850,000 Jewish refugees were created when the Arabs attacked Israel in 1948, and expelled Jews from their homes in Arab countries.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs

Angry NYC Ultra-Liberal Jews Told to Stuff It

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

A group of "progressive" Jews attacked Mayor de Blasio because he told AIPAC his door was open to them.

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / Egypt

Obama to Make Diplomatic Rescue Visit to Saudi Arabia

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama will fly to Saudi Arabia next month in an effort to repair a deteriorating relationship following his failure to significantly improve ties in his 2011 trip to Riyadh and in the wake of differences over relations with Egypt, Iran and Syria. Obama will visit the Vatican on the same junket, as well […]

Syria / US / News Briefs

Kerry Admits Obama's Syria Policy Is Failing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Kerry’s spokeswoman, Jennifer Psaki, denied that her boss proposes U.S. military involvement.

Terrorism / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / Iraq

Report: Al Qaeda Breaking Ties with a Branch in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda terrorist network reportedly is breaking ties with the Islamic State of Iraq and greater Syria (ISIS) Syria that has been balking at orders from Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri. The terrorist group also is known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). An unconfirmed website message from Al Qaeda […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Media / Obituaries

Scholar and Columnist Professor Barry Rubin Passed Away at 64

By Jewish Press Staff

Barry Rubin's was a rare voices of clarity in the Israeli academia and in Jewish media. He was one of the good guys.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / Religion

Anti-Israel Church Groups Slam Scarlett and SodaStream

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

It's too early for victory speeches; anti-Israel church groups are preparing more divestment measures.

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Hamas / Global / News Briefs / Islamists / Religion

Obama's Brother, 'Best Man,' Dons Hamas Regalia

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Obama's brother is wearing a Hamas keffiya in a photo on the Barack Hussein Obama (Sr) Foundation website

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Rare Look into IDF Simulated Takeover of Hezbollah Post (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

No one wants a third war in Lebanon, but everyone expects it. Next time, the IDF wants no surprises.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Syria / News Briefs / Turkey

Al Qaeda Setting Up Bases in Turkey, Says IDF General

By Jewish Press News Desk

Al Qaeda terrorists already have set up three bases in Turkey after having established a presence in Syria, IDF Intelligence Chief Maj.- Gen. Aviv Kochavi told a national security conference in Tel Aviv. "Syria is projecting its conflict to the whole region. Those blotches (on the map) in Turkey are no mistake by the graphic […]

Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Fatah Official Visits Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

Jibril Rajoub, a senior leader in the Fatah party headed by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas, visited Iran Tuesday, the first time a PA official has traveled to the Islamic Republic in several years. He told Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said that Fatah “will not stop the resistance until the establishment of an […]

Iran / News Briefs / Turkey

Erdogan Says Iran is ‘Turkey’s ‘Second Home’

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is visiting Ayatollah Khamenei of Iran, which he called “our second home. The ayatollah in return “described the current brotherly and friendly relations between the two countries as unparalleled in recent centuries,” Iran’s official Press TV reported. Erdogan apparently has made another about face in his roller coaster policies […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Hamas / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

IDF Says 170,000 Enemy Missiles Pointed at Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

The head of IDF Intelligence said on Wednesday that enemy countries have 170,000 missiles ready to be fired on Israel, a threat that is worse than the Iranian nuclear program. The numbers have been known before the sum total was announced by Intelligence Director Maj. Gen. Aviv Kochavi. It has been reported dozens of times […]

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Deal with Iran Left It 6 Weeks Away from the Bomb

By Jewish Press News Desk

The interim deal between the major world powers and Iran left the Islamic Republic “six weeks from a nuclear weapon,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told a conference of the Institute for National Security Studies in Tel Aviv Tuesday night. He has previously said that the goal of should not just be to stop Iran from […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Egypt

Morsi Trial Adjourns as Deadly Terror Attacks Continue in Egypt

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

As former pres. Morsi briefly appeared in court, terrorism continues unabated in Egypt

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / Iran / News Briefs

Neturei Karta Spy for Iran Sentenced to Four Years in Jail

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Neturei Karta is shooting itself in the head with its anti-Zionist antics, and that might be all for the best.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Treasury’s Cohen to Turkey, UAE to Talk Iran Sanctions

By JTA

Treasury Undersecretary David Cohen, the top Obama administration official monitoring Iran sanctions compliance, will visit Turkey and the United Arab Emirates. The Treasury Department announcement Monday casts this week’s visit in the context of making sure nations still comply with the main sanctions even as a number of sanctions have been removed while talks, known […]

IDF & Security / Syria / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Israel Issues Routine ‘No Comment’ On Bombing of Missiles in Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli spokesman said “no comment” on reports from Lebanon that the Israeli Air Force bombed Syrian missiles destined for Hezbollah. Explosions were reported in the Syrian port city of Latakia, which previously has been targeted and presumably by Israel to prevent “game-changing” weapons from being smuggled into Lebaon for Hezbollah. Several Lebanese new sources as […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu: Agreement with Devious Iran Cannot Succeed

By Jewish Press News Desk

Any permanent agreement with Iran “cannot succeed if its President Hassan Rouhani acts according to its words, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the weekly Cabinet meeting Sunday in his report on conversations at last week’s World Economic Forum at Davos. “Rouhani said that Iran was against international involvement in Syria, but Iran is the country […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Gulf States / UAE / Holocaust

First Time in the Arab World: Events Marking the Holocaust

By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency

Two unusual events relating to Holocaust remembrance recently took place in the Arab world – a first official conference on the Holocaust in Tunisia and the first visit by an Arab diplomat to a Holocaust memorial site, when Bahraini ambassador to France Nasser Al-Balushi visited a memorial near Paris. The Middle East Media Research Institute […]

Israel / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Egypt

Israel Grants Asylum to Two African Infiltrators

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Interior Ministry said Sunday it has granted asylum status to two illegal infiltrators from Eritrea, but thousands of others still are demanding the same status. The United Nations agency for refugees and Israeli leftists have accused Israel of trying to deport the illegal African infiltrators without a fair examination concerning their claims they entered […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Egypt

Al Qaeda-Linked Terrorists Kill Three Egyptian Policemen in Sinai

By Jewish Press News Desk

Terrorists linked with Al Qaeda claimed responsibility for gunning down three Egyptian policemen in the Sinai Peninsula Sunday, attacking the policemen’s bus with rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns. The Egyptian army responded through a message on Facebook, "We assure the Egyptian people of the great determination of its men to fight black terrorism and the […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

J Street, Marginalized in D.C., Leeching into the Hillels

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

J Street brazenly brazenly ignored a firm commitment to Philadelphia's Hillels. There were no consequences.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Jordan

Canadian MP Failed to Win ‘$Million’ Photo-Op with Harper at Kotel

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Canadian Jewish legislator lost out on an attempt for a “million dollar shot” with Prime Minister Stephen Harper during a visit to the Western Wall (Kotel), Canadian media reported. Jewish Conservative Member of Parliament Mark Adler is looking ahead to next year’s election in his district where nearly 20 percent of the residents are […]

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / US / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Islamists

Palestinian Arab Placed on Global Terrorist List by US

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The U.S. announced it placed a Palestinian Islamic Jihad leader on its global terrorist list.

Israel / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Peres: Listen to What Rouhani Did not Say

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres found himself in rare agreement with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu at Davos Thursday in denouncing the speech by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani at the 2014 World Economic Forum. After the Prime Minister warned everyone not be deceived by Rouhani’s smiles, Peres said at a press conference, “The most significant remarks were the […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Netanyahu Says Rouhani Master of Deception

By Jewish Press News Desk

Mohammed "Rouhani is continuing with the Iranian show of deception,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Thursday after the Iranian president’s speech to the 2014 World Economic Forum in Davos. Rouhani said, "The Islamic Republic of Iran is prepared to engage in constructive cooperation for promoting global energy security, drawing on its vast oil and gas […]

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Media

White House Misstated Iran's Position: 'We Won't Dismantle Anything'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Iran's foreign minister is claiming that the White House misrepresented a major issue in the agreement between the P5+1 and Iran.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Opposition Leader Compares Assad Regime with Nazis

By Jewish Press News Desk

Recently published photographs of people allegedly tortured by the regime of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad brought out the Nazi comparisons Wednesday by Syrian opposition leader Ahmed Jarba. Speaking to the Geneva II talks, he said, "The pictures of torture are unprecedented except in the Nazi camps during the Second World War.” The photos were provided […]

Terrorism / Israel / Middle East / Levant / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs

IDF Eliminates Gazan Terrorist Responsible for Recent Attacks

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The IDF successfully targeted the PFLP terrorist who was responsible for rocket attacks during Sharon's funeral as well as other terrorist attacks.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Global / Antisemitism / News Briefs

UNESCO: Postponing 'Jewish Connection to Israel' Exhibit to June

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

You'd never know from UNESCO's "postponement" announcement that the exhibition was called off because of Arab pressure, rather than because the exhibition wasn't ready.

Terrorism / Israel / Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Civil War Spreads along Israel’s Northern Borders as Bombs Kill 12

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Hezbollah is on the course of self-destruction but is bringing Lebanon down with it.

Syria / US / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

United Nations Disinvites Iran from Syria Peace Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran proves once again it cannot be trusted, but is anyone listening?

Israel / Syria / Iran / News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

US Backs Syrian Rebels' Ultimatum to UN to Keep Iran Out of Talks

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United States has backed an ultimatum by Syrian opposition forces to rescind an invitation to Iran to joint the Geneva II peace talks scheduled for Wednesday unless Tehran publicly accepts that the conference will establish a political process to end the rule of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. The peace talks appeared to be over before […]

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

19 Year Old Shot Near Syrian Border

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 19 year old resident of Migdal Shams is in light to medium condition after being shot at near the Syrian border with Israel. The man was taken to Ziv hospital in Tzfat with a bullet wound in his leg. The hospital said the bullet was shot was a long distance. The IDF said it […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Moroccan Police Investigate Death of Jewish Sisters

By JTA

Moroccan police are investigating the death of two Jewish sisters in their home in the central city of Beni Mellal. The sisters, whose names were not made public, were found earlier this week in a state of advanced decomposition and are believed to have died three months ago inside their locked home, the news site […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / News Briefs / Europe

Holland Urges Morocco to Block Anti-Israel Bills

By JTA

Frans Timmermans, anti-israel legislation in morcco, netherlands-israel relations, netherlands-morocco relations

Terrorism / Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Hezbollah

White House Condemns Iran for Honoring Hezbollah Terrorist

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The Obama administration thinks better of Palestinian Authority terrorists than it does of those in Hezbollah.

Terrorism / Egypt

Bloodbath Likely in Egypt on Next Week’s Anniversary of Revolution

By Jewish Press News Desk

An Egyptian government  official called on people to confront the Muslim Brotherhood “for a counter-revolution” and to celebrate on January 25 the anniversary of the revolution that overthrew Hosni Mubarak. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim told an Egyptian television channel Wednesday, “I reiterate my call to the Egyptian people: you have to take to the streets […]

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs

Al Qaeda-Linked Car Bomb Kills 26 in Syrian Rebel Stronghold

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Al Qaeda-linked ISIL terrorist organization attacked a rebel-held city in northern Syria on Wednesday and killed at least 26 people in a car bomb explosion. Fighting between the rebels and ISIL has developed into a second civil war with the broader civil war between Syrian President Bassar al-Assad and opposition forces. ISIL denied claims […]

News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Approves Constitution, but Brotherhood Boycotted Vote

By Jewish Press News Desk

Egyptians gave landslide support for a proposed new constitution after two days of voting, but the Muslim Brotherhood boycotted the balloting, which was accompanied by violence, ballot stuffing and bribes. An official told the Associated Press that 90 percent of the voters cast a “yes” vote, but BuzzFeed reported that it obtained documents that provided […]

Israel / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jordan

Netanyahu Makes Surprise Visit to Jordan for Secret Talks

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Jordan might be the X factor in Kerry’s foolsmanship in the Middle East.

IDF & Security / US / Politics / Government / Iran / News Briefs

RJC: Feinstein's Comments on Israel Outrageous and Baseless

By Jewish Press News Desk

She claims bipartisan Iran sanctions bill allows Israel "to determine when and where U.S. goes to war."

Terrorism / US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs

Dem Whip: WH Aide 'Out of Line' Calling Congress 'Warmongers'

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Democratic congressional leader: White House aide irresponsible for calling sanctions advocates warmongers.

Terrorism / Middle East / Levant / Jewish / Hamas / News Briefs / Islamists

Iron Dome Intercepts 5 Rockets, 1 Hits Israel

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Israel's Iron Dome defense system saved more lives early Thursday morning.

Israel / News Briefs / Turkey / Judaism

Mini-Forest to be Planted in Tel Aviv on Tu B’Shvat

By Jewish Press News Desk

Traditionalists can still plant trees in events throughout the country sponsored by the Jewish National Fund (JNF).

Terrorism / Iran / News Briefs / Lebanon / Hezbollah

Al Qaeda-Linked Terrorist Group Threatens Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

A terrorist group linked with Al Qaeda and whose leader was arrested and later died in Lebanon has threatened  to attack Iran. The Abdullah Azzam Brigades accused Hezbollah of killing its leader Majid al-Majid after Lebanese authorities arrested him and then claimed he died in a hospital from a chronic illness. The Brigades, comprised of […]

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / Turkey

Turkey Arrests of Alleged Terrorists Include Member of IHH

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish police raised a Muslim charity front that is allegedly linked to Al Qaeda and arrested several people, including one who works for the IHH group that kidnapped and brutally assaulted IDF commandos who  stopped their Mavi Mamara ship and other boats from reaching embargoed Gaza. The “Humanitarian Relief Foundation” said police raided their warehouse […]

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs

King of Morocco Asking Local Jews to Pray for Rain

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

When a Muslim king asks the Jews to pray for rain you know that the world is not so out of kilter.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

IDF Shoots at Landmine Thieves

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Monday evening the IDF shot at two suspicious people on the Syrian border. It appears the two were trying to collect and steal landmines placed along the Israel-Syrian border. It is believed they were hit by the IDF fire.

Terrorism / US / Politics / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Interim Agreement to Start Two Months After Announcement

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

While the "Interim Agreement" is set to go into effect on Jan. 2o, the U.S. senate is poised to pass a sanctions bill which would be triggered only if Iran defaults on its commitments.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Iraq

Suicide and Car Bombs Kill More than 30 in Iraq and Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

At least 13 Iraqi soldiers and 18 Syrians, including woman and children, were killed Thursday in another round of the seemingly endless fighting in both countries. Iraq was supposed to be safe from democracy after the American invasion, but it has been neither safe nor democratic since then. Bombings by anti-government and Al Qaeda terrorists […]

Israel / US / Global / Iran / News Briefs

Report: Iran Balks over Centrifuges

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran is holding up progress for implementing the interim deal agreed to by world powers in November because of the issue of centrifuges that can be used to purify uranium to level that would make it suitable to make a nuclear weapon. "This issue (centrifuges) was among the main factors in stopping the previous technical […]

News Briefs / Saudi Arabia / United Nations (UN)

UN Human Rights Stops Updating Syrian Death Toll

By Jewish Press News Desk

The United Nations no longer will report on how many people have been killed in the raging Syrian civil war because it says it no longer has enough sources in the field for reliable information. The last official count by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights was around 100,000, while the […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Antisemitism / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Black State Senator: Academic Boycott of Israel Antisemitic

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

State Senator Anthony Williams introduced a Resolution into the Pennsylvania legislature condemning the ASA boycott of Israel as antisemitic.

Israel / Middle East / Levant / US / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Israel Academic Boycott Group's Tax Status Challenged

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Just as he said he would, and as The Jewish Press reported in December, Cornell Law professor William A. Jacobson has filed a challenge to the American Studies Association's tax exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service. Jacobson filed his challenge on Monday, Jan. 6. The essence of the 36 page challenge is that the […]

Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Wasserman Schultz Turning Her Back on Israel over Iran Sanctions

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

“Pro-Israel” Debbie Wasserman Schultz reportedly has turned her back on Israel and many Florida Jews by blocking the bi-partisan proposal to hit Iran with more sanctions.

Iran / News Briefs

Khamenei: Islam Forbids Male-Female Chat Messages

By Jewish Press News Desk

Islam forbids men and women chatting with each other on social networks, Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said, the Egyptian daily Al Ahram reported. He issued a “Fatwa” religious decree that explained chatting between the sexes is immoral. The Islamic Republic has placed severe restrictions on use of the Internet and social networks, and it tried […]

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Texas Congressman Says Obama Must Apologize to Israel on Iran

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Barack Obama should apologize to Israel for putting “Israel in a position of having to defend both of us” from Iran, Texas Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, told Fox News. Israel strongly opposed the Obama administration’s recent relaxation of sanctions against Tehran, which continues to develop its nuclear […]

Israel / Middle East / Levant / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Dutch Soccer Team Ditches Israeli Player for Abu Dhabi Match

By JTA

A Dutch soccer team is facing criticism for playing in Abu Dhabi after agreeing to the emirate’s demand not to let in the team’s Israeli defender. Two Dutch politicians and several media criticized the soccer team Vitesse from Arnhem over the weekend for agreeing to play in Abu Dhabi despite the refusal Saturday to let […]

News Briefs / Saudi Arabia

Saudi Court Orders Lashes for Man for Posting Insults on Twitter

By Jewish Press News Desk

A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced a man to three months in jail, 800 lashes and slapped him with a $2,666 fine for using Twitter and Facebook to falsely accuse a Kuwaiti singer from the United Arab Emirates of immoral behavior. He also posted photos of the singer. Arab News reported, “Many have welcomed […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Lebanon

Update: Car Bomb Kills Seven in Hezbollah District in Beirut

By Jewish Press News Desk

A car bomb killed at least seven people and wounded 20 others in a Hezbollah stronghold in Beirut Thursday afternoon, the Beirut Daily Star reported. The site of the blast was only 150 feet from the offices where Hezbollah officials hold regular meetings Hezbollah is continuing to get a taste of its medicine as Lebanese […]

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Media / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords

Look How Social Abbas is on Social Media

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

As secretary of state Kerry arrives in Israel to twist the arms of the parties into a "peace" agreement, the Palestinian Arabs make clear their goals and methodology

Turkey

Erdogan Blames Foreigners for Engineering Corruption Probe

By Jewish Press News Desk

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, sounding more and more like Syrian President Bassar al-Assad, has blamed foreigners for supposedly engineering the corruption probe that has rocked his government. He appealed directly to the people with a populist cry to support him against some foreign enemy attacking "the bread on your table, the money in […]

Israel / Egypt

Abbas: Released Palestinian Murderers ‘Hero Prisoners Who’ve Achieved Freedom’

By dvora

“Today is a day of joy to our people, our families and our hero prisoners who’ve achieved freedom,” Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas declared Monday night as he personally greeted 18 terrorists released by Israel.

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