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News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Holocaust

Archbishop of Canterbury to Visit Western Wall and Al Aqsa Mosque

By Jewish Press News Desk

The archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, is scheduled to arrive in Israel Wednesday as part of a five-day trip to the Middle East. The archbishop is making sure to honor all three major religions, with visits planned to the Western Wall, the Al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. […]

Israel / Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Europe / Religion

Anti-Zionist Rabbi Blames Israel for Attack by Muslim

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A car almost hits a rabbi in Amsterdam. He is furious at the driver, a Muslim, who then attacks the man, a rabbi. Who is at fault? Israel. Why? Well, the rabbi, a former Israeli, is an anti-Zionist.

US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jordan / Settlements

EU Backs Off Condemning Settlements before Kerry Visits Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has succeeded in convincing the European Union to back off from passing another critical resolution of a Jewish presence in Judea and Samaria, an indication that the international community is losing its patience with the Palestinian Authority. The Foreign Ministers were expected to adopt a critical resolution on Israeli settlement policy […]

Israel / Syria / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Kerry Heads to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait before Visiting Israel

By Jewish Press News Desk

Globe-trotting U.S. Secretary of State John Kelly has left India for Saudi Arabia and Kuwait before flying to Jordan and Israel later this week to tackle the issue of Palestinian Authority demands. The Saudi kingdom is a powerful ally of the United States and is solidly behind the rebels in the Syrian civil war. Kerry […]

News Briefs / Jerusalem / Archaeology

Section of 1,800-Year-Old Road Discovered in Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

Greetings from the Roman Empire! Thanks to the need to install a new drainage pipe, archaeologists have dug up for the first time a well-preserved section of an ancient road in the capital.

IDF & Security / News Briefs / Anti-Israel NGOs

IDF Captain Breaks the Silence on Smear Campaign (Video)

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

Raz explained that he had had "enough with the nonsense that this organization [Breaking the Silence] represents."

Jewish / Global / News Briefs

The Jewish Beauty Queens of India

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Despite their small number, Jewish women are among the most beautiful in India.

News Briefs / Egypt

Egypt Running Out of Fuel – Army Threatens to Intervene

By Missing Peace

Egypt has enough diesel fuel to last eight days, butane enough for ten days and petrol enough for 14 days and no-one has proposed a way to find the more than $20 billion a year that Egypt requires to stay afloat.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Retaliatory Attack in Beit Hanina

By Jewish Press News Desk

Following an Arab stone throwing attack in Jerusalem, someone took retaliatory action against the nearby Arab neighborhood.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Terror on the Roads: Arabs Shoot at Bus

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Early Tuesday morning, Arabs shot at an Afikim bus number 101, that was driving to the Tapuach junction in the Shomron. There were no passengers in the bus at the time. The driver was not injured. The army temporarily locked down Hawarwa, near Shechem, where the shooting occurred, while the IDF searched for the shooter. […]

US / Politics / News Briefs / Settlements

IRS: We Targeted Supporters of Israel's Disputed Territories

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

On Monday the IRS provided the 'smoking gun' pointed at its own head, in reports and information showing that the government agency made decisions based upon the views of pro-Israel groups which disagreed with the administration about the 'Disputed Territories.'

Israel / News Briefs

Israeli Doctors Allegedly Involved in Organ Trafficking Ring

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

An international organ trafficking ring that allegedly sold kidneys to patients in Israel and Eastern Europe was broken up by Costa Rica police and Interpol. The ring is accused of having worked with Israeli doctors who have not yet been named, according to Haaretz, but Israel’s Health Ministry denied any knowledge of the organ trafficking […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Religion

Fast of 17th of Tammuz On Tuesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday, Jews commemorate the 17th of Tammuz. The day is a fast day in which we recall the breaching of the walls of Jerusalem before the Second Temple's destruction. In addition, in Yirmiyahu (Jeremiah) 39:2 and 52:6-7 it says that the walls of the First Temple were breached, though the Talmud Yerushalmi 23A says […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Religion

Pope Condemns Anti-Semitism at Vatican Summit with Jewish Leaders

By JTA

Pope Francis condemned anti-Semitism during a meeting on Monday with representatives of the international Jewish community at the Vatican. “Because of our commons roots, a true Christian cannot be anti-Semitic,” Francis told a delegation of the International Jewish Committee on Interreligious Consultations. He added that the Catholic Church “firmly condemns hatred, persecution and all manifestations […]

Terrorism / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

IDF Leaves Jews Open to Rock Terror 'Only Once a Day'

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

In the Negev, it’s rockets. In Judea and Samaria, it’s rocks. The IDF brags about stopping the attacks – again, and again. But why does it let them happen in the first place? Want a promotion? Shut up.

NY / Politics / Local

Sal Albanese Went Vote Collecting in Borough Park (Video)

By Jacob Kornbluh

“I’m gonna' do it. I am going to campaign in Borough Park aggressively" he said.

Travel / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Jerusalem

Chinese Crew Begins Blockbuster Filming in Old City (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Watch a Chinese film crew capturing the magic of Jerusalem's Old City as a backdrop for a full-length romantic comedy. It’s also going to give Israel a big boost in tourism.

Israel / Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Israel’s Keystone Cops Catch the Arab – after a Car Crash

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli police once again have managed to get involved in a traffic accident while chasing after a fleeing Arab. This time around, it ended up a lot better than earlier this year, when police in the south chased after an Arab vehicle that had fled a checkpoint. As the police chased, the speeding Arab vehicle […]

Haredim & Hassidim / News Briefs / Europe

Antwerp School Must Enroll children of Anti-Zionist Firebrand

By JTA

A Belgian court has ordered a school in Antwerp to enroll the children of Moshe Aryeh Friedman, an Orthodox Jew ostracized for his anti-Zionist views. The Antwerp court of appeals ruled last week that the Yesode Hatora School had no grounds to refuse to enroll six of the eight children of Friedman, a New York-born […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Jewish Scientists: Block Memory of Alcohol Use and Cure the Habit?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Research teams headed by a Hebrew University graduate and Tel Aviv University researchers have suggested that an experiment on rats showed that blocking their memory of alcohol use helped them break the habit. Memories of addiction often cause drinkers to return to their habit when they are aroused by the smell of alcohol, creating pattern […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

U of Chicago Teams up with Ben Gurion for Clean Water

By Jewish Press News Desk

The University of Chicago and Ben-Gurion University of the Negev will begin funding research collaborations that apply the latest discoveries in nano-technology to create new materials and processes for making clean, fresh drinking water more plentiful and less expensive by 2020. The joint projects will explore innovative solutions at the water-energy nexus, developing more efficient […]

News Briefs / Europe / Holocaust

New Kiev Memorial Complex to be Built at Babi Yar Massacre Site

By Jewish Press Staff

One of the worst Nazi massacres to be carried out in only two days occurred in Bari Yar in the Ukraine. Plans have been unveiled for a memorial and a living memory – a synagogue and Jewish center.

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Antwerp Police Laughed at Brutal Anti-Semitic Attack

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The question is whether to charge the attackers of the Antwerp police. Anti-Semites attacked a woman and break her nose. As an ambulance took her to the hospital, police laughed with the attackers.

News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Apparent Price Tag Attack in Jerusalem Is Fourth in a Month

By JTA

Unidentified vandals slashed the tires of 21 cars and scrawled graffiti in the eastern Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina in an apparent price tag attack early Monday morning. They drew a Star of David and wrote, “We do not remain silent in the face of stone throwing,” but the phrase “price tag” did not appear […]

News Briefs

In Response to Rocket Fire, IAF Targets Terror Sites

By IDF Spokesperson's Office

In response to numerous rockets fired at Israel late Sunday (June 23) night, Israel Air Force aircraft targeted sites of terrorist infrastructure including two weapon storage facilities in the central Gaza Strip and a rocket launch site in the southern Gaza Strip. IAF pilots reported accurate strikes on the targets. Earlier Sunday night, two rockets […]

Israel / News Briefs

South Tel Aviv Residents Protest, to Taunts by African Infiltrators and Leftists Enablers

By Jewish Press News Desk

African infiltrators and their left-wing enablers taunted South Tel Aviv residents who protested against the crime wave and lack of police protection in their neighborhoods.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs

Gaza Rockets Hit Israel, Lies of Gaza Supporters Spread Worldwide

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

There were no casualties from the six rockets fired from Gaza into Israel overnight Sunday, but the harm from the Arab Palestinian supporters for whom lies are truth is more far-ranging and more damaging.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Druze in Israel Ask to Bring 20 Families from Syria

By JTA

Druze leaders living on the Israeli Golan Heights asked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to allow Druze from 20 families in Syria to enter Israel. The Druze living in Syria had left the Golan as students, many marrying and starting families, but the request could expand to include family members of the Golan Druze stuck in […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Jewish Agency Officials Meet in Ukraine for First Time

By Jewish Press News Desk

Hundreds of Jewish and Zionist leaders from across the globe are meeting at the Board of Governors of the Jewish Agency in Kiev, Ukraine, the first time they have met outside of Israel. Chairman of the Executive of the Jewish Agency, Natan Sharansky said at the opening plenary Sunday that since the fall of the […]

Terrorism / US / Global / News Briefs / Islamists

Taliban Terrorists Kill American Tourist,10 Others in Pakistan

By Jewish Press News Desk

A dozen or more Taliban terrorists in Pakistan, disguised in police uniforms, killed 10 tourists, including an American and one Pakistani citizen in a shooting attack in a relatively peaceful mountain area. The American may have been have been a Chinese American. A local Taliban spokesman said the attack was in revenge for a May […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Prof. Yaakov Frankel to Return as Head of Bank of Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The money markets can relax. There is economic growth after Stanley Fischer, who has decided that Israel is not his home. Prof. Yaakov Frenkel, who once headed the Bank of Israel, is returning.

Jewish / Politics / Global / News Briefs

Reform-Conservative Rabbi to Lead Argentinean Center-Right Party

By JTA

Buenos Aires city Mayor Mauricio Macri tapped Bergman to lead the party list.

IDF & Security / Government / News Briefs

David’s Sling Interceptor Revealed in Paris Show (Video)

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It can down medium-range missiles which are outside the capability of the Iron Dome system.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah

Anti-Hezbollah Force Kills 4 Lebanese Soldiers in Coastal City

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Syrian civil war continued to spill over inside Lebanon Sunday when Hezbollah forces killed at least four Lebanese soldiers and two others after an attack on a military checkpoint near Sidon by Salafist anti-Hezbollah forces loyal to Sheikh Ahmed Assir. Assir’s fighters used RPGs and set on fire at least one armored personnel carrier, […]

Government / News Briefs / The Knesset / Religious & Secular in Israel

Cabinet Okays Extending Daylight Savings Time

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Cabinet on Sunday approved a measure to extend Daylight Savings Time until the end of October. It also approved exporting 40 percent of natural gas, and the two decisions prompted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu to remark, “Now we have a land flowing with milk and honey, gas and sunlight.” The latest change concerning when […]

Iran / News Briefs / Religion / Sports

Rohani’s Acid Test: Can Women Enter Soccer Stadium?

By Jewish Press News Desk

Women in Iran are pinning their hopes on Hassan Rohani to pass what would be a sweeping reform in the Islamic Republic – allowing them to enter a soccer stadium. The issue is not minor in a country where an Iranian sports journalist told Turkey’s Hurriyet News, “In terms of freedom of expression, football stadiums […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Europe / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion / Aliyah / Geulah / Russia

Ex-Mossad Chief Backs Move to ID Soviet Jews

By Jewish Press News Desk

Ephraim HaLevy, former chief of the Mossad, has committed himself to a program which will help certify the Jewish identities of thousands of immigrants, primarily from the former Soviet Union, who need certifications that they are Jewish in order to marry under official Israeli law. The announcement came at the annual meeting of the Shorashim […]

Israel / US / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Abbas Surrenders to Reality, Accepts Prime Minister’s Resignation

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Abbas never surrenders to Israel but shows he knows the meaning of the word. Just before Kerry flies into town, Abbas finally accepts the resignation of his three-week prime minister.

News & Views

Sudanese Stabs 6 in Tel Aviv

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Sudanese national stabbed 6 people in a southern neighborhood of Tel Aviv Sunday morning, Reshet Bet reported. Three of the victims are Israeli and three are foreign nationals, according to Walla. The stabbing took place at the end of an argument between two foreign nationals.

Government / News Briefs / Religious & Secular in Israel

Chief Rabbi Metzger Suspends Self

By Jewish Press News Desk

Israeli Ashkenazi Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger today told the Justice Minister and the Minister of Religious Affairs that due to his ongoing investigation by police he decided to suspend himself as an active judge on the Rabbinical Court. Rabbi Metzger's attorneys David Libai and Elad Rath announced that, until the end of the investigation, he […]

News Briefs / Business and Economy

Teva to Sell Generic Viagra in UK, and Move Patent Filing to Switzerland

By Jewish Press News Desk

Teva, the world leader in generic medication will be soon be launching a generic version of Pfizer's Viagra in the UK and Europe. Pfizer's Viagra patents expired this past week in the UK and parts of Europe, allowing other manufacturers to move in. In the US, a court ruling has prevented Teva from introducing generic […]

News Briefs / Media / Israeli Arabs / Local

Millions Watch Eretz Israel Contender for Arab Idol (Video)

By Jewish Press Staff

All of Eretz Israel is excited about the chance to win the coveted prize.

News Briefs / Business and Economy

EMC in Talks to Buy Israeli ScaleIO for Quarter Billion Dollars

By Jewish Press News Desk

EMC, or its subsidiary VMWare are in talks to acquire the Israeli company ScaleIO for between $200 and $250 million, according to a report in Globes . ScaleIO was founded in 2010, and has 20 employees split between Israel and Palo Alto, with sales of less than $1 million.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

IAF Class Graduates, Including Fighter Pilot who had Tourette's

By Jewish Press News Desk

A statistical breakdown of the latest class of IAF graduates, including one who suffered from Tourette's Syndrome as a child.

Terrorism / US / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Egypt

Egypt: 400 US Soldiers in Sinai Not Armed

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S. troops that are to be deployed in the Sinai are a mere "formality," says Egyptian Army Spokesman Ahmed Ali said on Saturday, according to Al Ahram. "The 400 U.S. soldiers coming to Egypt as mentioned in the media are part of the periodical renewal routine for the U.S. faction of the 13-state multinational […]

Terrorism / News Briefs / Israeli Arabs

Police Investigating Attempted Jewish Lynch Victims

By Jewish Press News Desk

Not only were they nearly lynched by an Arab mob, the police are reportedly going after them too.

Israel / Syria / News Briefs

Syrian Girl (13) Treated in Nahariya Hospital

By Jewish Press News Desk

An IDF medical team sent a 13 year old Syrian girl to the Western Galilee Hospital in Nahariya (northern Israel) for treatment. She suffered serious facial and body injuries, according to a report in Walla. The girl had an fracture in her leg that required surgery, as well as shrapnel damage to her face that […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Turkey

Jewish Conspiracy Behind Turkey's Crisis Theory Gains Momentum

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The scholars at the American Enterprise Institute responded to the age-old effort to blame the Jews mostly with humor, but also with a suggestion for Erdogan. If he wants to see who is responsible for Turkey's situation, he should hold up a mirror.

Israel / News Briefs / Obituaries

Rabbi Uzi Meshulam (60)

By Shalom Bear

Rabbi Uzi Meshulam (60) died on Friday afternoon. Meshulam was an activist who claimed that thousands of Yemenite babies were taken away from their families by the Israeli government when they were brought to Israel between 1948 and 1954 . Meshulam's activism escalated until it resulted in a standoff between Israeli police and Meshulam's followers […]

IDF & Security / US / Government / News Briefs

U.S. Cuts Israel's Military Aid by 5%

By Jewish Press News Desk

The U.S. cut $175 million from the $3.1 billion dollars of Foreign Military Financing (FMF) it supplies Israel, as part of across the board cuts in international military aid, according to a report in Ma'ariv. Ambassador Michael Oren said Israel would not be asking for an exemption from the cuts, and that Israel would carry […]

Terrorism / IDF & Security / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Terror On the Roads: 4 Firebombs Thrown at Gush Etzion Checkpoint

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Overnight, terrorists threw four firebombs at the Gush Etzion checkpoint near the tunnel entrance to Jerusalem. There were no injuries or damage from the attacks.

Jewish / News Briefs / Jerusalem

Updated: Kotel Security Guard Shot and Killed a Homeless Jewish Man

By Jewish Press News Desk

A Kotel security guard shot and killed a homeless man he apparently thought was a terrorist.

Politics / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

PA Prime Minister's Twitter Account Says it All

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

e two tweets on the PA Prime Minister's Twitter account: the first announcing his appointment, the second, 16 days later, announcing his resignation.

News Briefs / Holocaust

Survivor of North Korean Jail Warns of ‘Holocaust-Era Inaction’

By JTA

One reason six million Jews were butchered, starved and gassed was the sound of silence of media and governments who knew the truth. A North Korean prison survivor fears history is repeating itself.

Haredim & Hassidim / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs

Update: Chief Rabbi Yona Metzger under House Arrest

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Metzger is in big trouble. he is under house arrest for five days. He denies any wrongdoing but faces possible charges for bribery, breach of public trust and money laundering.

IDF & Security / News Briefs

Israel Rejects Report of ‘Recycled’ IDF Abuse of Arab Children

By JTA

Israel said a United Nations committee that accused its military of mistreating Palestinian children used recycled information from another U.N. agency’s report. The Foreign Ministry said it had responded to a similar report by UNICEF in March and questioned whether the Committee on the Rights of the Child investigation broke any new ground. The United […]

Government / News Briefs

Moses Took the Right Turn after all, Says Netanyahu

By Jewish Press News Desk

“It turns out that Moses wasn’t such a bad navigator after all, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told the Israeli Presidential Conference birthday party for President Shimon Peres Thursday evening. Negating the old joke that Moses could have turned towards Saudi Arabia and lead the People of Israel from Egypt to a land of oil instead […]

Israel / News Briefs

Peres $450,000 Birthday Bash Ends without a Birthday

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Barbra Streisand, Bill Clinton and a host of other foreign dignitaries and big-wigs have come and gone for Israeli President Shimon Peres’ 90th birthday, whose big bash cost the taxpayers more than $450,000. Most interesting, Peres was born on August 2, 1923. His 90th birthday according to the  Gregorian calendar is six weeks away. On […]

News Briefs / Religion / Holocaust

Honored ‘Italian Schindler’ Exposed as Nazi Collaborator

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

How could a Italian Nazi collaborator be termed a “Righteous Gentile?” Perhaps it was Italian guilt, Catholic guilt, and family guilt. The tale of Giovanni Palatucci saving Jews may be a gross fraud.

Jewish / US / News Briefs / Religion

Black-Hat Black Rapper Ties the Knot in Double Wedding

By JTA

A former black hip-hop rapper has completed, along with his wife, the conversion as Orthodox Jews and married - along with another black couple who converted- under the chupah in Seattle. The ceremony took place in March but has not been widely reported until now. “D-Black” used to rap about the violence, gang activity and […]

Israel / Jewish / US / Politics / News Briefs

GOP Jews Leave Meeting with Rand Paul with ‘Pleasant Surprises’

By JTA

U.S. Sen. Rand Paul held a conciliatory meeting with the Republican Jewish Coalition in his latest bid to forge ties with the pro-Israel community and left the GOP Jews with some "pleasant surprises,” Matthew Brooks, the Republican Jewish Coalition’s director, told the Washington Post. “While there may be areas of disagreement, he is very, very different […]

US / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Wants Harvard Prof. Helpman as New Head of Bank

By Jewish Press News Desk

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu is trying to recruit Harvard Prof. Elkhanan Helpman, who previously moved to Israel form the Soviet Union, to replace Stanley Fischer as head of the Bank of Israel. Helpman also was the Prime Minister's first choice to head the Bank seven years ago, but after Helpman’s refusal, Fischer was imported from […]

Syria / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Saudi Arabia to Deport Lebanese Who Back Hezbollah

By Jewish Press News Desk

Saudi Arabia’s ambassador to Lebanon said the kingdom plans to deport Lebanese citizens who back the Hezbollah terrorist organization, the latest sign of Saudi concern over Hezbollah’s direct military offensive with the army of Syrian President Bassar al-Assad. Saudi Arabia air ruled by Sunni Muslims, and most of the Sunnis in Syria are part  of […]

Iran / News Briefs

Iran Says It Will Build New Nuclear Reactor

By Jewish Press News Desk

Iran’s state-controlled media announced it will build a new nu clear “research center” for the production of medical isotopes. The new reactor is to be built approximately 420 miles south of Tehran and  will supplement Iran’s Bushehr reactor.

Middle East / Levant / Government / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

Leading Middle East Journalist: New PA PM Has Resigned

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Khaled abu Toameh, who for years has been the leading journalist reporting accurately on the Palestinian Authority, its many divisions and opponents, as well as the situation in general in Israel and the wider Middle East posted on his Facebook page the bombshell that the brand new Prime Minister of the Palestinian Authority, Rami Hamdallah, […]

Jewish / News Briefs / Sports

B’nai B’rith to Honor Baseball’s Bud Selig

By JTA

Bud Selig, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, will be honored B’nai B’rith International ,which will award him its Distinguished Humanitarian Award on June 27 in New York City for his efforts in youth education and training, diversity and environmental advocacy. Among those scheduled to speak at the dinner honoring Selig are Sharon Robinson, the […]

Antisemitism / News Briefs / Germany

Memorial to Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Vandalized

By Jewish Press Staff

The same day Michelle Obama visited a Holocaust memorial in Berlin, vandals in Poland remembered the Holocaust and Warsaw Ghetto Uprising by defacing a memorial.

Middle East / Levant / Jewish / News Briefs / The Knesset

MK to Arab League: Don’t Forget Jews on World Refugee Day

By Jewish Press News Desk

Yisrael Beitenu  Knesset Member Shimon Ohayon, on United Nations World Refugee Day, called on the Arab League to accept responsibility for the exodus of Jews from the group’s countries before and after the re-establishment of the State of Israel . “The Jews of Arab countries, starting in 1947, were used as weapons by the Arab […]

Terrorism / US / Iran / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority

‘Rohani the Moderate’ Helped Plan 1994 Bombing of Buenos Aires

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Every normal person knows Rohani is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. For the abnormal, (Read: Western diplomats) guess what? He helped plan to kill Jews in Buenos Aires and backed hiding Iran’s nuke program.

News Briefs / Science and Tech / Egypt

Egyptian Girl Dies in 'Female Circumcision' Operation

By Jewish Press News Desk

A 13-year-old girl died while being circumcised by a doctor in a small village northeast of Cairo, according to the website Al Masry Al Youm. Suhair al-Bata'a, who went by the nickname Soo-Soo, died of a "sharp drop in blood pressure resulting from shock trauma," was the statement given by officials following the child's autopsy. […]

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Local

Haredi Activist Demands 'Ten Rights to Be my Mayor'

By Jacob Kornbluh

They can be done by the office of the mayor and the mayor can choose to make these as a priority, and see it through.

Terrorism / Syria / News Briefs / Islamists / Hezbollah / United Nations (UN)

Syrian Rebels: Hezbollah Using Chemical Weapons

By Jewish Press News Desk

Syrian rebels for the first time have accused Hezbollah of using chemical weapons in battles with the Syrian opposition forces. According to the Rebel sources, the forces of Syrian President Assad and Hezbollah used poison gas during the Thursday morning shelling of Zamlika, near Damascus. The head of the UN team examining reports on the […]

News Briefs / Obituaries

'Sopranos' Star Gandolfini Dead at 51

By Jewish Press News Desk

Anerican actor James Gandolfini, whose depiction of Tony Soprano in HBO's "The Sopranos,' about a troubled mobster trying to balance his family life and his life of crime, died on Wednesday while vacationing in Rome. The presumed, but not yet confirmed, cause of death is a heart attack. Gandolfini won three times both the Prime […]

Terrorism / US / Global / News Briefs / Islamists

Taliban Pulls a Fast One in Doha, Claiming Rebirth of Califate, Humiliating Karzai

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The first official effort of the US to begin peace talks with the Taliban ended in disaster when the Taliban proclaimed itself a sovereign nation, enraging Karzai, who then called off bilateral security talks with the US.

Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Netanyahu Limits Gas Exports to 40 Percent

By Jewish Press News Desk

Offshore gas fields should be allowed to export no more than 40 percent of the natural gas they produce, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday. The Cabinet is expected to approve the recommendation at Sunday’s weekly session. The limit is more restrictive than the 53 percent that was suggested by a committee set up to […]

News Briefs / United Nations (UN)

Islamic Militants Bomb UN Compound in Somalia

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The UN only recently expanded its presence in Mogadishu, believing the terrorist organization al Shabab had been routed by African Union peacekeepers.

Israel / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Europe

Pet Shop Boys Singer Rejects BDS Propaganda

By JTA

Pet Shop Boys singer Neil Tennant defended his band’s decision to play in Israel amid pressure from the Boycott Israel movement to cancel the June 23 concert. A statement by Tennant was posted on the British duo’s official website following the release of a poster showing them wearing sunglasses stamped with the captions “1 child […]

US / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Israeli Arabs

Israel Will Be ‘First Totally Digital Country,’ Says Cisco CEO

By Jewish Press Staff

Cisco’s CEO touts Arab-Jewish teamwork, meet with Peres, announces an innovation venture with   Bezeq communications system, and predicts Israel will be the world’s first totally digital country. Cisco CEO John Chambers, speaking about his company’s involvement in Israel Electric Corporation's fiber optic venture, predicted on Wednesday, "Israel is about to become the first fully digital […]

Police and Crime / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Jerusalem / Religion

Police Detain Four Jews for ‘Bowing in Prayer at Temple Mount

By JTA

Four Israeli Jewish teenagers were detained by police Wednesday for bowing down at the Temple Mount, an act that seen as a prayer and which is prohibited by the Muslim Waqf, the Muslim religious administration that is authorized by Israel to manage the holy site. A rabbi also visiting the site told Israel National News […]

Terrorism / Israel / US / Antisemitism / News Briefs

KKK Member Tried to Sell X-Ray Weapon to Kill ‘Israel’s Enemies’

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

A GE mechanic who also loves the KKK comes up with an X-ray WMD device. What better market for the gadget than Jews, who can use it to annihilate Israel’s foes. But the Jews snitched on him to the FBI.

US / News Briefs / Holocaust

Michelle Obama and Daughters Visit Berlin Holocaust Memorial

By JTA

First lady Michelle Obama and daughters Malia and Sasha visited the Holocaust memorial in Berlin amid tight security Wednesday morning under tight security. They spent about a half-hour walking through the sea of 2,711 slabs that comprise the memorial, according to Uwe Neumaerker, its director. They were guarded by helicopters hovering over the area, which […]

Israel / Jewish / US / News Briefs / Business and Economy

Israeli Food Exports to US Reaches a Record $224 Million in 2012

By Jewish Press News Desk

Exports of Israeli Foods and Beverages to the United States reached a record $224 million in 2012, reported Kosher Today, which attributed the statistics to the Israel Export and International Cooperation Institute. While it spelled a 3% increase over 2011, it represented nearly 50% growth since 2008 when exports were valued at only $144 million. […]

Jewish / NY / Politics / News Briefs / Religion

Christine Quinn Attends Kabbalat Shabbat Service

By Jacob Kornbluh

According to the WSJ’s Michael Howard Saul, Ms. Quinn sat in the women’s section.

Iran

Iran’s President-Elect Hassan Rohani: More Of The Same Or A Bridge To The West?

By Ron Kampeas

WASHINGTON – Former national security adviser, former nuclear negotiator, a decades-old friendship with the supreme leader – Hassan Rohani is as Iranian establishment as it gets.

News & Views

Poland’s Jewish Renaissance Moves Forward With Popular New Museum

By Jacob Kamaras

June 28 will mark the start of the 23rd annual Jewish Culture Festival in Krakow, Poland, whose closing event is a concert that routinely draws 20,000-25,000 people and exemplifies the re-emerging broad appeal of Jewish culture in a country that was home to three million Jews who died in the Holocaust.

Israel

Bibi Facing Criticism From Friend And Foe Alike

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is reportedly losing his ability to govern, as fellow Likud government officials and the political opposition looking to topple the governing coalition are deliberately issuing public statements in order to undermine the prime minister’s various agendas.

Terrorism / Israel / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Terrorist Receives Doctorate from Hebrew University

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

When Hidmi was released from prison after serving three years for his terror activities, he requested to complete his doctorate at Hebrew University.

News Briefs

American Quaker Group Sponsors BDS Summer Camp

By Jewish Press News Desk

One of America's largest Quaker groups recently announced that it would be sponsoring a mini-summer camp about the ways in which Israel can be boycotted. The American Friends Service Committee "We Divest Campaign Student Leadership Summer Training Institute” plans on having a five day intensive BDS program for US college students already running or planning […]

News Briefs

Peres Awards Presidential Medal to Clinton

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Shimon Peres awarded former U.S. President Bill Clinton the President's medal, Israel's highest civilian award in Israel, given to those who have made rare and outstanding contributions to Israel or to Humanity. In his speech at the Presidential Conference in Jerusalem, Peres said that the unwavering commitment of Clinton and his support for the […]

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Settlements

Israeli Civilian Captures Terrorist

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

An Israeli civilian, after being attacked by Arab stone throwers on Tuesday near the Peduel-Eli traffic circle, decided to take action. The man chased down and captured one of the stone thrower. The terrorist was then turned over to Israeli security forces.

Terrorism / IDF & Security / News Briefs

Three Terrorists Who Murdered Ben-Yosef Livnat Captured

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Shabak (Israeli General Security Services) has removed the gag order on the capture of three of the terrorists who were involved in the murder of Ben-Yosef Livnat at Joseph's Tomb in Shechem in 2011. That attack also wounded five additional Israelis. Two other terrorists involved in the attack have not yet been captured, according […]

News Briefs

Ed Koch Tombstone off by 20 Years

By JTA

A tombstone engraver made Ed Koch nearly two decades younger after carving the wrong birth year into the New York City mayor’s granite slab. Tommy Flynn of Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers Inc. transposed two numbers in Koch’s birth year, making him born in 1942 rather than 1924, The New York Times reported Tuesday. […]

News Briefs

Nadler Defends Victims of Rape, Reproductive Rights

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday, Congressman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice, defended the victims of rape and the reproductive rights of all women by speaking out against a Republican bill, H.R. 1797, which would ban abortion under certain circumstances.  Newly drafted language contained in the bill would […]

News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Settlements

Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Refuses IDF Protection

By Jewish Press News Desk

Palestinian Authority’s New Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah has refused Israeli protection and insists he will travel as he pleases in “Area C,” which supposedly is under full Israeli control. Hamdallah, who is replacing Salam Fayyad, created diplomatic crisis by his refusal to allow Israeli protection, according to the Gulf News website. “We do not know […]

Terrorism / Jewish / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / Islamists / Religion / Settlements

Yes, Virginia, There are Good Muslims

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

There are Muslims who don’t see Jews as pigs and Israel as a cancer. In this case, they are non-Arabs living in Canada. One speaker at an event honoring Jews said the PA issue was instigated by communists.

News Briefs / The Knesset / Science and Tech

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

By Jewish Press News Desk

MK Yaakov Litzman (UTJ) responded strongly to Health Minister Yael German's (Yesh Atid) proposed legislation that would permit the state to automatically harvest organs from all dead Israeli without their explicit consent, unless the citizen previously signed a organ donor refusal card. Litzman said, according to an Arutz-7 report, "This disgusting proposal has no place […]

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

Rocket Siren Wakes Ashkelon

By Jewish Press News Desk

The Gazan gave Israeli citizens an early wake-up call at 5:30 this morning, when they launched 3 rockets at the coastal city. Two of the rockets landed in an open area, and the third near the Ashkelon Beach area. The last rocket attack against Ashkelon was at the end of April. No injuries or damage […]

News Briefs / Islamists

Last Shul in Java Demolished; Tough Lesson in Islamic Democracy (UPDATED)

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The increase in local political autonomy in Indonesia has led to an increase in religious intolerance - conservative Islamic practice is a popular local issue, and the politicians respond accordingly.

News Briefs

NY Senate Passes Bill Making Mitchell-Lama Housing More Accessible

By Jewish Press News Desk

On Tuesday, Senator Daniel Squadron announced that the NY State Senate passed his legislation to make the Mitchell-Lama Housing Program more accessible to middle class families. The Assembly passed the legislation earlier this month; it will now be sent to the Governor. Current law stipulates that families with two or more dependents -- whose joint annual net income exceeds […]

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