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UPDATE: EU Approves Oil Embargo on Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Total ban on oil imports to begin July 1, 2012.

News Briefs

Report: Hamas Chief Plans Gaza Visit, May Run for PLO President

By Jewish Press Staff

Khaled Mashaal recently announced that he would not seek reelection as politburo chief.

Middle East / Levant

Arab League to Assad: Step Down

By Sam Ser

If Bashar Assad does not accept the national unity government proposal, the Arab League will ask the United Nations to step in and end the crisis.

News Briefs

Israel Arrests Hamas Officials Found Hiding in Red Cross Building

By Jewish Press Staff

The men had been in staying in the compound for over a year.

News Briefs

President Peres Condemns Jerusalem Mufti's Incitement

By Jewish Press Staff

Shimon Peres called on Justice Minister Yaakov Ne'eman to prosecute Sheikh Muhammed Hussein.

News Briefs

$225 Million Raised By Israel Bonds in One Night

By Jewish Press Staff

Israel Bonds raised $1.1 billion in all of 2011.

News Briefs

Interior Minister Eli Yishai: Jewish People Survived Because of Torah

By Jewish Press Staff

Shas MK: Torah protected Jews before there was a state, the IDF, and Shin Bet.

News Briefs

Migron Outpost Community Residents Reject Netanyahu Compromise

By Jewish Press Staff

Migron is largest outpost community in Judea and Samaria.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan Sends Back Israeli New Year's Letter in Protest

By Malkah Fleisher

The Jordanian Foreign Ministry has rejected the New Year’s wishes of Knesset Speaker Reuven Rivlin, sending the letter back because it called Jerusalem the capital of the State of Israel.

News Briefs

Report: Bedouin Take 70 Hostages at Sinai Resort

By Jewish Press Staff

Incident comes amid growing lawlessness and discontent among Sinai Bedouin

Eye on "Palestine"

Qalqilya Girl Freed From Bathroom Prison

By Sam Ser

Man locked daughter in bathroom for nine years because she wanted to go to school. "She hasn't seen sunlight since," he told police.

News Briefs

EU Reportedly Agrees to Iran Oil Embargo

By Jewish Press Staff

According to sources, the ban would halt all oil imports by July 1, 2012.

News Briefs

Assad Rejects Arab League Call to Resign

By Jewish Press Staff

Arab League has decided to extend its observer mission.

Israel

PM, IDF Chief Clash Over Next Air Force Commander

By Sam Ser

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and IDF Chief of General Staff Lt.-Gen. Benny Gantz are reported to be locked in a disagreement over the appointment of the next air force commander, with some suggesting a possible strike on Iranian nuclear facilities as the source of the divide.

News Briefs

Israeli Company Develops New Riot Control Vehicle

By Jewish Press Staff

The vehicle can operate while under attack from molotov cocktails.

News Briefs

Report: Israel to provide 12-Hour Window Before Attacking Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

The Sunday Times also reported that the US postponed the joint US-Israel military drill

Israel / Knesset Corner

Million Shekel Challenge or Legislation to Save Migron?

By Jeremy Saltan

Migron's residents are not waiting for politicians to change their fate and are offering a one million shekel reward to anyone who can provide legal proof that Migron is owned by its residents and is not private Arab land.

News Briefs

China Reproaches Iran on Nuclear Program

By Jewish Press Staff

Statements come as Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao wraps up trip to Gulf region.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu Urges Migron Residents to Evacuate 'with Consent'

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu supports MK Benny Begin's proposal for evacuating Migron.

News Briefs

Israeli Application Wins Best App of the Year

By Jewish Press Staff

Any.DO was downloaded over 500,000 times in its first month.

News Briefs

Campus Watchdogs: 10% of Israeli Academics Anti-Zionist

By Jewish Press Staff

Campus watchdog organizations Im Tirtzu, IsraCampus, and Israel Academia Monitor performed the survey.

News Briefs

Return to Sender: Knesset Speaker Rivlin's New Years Greeting 'Biased,' 'Political'

By Jewish Press Staff

Jordan's Speaker of Parliament blasts Rivlin's New Years greeting as racist.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu Condemns Jerusalem Mufti's Anti-Semitic Speech

By Jewish Press Staff

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein in response: "I can't change the Hadith."

News Briefs

Yair Lapid Blasts Kadima, Labor

By Jewish Press Staff

Former media personality dispels any notion that he would join Kadima, Labor

News Briefs

MKs Zoabi, Sarsour, Ghnaim Met with Hamas

By Jewish Press Staff

Arab MKs Hanin Zoabi, Ibrahim Sarsour, and Masud Ghnaim all photographed meeting with Dr. Aziz Dwaik.

Middle East / Levant

Syrian Rebels Briefly Seize Damascus Suburb

By Sam Ser

Witnesses said the Free Syrian Army held territory and set up roadblocks in Douma, a center of dissent, for up to several hours before retreating to their hideouts.

News Briefs

Prominent Samaria Rabbi: 'Great Mitzvah to Serve in the army'

By Jewish Press Staff

Head of Har Bracha yeshiva supports IDF service for religious men.

News Briefs

Demand for Sharia Law in Libya Growing

By Jewish Press Staff

Islamist parties expected to fair well in upcoming Libyan elections.

News Briefs

Islamists Win Over 70% of Egyptian Parliament

By Jewish Press Staff

The Muslim Brotherhood's Freedom and Justice Party wins 235 seats; the ultra-conservative Salafist Al-Nur party wins 121 seats.

News Briefs

Cabinet To Extend Law Denying Citizenship to Palestinians Who Marry Israelis

By Jewish Press Staff

One-year extension of the Citizenship and Entry into Israel Law supported by Israel Security Service.

Israel / Middle East / Levant

Jordan's Queen Orders Solid Gold Shoes as King Pushes Two-State Solution

By Malkah Fleisher

Queen Rania Al-Abdullah of Jordan has commissioned a jeweler in Calcutta, India to make shoes for her out of gold.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu: Israel Will Protect Jewish People Against 'Bitter Enemies'

By Jewish Press Staff

PM speaks on the anniversary of the Wannsee Conference, where the Nazis decided on their "Final Solution," for the Jewish people.

News Briefs

IAF Strikes Gaza Terrorists

By Jewish Press Staff

Terrorist squad in southern Gaza targeted after launching rockets.

News Briefs

Terrorist Attack Thwarted at Kalandiya Security Checkpoint

By Jewish Press Staff

Palestinian man wielding an axe attacks border guards.

Israel

Palestinians Attack With Rockets, Guns and Axe

By Sam Ser

Air force kills rocket squad, but shooters flee in West Bank ambush

NY

No Politician Cares About Funding Private Schools

By Maury Litwak

There are two types of politicians we encounter when advocating to relieve our community’s tuition burden through the use of government funding: those who claim to be 100 percent behind us, and those who claim to be 100 percent against us. What’s interesting is that politicians in both categories do not seem to understand what “100 percent” means.

Global

MidEast, Media, & Jewish World Wrap-up

By jointmedianewsservice

U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran ineffective; EU to encourage Arab building in Area C; Al Jazeera accused of promoting anti-Americanism; Israelis rescued from the Italian Costa Concordia cruise liner.

Israel / US / Global / Aaron Klein

Bolton: Iran May Be Closer To A Bomb Than We Think

By Aaron Klein

“I worry the publicly available information is giving only a very small picture and that Iran is actually even much further along,” Bolton said in a radio interview on “Aaron Klein Investigative Radio”

Israel / Jewish / US / Global

Jewish Groups Welcome Supreme Court’s ‘Ministerial Exception’ Ruling

By Ron Kampeas

The AJC said the “unfettered right of religious institutions to decide who shall convey their religious messages is as much an element of church-state separation as the ban on government sponsorship of religious messages.”

News Briefs

Iran Offers, Muslim Brotherhood Rejects Place in Assad Government

By Jewish Press Staff

Offer included four ministries in the Syrian government in exchange for supporting Assad.

News Briefs

Russia Comes to Defense of Syria, Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Russia says it will veto any UN authorization of military force against Assad regime.

Israel / US / Global

Holocaust Scholars Criticize Obama

By Jewish Press Staff

Eighty-five prominent Holocaust scholars last week criticized President Obama for failing to respond to Libya’s hosting of a Darfur war criminal.

News Briefs

Employees in Palestinian Women’s Affairs Ministry Declare Hunger Strike

By Jewish Press Staff

The female employees are protesting against corruption and harassment in the PA.

News Briefs

Turkey Proposes to Host Iran Nuclear Talks

By Jewish Press Staff

Turkey's Foreign Minister made the offer in a joint news conference with Iranian counterpart.

News Briefs

IDF Arrests Three Palestinians Trying to Infiltrate from Gaza

By Jewish Press Staff

An IDF Spokesperson said that a fragmentation grenade was found on the person of one of the detainees.

News Briefs

IAEA Chief on Iran: 'What we know suggests the development of nuclear weapons'

By Jewish Press Staff

Yukiya Amano makes comments in interview with Financial Times Deutschland.

News Briefs

Israeli Ambassador to Egypt Returns Home Again

By Jewish Press Staff

Israel fears protesters may incite anti-Israel violence on anniversary of January 25 Revolution.

Middle East / Levant

EU Gets Tough On Iran With Planned Oil Embargo

By Sam Ser

European foreign ministers declared their countries’ intent to embargo oil from the Islamic Republic, beginning as early as July, and freeze the assets of Iran’s central bank

News Briefs

Iran Supplying Weapons to Quell Syrian Unrest

By Jewish Press Staff

UK PM Cameron discloses the information to the House of Commons.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu to Visit Cyprus in February

By Jewish Press Staff

Netanyahu will discuss natural gas, security cooperation.

News Briefs

Welcome, Mr. Speaker: Rivlin Enters Irish Parliament Through Back Entrance

By Jewish Press Staff

Knesset Speaker Rivlin heckled as he tries to enter main entrance.

Israel / SciTech

Israeli Innovations: Helping the High-Tech and the Under-Privileged

By Malkah Fleisher

A slew of new Israeli innovations are set to make life more convenient – and more viable – all over the world.

Israel / Jewish

Decades After Immigrating, Ethiopians Decry Continuing Discrimination

By Sam Ser

Many claim prejudices against the Ethiopians’ skin color and widespread suspicion of the authenticity of their Jewishness prevent greater integration.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu: 'Palestinian refusal to accept Jewish state' the Root Cause of Conflict

By Jewish Press Staff

Comments come in speech by Netanyahu at Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam.

News Briefs

Hamas Terror Chief to 'Resign'

By Jewish Press Staff

Khaled Mashaal has served as chairman of the Palestinian terrorist group since 1996.

News Briefs

US Congresswoman Urges Jordan to Appoint Ambassador to Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen met with Jordan's King on his recent trip to Washington.

News Briefs

UN Security Council Invites Humanitarian Chief to Speak on Israel

By Jewish Press Staff

Valerie Amos presented annual report on humanitarian conditions in Judea and Samaria and Gaza.

News Briefs

MK Tibi Praises Palestinian 'Martyrs'

By Jewish Press Staff

Tibi makes comments at event honoring Palestinian 'martyrs'.

News Briefs

Security Forces Clash with Activists in Outpost Community Evacuation

By Jewish Press Staff

Police dismantle Yissa Bracha, near Mitzpe Yericho, early Thursday morning.

Jewish

Raoul Wallenberg's 100th Birthday: Iranian Participation, New Investigation

By Malkah Fleisher

A celebration of the 100th birthday of Raoul Wallenberg, the Swedish diplomat who saved the lives of over 20,000 Hungarian Jews in the final days of World War II, also marks the renewal of investigations into the events surrounding his death. In attendance - the Iranian Ambassador to Hungary

Israel

Israel Struck By Wave Of Cyber Attacks

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – Even as Mossad agents and a team of IDF cyber-warfare specialists began an intensive global hunt for “Ox Omar,” the alleged Saudi hacker who exposed the financial records of thousands of Israeli credit-card holders, the defiant cyber-terrorist launched a second wave of “virtual jihad” attacks on a number of Israeli websites including some government sites and those of El Al and several Israeli banks.

News Briefs

Palestinian Activist Attacked After Condemning Hamas

By Jewish Press Staff

Mahmoud Abu Rahma authored articles condemning the use of "human shields" by Hamas.

News Briefs

PM Netanyahu: No Five-Year Extension for Tal Law

By Jewish Press Staff

The law sought to increase the numbers of ultra-Orthodox yeshiva students serving in the IDF.

News Briefs

IDF Discusses Ways to Deal with Electronically-Amplified Muezzin Calls

By Jewish Press Staff

Discussions follow recent legislation seeking to ban electronically-amplified muezzin calls entirely.

News Briefs

Iran Says Obama Called for Direct Talks in "Red Line" Letter

By Jewish Press Staff

Iranian lawmaker says threats were accompanied by offer for dialogue.

News Briefs

Turkey Condemns Rick Perry's "Islamic terrorist" Comment

By Jewish Press Staff

Perry suggested that the US should eliminate all foreign aid to Turkey.

News Briefs

Israeli Deputy FM Rebuffs Clegg's Comments on Judea and Samaria

By Jewish Press Staff

Danny Ayalon takes issue with UK Deputy PM's "irresponsible" comments.

News Briefs

Syria UPDATE: Obama calls on Assad to resign; Russia to block UN Resolution

By Jewish Press Staff

Approximately 5,000 people have been killed in Syrian government crackdown.

News Briefs

Former US Ambassador to UN Calls for Military Strike on Iran

By Jewish Press Staff

Bolton: "The world's central banker of terrorism will very soon become a nuclear weapons state."

News Briefs

State to Israeli High Court: Boycott Law Constitutional

By Jewish Press Staff

The law is being challenged as an unconstitutional limitation on free expression.

Israel

Kadima Battle Begins; Lieberman Faces Inquiry

By Sam Ser

Tzipi Livni announces Kadima primaries; Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman faces indictment

News Briefs

Livni Sets Kadima Primaries for March 27

By Jewish Press Staff

Livni was under heavy pressure from Kadima party members.

News Briefs

Shalem College Receives Anonymous $1 Million Gift

By Jewish Press Staff

Shalem College, Israel's first liberal arts college, is slated to open in 2012-13.

News Briefs

Shas MK: All Israelis Should Serve Their Country

By Jewish Press Staff

Rabbi Amsalem admonishes UTJ MK Gafni for recent comments that Haredim should not serve in the IDF.

News Briefs

Turkey Officials Fear Attack on US Diplomatic Targets

By Jewish Press Staff

Turkish newspaper cites report that implicates Iran’s Revolutionary Guard.

Jewish / NY

Heightened Security at New Jersey Synagogues

By JTA

Heightened caution comes after a month of increasingly worrisome attacks against synagogues in Bergen County, an affluent part of New York City’s suburbs with a sizable Jewish population.

News Briefs

EU Report: Israel Judaizing Jerusalem

By Jewish Press Staff

EU Heads of Mission Report calls for the reinstatement of the PLO in East Jerusalem.

Israel

Strike Ends, but Negotiations to Continue

By Sam Ser

The most significant outcome of the understandings reached by the two sides was the granting of discounts on water tax rates, which have already risen sharply over the past year, and a freeze on planned changes to municipal tax rates that would primarily benefit large families but dig into the budgets of financially strapped towns.

News Briefs

Turkey Officials say Israel Aiding Kurdish Rebel Group

By Jewish Press Staff

Turkish intelligence report claims Israeli drones gathered data on potential Kurdish training sites.

News Briefs

Inter-Parliamentary Union Apologizes for Hamas Invitation, Participation

By Jewish Press Staff

Knesset Speaker Rivlin had sent letter expressing displeasure at participation of Hamas.

News Briefs

Nationwide Local Authorities Strike Ends

By Jewish Press Staff

Two-day old strike ends after paralyzing local services in Israel.

News Briefs

Iran Warns EU That Oil Embargo Would Be "economic suicide"

By Jewish Press Staff

Iran's OPEC governor: Embargo would push Europe "into a deeper crisis."

News Briefs

Hearing on FM Lieberman's Pending Corruption Indictment Begins

By Jewish Press Staff

Lieberman is accused of receiving "millions of dollars" between 2001 and 2008 while serving as MK and government minister.

News Briefs

New Israel Fund Comes Clean on Role in Tent Protests

By Jewish Press Staff

Organization highlights a role in protest it had previously denied.

News Briefs

Likud Tops Recent Poll

By Jewish Press Staff

According to the poll, Kadima would plummet 17 Knesset seats if elections were held today.

News Briefs

Israel Responds Sharply to French Claims of 'Water Apartheid'

By Jewish Press Staff

Government Press Office presents recent findings of Hebrew University professor.

News Briefs

Cyber Attacks UPDATE: Israeli Banks Block Int'l Access to Websites

By Jewish Press Staff

Move follows the downing of El Al and Tel Aviv Stock Exchange websites by anti-Israel hackers.

News Briefs

US Appeals to South Korea to reduce Iran Oil Imports

By Jewish Press Staff

The asian nation receives approximately 10% of its oil from Iran.

News Briefs

France: Russia's New Syria Draft Resolution Inadequate

By Jewish Press Staff

French foreign ministry spokesman: Russian draft "very far from the reality of the situation in Syria."

News Briefs

Seven Likud Mayors Break Local Authorities Strike

By Jewish Press Staff

The nationwide strike enters its second day, as the Union of Local Authorities seeks to maintain unity.

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