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Even American security officials are joining the growing chorus of intellectuals and public figures who say enough is enough
Left-wing MK calls on prime minister to focus on finding, saving teenage hostages, spare Palestinian Unity Government
Veteran Shas MK says needs a break after years of working 'day and night' on behalf of all Israelis
Peres praying for safe return of boys; Apparent computer outage in Washington continues, still no Obama statement
MK Ibrahim Sarsour calls on int'l community to intervene on behalf of boys, hunger striking Palestinian prisoners
Group visits Israel for 29th mayors conference; calls for boys' immediate, unconditional release
Will US envoy to OIC discuss the snatching of schoolgirls and boys by genocidal Islamist terrorists?
Secretary of State hasn't bothered to tell the president, but said abduction is "despicable terrorist act"
Liberman continues to build ties in Africa; in contrast to Obama, Ghanan Foreign Minister issues statement on teenage hostages
Ambassador Oren: the U.S. should rescind its hasty recognition of the Fatah-Hamas unity government (PUG).
It is far from clear that Hamas is responsible for the current crisis. Netanyahu, however, set the stage by agreeing to the Shalit deal
By Edwin Black
For Lowey, the question is whether she will break with the Obama Administration, which has signaled willingness to continue funding the new Hamas-infused Palestinian Authority.
By JTA
Jewish Republicans retire to lick their wounds, consider future after shock of Cantor loss to no-name Tea Party candidate
Rivlin's emotional acceptance speech, with English subtitles.
The scramble is now on as to who will get to replace Cantor.
Ex-MK will return to Knesset to take President-elect's seat in Knesset; says Likud too focused on settlement, not enough on social issues
Eric Cantor, the only Republican Jew in Congress, lost the Virginia primary race.
Are the Israeli journalists cajoling the 'anti-normalizationists' who bar their entry to PA cities?
By Rachel Levy
The first round of votes is over and Israel does not yet have a new president. Rivlin leads, but not by much.
By Rachel Levy
The coalition sharks are smelling blood - not from Israel's enemies, but rather from PM Netanyahu.
By Rachel Levy
The "only sane plan" is to annex Area C in Judea and Samaria, says Economy Minister Naftali Bennett. Coalition crisis ahead?
Last minute corruption allegations against "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer have forced him to drop out of the race for president of Israel.
Obama tried to re-set US-Muslim relations, but he has failed to meet the challenges of his time in office.
"There is no fig leaf large enough to cover Hamas' blood-drenched legacy," said the heads of the SWC.
The executive branch's embrace of the PUG will not be a group hug, according to some legislators.
Shamgar Commission was formed in 2008 to set policy on hostage deals, but recommendations remain classified
Abbas said the unity government will follow international law, just as the PA does now.
A federal judge instructed the IRS to respond to Z STREET's claim of political discrimination.
Rav Amar blessed Eli Yishai, saying, "May all your enemies fall before you, and may you be raised up, and succeed in all your undertakings."
Additional fatality from 2010 attack brings Mavi Marmara toll to 10; Ankara rejects Israel 'compensation' offer
Never mind the hundreds of Muslim anti-Christian attacks over the years. It's really Israel who sows discord
Now Hamas is being given a strategy for making acceptable its unalterable hostility towards the Jewish state.
Ties set to expand between Israel and developing world
By Shalom Bear
Soros's organizations are quietly trying to influence politics. While Adelson does his influencing openly. Why is only Sheldon attacked?
Political arrests continue unabated in both Ramallah and Gaza; Freedom Committee spokesman: Arrests have "strained reconciliation atmosphere."
Neither of the two women who were to receive honorary degrees from Brandeis on Sunday will be there.
Christie reportedly told Adelson later that weekend that he “misspoke” in his Vegas appearance.
During previous papal visits to Israel no one cared about David's Tomb. Why has it suddenly become "disputed"?
Ken Livingstone, the anti-Semitic former mayor of London, has lashed out again at Britain’s Jewish community. Speaking to the BBC’s Newsnight program, the radical politician known locally as “Red Ken” fell back on the classic stereotype that “Jews have money” to accuse Britain’s Jewish community of supporting the Conservative Party today because the community has […]
Government finally moves to bar release of murderers; terror victims' families long sought this step
Once again, peace with Israel is a major campaign issue in Egypt. Frontrunner al-Sisi says treaty is 'stable'; challenger is long-time opponent of treaty
Public sees HaTnua leader Tzipi Livni as face of "peace" process. As a result, her party wouldn't make it into the Knesset were elections held today.
Strongly titled, but Danon's op-ed captured the feelings of many Israelis and Israel supporters.
Grimm said the indictment was a "political witch hunt" against him because he "was an outsider who wasn't supposed to win."
Kerry: I do not believe nor have I ever said that Israel is or intends to become an Apartheid State.
EMET wants the US to stop funding the PA, given its merger with Hamas. Doing otherwise contravenes US law.
By Shalom Bear
Attacks against former Chief Rabbi Shlomo Amar get as petty as which robe he is wearing, and when he is running his Lag B'Omer bonfire.
The US may pretend it was forced to give up Pollard, but it is US that most wants to continue talks.
Iran named a terrorist as ambassador to the UN, the Senate passed a bill banning his entry.
Israeli ex-Pres. Moshe Katsav has requested a Passover prison leave though he isn't eligible.
LAS VEGAS – The GOP Jewish faithful descended in force on Las Vegas, turning out in record numbers and striking a feisty, combative tone at the Republican Jewish Coalition’s annual conference.
Al-Quds reporter outraged by precedent of releasing Pollard - guilty of espionage, but not murder.
Christie explained to Adelson that he does not believe Israel "occupies" Judea and Samaria.
Erdogan's ruling party, the AKP, won against challenges from the right and the left.
NYC council members proposed legislation requiring NYC public schools offer Islamic-compliant food.
By JTA
Likud MK Danon tries outflanking Netanyahu by telling US Jews he will quit as minister if more terrorists are freed.
By JTA
Sheldon Adelson will host a dinner featuring former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on the eve of a conference of the Republican Jewish Coalition. Adelson, the casino magnate seen as a kingmaker in the Republican Party because of his willingness to spend tens of millions of dollars in an election, will host the dinner Thursday night […]
Embattled Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan pulled the plug on Twitter at midnight, March 20, 2014.
By JTA
Robert Strauss, the son of small-town Texas shopkeepers who became an adviser to presidents of both parties, died Wednesday at the age of 95. He helped found in 1945 Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, the energy law firm that pioneered powerhouse lobbying after its 1971 move to Washington. Strauss, whose parents ran a general […]
Obama made several absurd comments, while Abbas played with Obama's words.
Bye-bye to the right-wing extremists, left-wing extremists, weirdoes and maybe Tzipi Livni.
By JTA
The Arab League refused to recognize Israel as a Jewish state in the framework of current peace talks with the Palestinians, as per Israel’s demand. On Sunday, Arab League foreign ministers released a resolution at a meeting in Cairo that supported the decision by Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas. “The council of the Arab League […]
By David Morris
Eli Cohen is now the nationally-known face of electoral integrity and honesty in Israel.
By Daniel Perez
Strong pro-Israel sentiment heard from current and former senior military and gov't officials
Mort Klein has been re-elected as the president of the Zionist Organization of America. He defeated his challenger, Steve Goldberg.
By JTA
The Rabbinical Council of America denied a prominent rabbi’s accusation that it is actively negating past conversions. The Orthodox rabbinic organization issued a statement Friday responding to a JTA opinion article criticizing the group written by Rabbi Shmuel Herzfeld. His article, published Thursday, accused the RCA and its Beth Din of America of “retroactively negating […]
By JTA
Jewish groups across the religious spectrum praised Equal Employment Opportunity Commission guidelines on accommodating religious attire in the workplace. The guidelines published Thursday are for “employers with at least 15 employees (including private sector, state, and local government employers), as well as employment agencies, unions, and federal government agencies.” These employers “must make exceptions to […]
By Tibbi Singer
Blackwell, who has been accused of "inflaming prejudice," says animals must be stunned before the cut.
By JTA
The House of Representatives almost unanimously approved a bill that would enhance U.S. security cooperation with Israel. The U.S.-Israel Strategic Partnership Act, introduced last year by Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) and Ted Deutch (D-Fla.), enhances cooperation in the energy and cybersecurity areas, among others; transfers excess U.S. armaments to Israel for stockpiling and possible use; […]
The battle over partnership minyans is just the latest scuffle in the war over women’s roles in the Orthodox community.
Glick strips the bark from the threat of a One State Solution and reveals a worthy option: the Israeli Solution
By JTA
Canada has formally recognized the plight of Jewish refugees from Arab lands. On Monday, Ottawa accepted a report tabled last year that called on the federal government to “officially recognize the experience of Jewish refugees who were displaced from states in the Middle East and North Africa after 1948.” The federal cabinet approved the report […]
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The signatories challenge the assertion that antisemitism has risen in Ukraine.
By JTA
An Austrian ex-mayor who said journalists and Jews should be hanged will not stand trial for hate speech, prosecutors said. A spokesperson for the public prosecutor’s office of Krems an der Donau, a municipality located 35 miles east of Vienna, said that Karl Simlinger, a former mayor of the village of Gfohl, will not be […]
Free speech rights of UC Irvine Muslim students did not trump Amb. Michael Oren's right to speak.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Without mentioning Secretary of State John Kerry by name, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) apparently took a shot at comments on boycotts of Israel that Kerry made last month in Germany. Those with “even with the best of intentions” who warn Israel that it will face increased boycotts if it does not reach a peace […]
Did Congress intentionally remove from the table the military option against Iran?
Russia threatened an imminent military invasion on Ukraine
By JTA
The conference opening Sunday follows a period of tension between the lobby and the Obama administration over Iran.
By JTA
Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov, born Garik Kimovich Weinstein, the head of a pro-democracy group in his native Russia, was granted Croatian citizenship. Kasparov reportedly became a Croatian citizen last week after applying for citizenship in early February. He owns a home in Croatia and speaks the language, according to reports. The founder and […]
Professionals and lay leaders from around the world will gather in Jerusalem for a historic 3-day conference on child abuse.
By JTA
A joint delegation of observant Muslims and Jews made the case to the Danish ambassador to the United States that his country’s ban on ritual slaughter was harmful to its reputation. Leading the 10-person delegation to meet Peter Taksøe-Jensen on Feb. 27 were Rabbi Marc Schneier, the president for the Fonmdation for Ethnic Understanding, and […]
Did the IRS maliciously audit a pro-Israel non-profit because it supported Jews beyond the Green Line?
By JTA
A pro-Palestinian group in Canada, calling Ehud Barak an “Israel war criminal,” is protesting a visit by the former Israeli prime minister. The Canada-Palestine Association is among pro-Palestinian groups in British Columbia protesting an economic conference to be held in suburban Vancouver at the end of the month that Barak is scheduled to attend. It […]
Journalist Rafael Epstein claims Zygier revealed intelligence about operations he had been involved in to an Iranian businessman.
Bus riders from around the city will rally on Sunday at a bus stop across from City Hall to urge the Mayor, the Borough Presidents and members of the City Council to expand a successful “bus countdown clock” program that has worked on Staten Island. New technology allows for real-time clocks at bus stops that tell […]
Hundreds of Israelis participated in a protest in front of the US Embassy in Tel Aviv, demanding freedom for Jonathan Pollard on Feb 23, 2014.
The statement from Ramaz said, “Our question was: ‘Is this the appropriate program?’”
More than 80 dignitaries from across the political spectrum are concerned about the future U.S. relations with Turkey.
The number of those killed in the Ukrainian violence has risen to 77, the country’s Health Ministry has said, according to an RT report. But this number could be a low estimate, as doctors working on Kiev’s Independence Square are claiming that as many as 70 people have been killed on the rioters’ side alone […]
The film uses scholars, activists and carefully selected film clips to unravel the magical marketing mystery of J Street.
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 […]
By JTA
Several Muslim families currently residing in North Africa are candidates for receiving Spanish citizenship.
Vassar's Jewish Union couldn't bear to bar Israel-haters from its "open and welcoming space!"
By JTA
American Jewish organizations are going to bat for ObamaCare and are using social media to reach as many people as possible in an effort to convince them to sign up for health care under the Affordable Care Act. During Tuesday’s Jewish Community Day led by the left-leaning National Council of Jewish Women, or NCJW, Jewish […]
Netanyahu may have to follow Sharon and form a new party if he insists on selling out to the Kerry-Obama-Abbas trio.
The IPF is a passel of peaceniks comprised of billionaires and heiresses and a felon, oh my!
Israeli academics thanked the American academic leaders who condemned the ASA anti-Israel boycott.
By JTA
Pope Francis called on Jews and Christians to work together to construct a “more just and fraternal world,” and said he looked forward to his upcoming visit to Israel. Francis made his remarks during an audience at the Vatican on Thursday with a 50-member delegation of American Jewish Committee leaders. He called his visit to […]
By JTA
The website of the casino operation owned by Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson was hacked by unidentified vandals who criticized his support for Israel. The hackers on Tuesday took over the home page of websites run by the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the world’s largest casino operator, which is owned by Adelson. In addition to criticizing […]
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