By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
The Antiquities Authority loaned the lamps to the White House in 2019 ahead of a Hanukkah party.
"We are very excited that David Friedman is now taking a leadership role in the Republican Jewish Coalition."
“Give me an example of one Muslim state with possibly the exception of Morocco, where Jews and other religions live and prosper as minorities."
"Americans should pray for the peace of Jerusalem and stand without apology for our most cherished ally, Israel, until the violence is quelled and Israel’s security is restored."
Lip service aside, the administration’s moves make clear that for Biden and his advisers, Arab-Israel peace is an impediment to their ideologically motivated efforts to empower the PLO and Iran.
An interview with David Schoen, Donald Trump’s orthodox impeachment lawyer.
The treaty was signed on September 15, 2020. It recognizes each state's sovereignty.
In the wake of the "Arab Spring," winds of change and revision were beginning to blow in Jordan as well, and the largest and most organized body involved was the Muslim Brotherhood.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We must stick to an uncompromising policy to ensure that Iran does not develop nuclear weapons.”
"They look for information or sensational details that have some grounding in reality, and then add details that are sometimes true and sometimes not."
Both candidates made assertions that were inaccurate, taken out of context, or outright untrue. Just like in any normal presidential debate.
"We are excited and together we will pray that God might lead us to peace and that we might reach our destination for good life and peace."
Lauder was allegedly sent on Trump's behalf, after learning that Joe Biden is opening lines of communications with Abbas.
He said President Donald Trump “has stood up fearlessly against those who are corrupting the term social justice.”
This year’s presidential campaign has carried unprecedented implications for Jewish identity.
The president came back nine minutes later and informed the reporters that a man had been shot and that the situation was under control.
Greenblatt was one of the architects of the Trump peace plan which was introduced officially in late January.
The reply? “If the Trump administration wants to provide us with photos from closed-door meetings ... to discuss illegal annexation and unilaterally redraw the map of the West Bank, we’d gladly use those.”
The irony of Al Sharpton, who has a history of hate speech against Jews, calling out media giants for the same thing was not lost on Jewish organizations.
The movement promises to continue its activities with the ministers, members of Knesset and politicians to bring about essential changes leading to the first step of sovereignty.
Discussion on the Trump Peace Plan reminds me of a multiple-choice test: A) I like the plan B) I do not like the plan C) I'm in the middle D) None of the above. My answer is simple. It is a definite, positive “D” – “None of the above”. Let me explain....
By Josh Hasten
Ari Abramowitz and Jeremy Gimpel, the two men behind Arugot Farms—a retreat center for music, prayer, art and meditation—say that U.S. President Donald Trump's peace plan could destroy all they have built.
Hundreds of Israeli and Jewish heritage and archaeology sites in Judea and Samaria would be removed from Israeli control and transferred to the PA.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Envoy says after spending more than three years traveling to Arab capitals, he “came to learn that we agree on far more than we disagree on.”
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Borrell has threatened Israel with diplomatic action following the new government’s announced wish to declare sovereignty in parts of Judea and Samaria.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The U.S. president called on governors to make such a move “right now” and threatened that “if there’s any question, they’re going to have to call me—but they are not going to be successful in that call.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
At a joint press conference in Jerusalem, America's top diplomat says that the IDF soldier's murder in a Palestinian rock attack the previous day “reminds us of the importance of making sure that people across the world know that Israel has the right to defend itself.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The president cited signing an executive order in December combating anti-Semitism, especially directed towards college campuses, as how his administration has been fighting bigotry against Jews.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and other members of Congress are scheduled to speak.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Jewish construction will be frozen in areas outside the map lines.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"If Israel’s government continues with steps to annex the West Bank, the U.S. should make clear that none of our aid should be used to support annexation," Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) told the New York Times in a recent survey of candidates' policy positions.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
We need to reassert our congressional authority,” said Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.). “The repeal of it is long overdue.”
By Yehudit Katsover and Nadia Matar
One does not make deals about one’s homeland.
By JoeSettler
In a perfect world and on paper the plan is ingenious - but what happens when it meets reality?
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There were attempts by Trump to hold a phone call with Abbas, but the latter refused,” a source told the Anadolu news agency.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“After much reflection and thought, I now realize my words were inappropriate. I apologize for raising questions about a people, a faith and a culture whose beliefs span a broad political spectrum,” she wrote.
Specific details of the conversation were not released...
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
"Whoever tries to attack us will receive a crushing blow in return. We stand steadfast against those who seek our lives."
President Trump was touched by the Shalva Band's performance and outpouring of hugs and love.
The White House said the two leaders discussed “the threat from Iran, as well as other critical bilateral and regional issues."
The Palestinian Authority is opposed to the project, saying it is part of a collaboration between Israel and Hamas to expand the split between the PA and the Strip.
Berkowitz, 30, is an Orthodox Jew who assisted White House adviser Jared Kushner in his years in the private sector, then during US President Donald Trump’s election campaign, and later in the White House he served as a “special assistant.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
A local organizer says the gatherings fill “a need for social groups for Jewish Republicans so that we can socialize and mobilize and give each other ideas.”
The House Democrats, however, voted to declare these four racists into victims and the colorblind president who took them to task into a racist.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Congressman Barr stated that if Trump proposes the evacuation of Jews in Judea and Samaria as part of the diplomatic plan, he will oppose it.
By Israel Hayom
“Sorry @FoxNews & @TreyYingst your sources gave you bad info,” tweeted U.S. special envoy Jason Greenblatt. “While the plan is close to complete, we aren’t there yet & we’ll continue to refine it until release.”
Why are we letting Linda Sarsour, Roger Waters and enemies of Torah dictate morality in the public sphere?
Using Jewish blood to gain religious equivalency and legitimacy from an Orthodox newspaper like The Jewish Press was immoral and reprehensible.
By JNi.Media
In his signing statement, back in September 2016, President Obama did not declare strategic cooperation with Israel to be an end in itself, as did Monday's statement from the Trump administration.
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The administration is enhancing its diplomatic efforts to make sure Iranian oil sales will be "close to zero" when tougher US oil sanctions against Tehran are imposed on November 4.
By Josh Hasten
Ahead of Rosh Hashanah, he speaks about current bonds with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Israel, the rocky relationship with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas, other regional powers at play, and the complex and uncertain prospects for peace.
By Ariel Kahana
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman tells Israel Hayom there is “certainly” a possibility that the United States will officially recognize Israeli sovereignty in the Golan Heights.
By JNi.Media
A month and a half ago, many residents of Yad Binyamin marked the 13th anniversary of their expulsion from Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip.
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The American delegation was given three hours to present its initial response on Tuesday, which it did.
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Levy repeats the mantra that only the complete return of Judea and Samaria to the Arabs would guarantee the desired, long-lasting peace.
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The problem is related to the US-made parts for which Turkish Aerospace Industries would need US export licenses in order to carry out the deal.
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Why haven't the PLO and Hamas permitted these three million or so people to turn their tent and shack cities into actual cities? Because if they do, it would mean they have given up the hope of returning to Israel.
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Adelson, a veteran of the Korean war, said he hoped President Trump would get “North and South Korea to finish the war,” so Adelson, could “open up business.”
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NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg welcomed the summit, noting, with a hint and a nudge to the White House, "As long as we remain united (within NATO), we can dialogue with Russia."
MK Oren Hazan published a video taken of his selfie with President Trump.
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The Palestinian Authority has been boycotting the Trump administration since December 2017, which is why Kushner and Greenblatt will likely skip Ramallah this time.
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He was a staunch supporter of the Jewish State throughout his public career, although his views on Jewish-related issues fluctuated over the years.
How does the deal signed in Singapore between US President Donald Trump and Korean dictator Kim Jong Un have an impact on possible war and peace in Israel? Listen to Gil Hoffman's analysis on Inside Israel Today.
The political divide between Israeli and American Jews has widened considerably, according to a poll published by the American Jewish Committee on Sunday.
Some people are toying with the idea that U.S. President Donald Trump is the re-incarnation of King Cyrus of Persia. There are some un-canny similarities that people are talking about.
Will Donald Trump move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem? What will happen if Trump does not move the embassy? Gil Hoffman speaks with Josh Reinstein, director of Israel Allies Caucus, who is optimistic about such a move. Hear more on today's Inside Israel Today.
Congressmen and MKs: Territorial concessions have not brought peace and Israel should be encouraged to use all diplomatic, economic and military tools to end the conflict
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"I have clarified to our friends in Washington and our friends in Moscow that we will operate in Syria, including southern Syria, in accordance with our understanding and in accordance with our security needs."
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'Surely some US president has to have the courage to stand up and take on the Jewish lobby in US?' Prince Charles wrote in 1986.
Some of the latest from The Israel Central Bureau of Statistics.
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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed Trump's Friday speech, saying: "I congratulate President Trump for his courageous decision today. He boldly confronted Iran's terrorist regime."
President Trump, and a phone call.
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163 passports belonging Jordanian citizens who requested a visa to Israel are locked away in a safe of the shuttered Israeli embassy in Jordan.
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'As opposed to similar calls in other years, no one from the Jewish community introduced or thanked him, and the president took no questions. The call lasted for about 5 minutes.'
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On Thursday morning, Israel delivered a daring message to all the powers involved in the war in Syria, that it was prepared for military confrontation with any one of them if it saw such confrontation as being vital to its security.
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Israel's Supreme Court rejected an appeal from local Arab residents who had claimed some of the land belonged to them. Upon completion, the neighborhood will boast 480 apartments.
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Rothkopf's attack is so bereft of fact and so dependent entirely on the ways the author maligns facts and impressions about Israel's tough issues, one must wonder from which yard this cat has dragged his other gifts into the house.
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Cohn told the Financial Times on Friday he had written a resignation letter after Trump's feeble response to the neo-Nazi protests in Charlottesville.
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While I find it hard to believe I should have to defend myself on this, or the President, I feel compelled to let you know that the President in no way, shape or form, believes that neo-Nazi and other hate groups who endorse violence are equivalent to groups that demonstrate in peaceful and lawful ways.
A protester protected an Israeli-flag wearing protester from the other protesters.
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With things being as bad as they are for President Trump, we should probably be looking forward to his speedy replacement by a tried and true friend of Israel, Vice President Mike Pence.
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YES program was established by Congress in October 2002, in response to the events of September 11, 2001 (when 19 Arab terrorists attacked two major commercial skyscrapers in downtown New York City, killing upwards of 3,000 innocent American civilians).
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We went online—so you won't have to—and collected Conan's Israel-related jokes that are fit to steal in a family publication.
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The ADL issued a tweet urging folks to sign its online "Diversity Is Strength" petition, protesting anti-Semitic statements by Michael Hill, organizer of the Charlottesville Unite the Right rally.
Diagnosing the problems that two big leaders face.
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The President of the United States of America and her 300 millions citizens simply can't understand this barbaric attack.
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'Often times I found myself asking foreign presidents not to speak at the Knesset for fear of a disgraceful outburst,' Speaker Edelstein said.
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With Abbas' insistence, Gaza residents are now down to a maximum of three-hour electric service daily.
President Trump, twice, retrieved a Marines had which had blown away in the wind.
Kronfeld believes her "progressive conservativism" will have widespread appeal for New Yorkers.
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'The president can, as a matter of constitutional law, direct the attorney general, and his subordinate, the director of the FBI, tell them what to do.'
There's a reason why so many people hate Trump. Find out the spiritual reason on this show!
If Trump really believes the missing ingredient for peace has been a master real estate dealmaker, he’s wrong. But his willingness to pound the table at Abbas is nevertheless significant.
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The three Gulf states gave Qatari citizens two weeks to pack up their belongings and leave.
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'Now, in the new era we are in, the excuses are over and we expressly expect compensation and correction for all the years in which the settlement enterprise was hung up to dry.'
Trump had watched a video where Abbas admitted he incited against Israel.
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One hundred years after the last Turkish soldier was chased out of Jerusalem by the invading British Empire, Turkey's channeling of millions into eastern Jerusalem is gaining sympathy and support.
Can U.S. President Donald Trump really change what has been U.S. Foreign Policy?