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US / Elections

After Twitter Glitch, DeSantis Announces Presidential Campaign

By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)

“I am running for president of the United States to lead our great American comeback,” the Republican Florida governor said.

Politics / Government / Elections / The Knesset

President Rivlin Nominated Netanyahu to Form Coalition Government

By Jewish Press News Desk

"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, …let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds."

Video of the Day

Ben Shapiro: Why No One should Vote for Joe Biden

By Video of the Day

Ben Shapiro delves into Biden's (extremely long) political career and explain why he should never become president of the United States.

Israel / Arts and Entertainment

President Rivlin Celebrates 81st Birthday with Cartoon Exhibition of Israeli Presidents

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

The exhibition, titled “Basic Law/Laugh: President of the State – Israeli presidents in cartoons,” features 24 cartoons of Israeli presidents over the years.

Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Rockets from Gaza

President Rivlin Visits Incendiary Balloon-Plagued Settlements Near Gaza

By Jewish Press News Desk

“Hamas should know that this is not a game. The time will come when they have to decide, and if they want war they will get war.”

Featured / IDF & Security / Diaspora / Canada

2nd Lieut. Becky's Family Came from Canada for Reunion at President Rivlin's Residence

By Jewish Press News Desk

Becky concluded the meeting with a bashful smile, thanking her commanders in Hebrew for helping her to reach this point and to the president for hosting her and her family.

Featured / Government / Photo of the Day / Coronavirus

Presidential Residence Cleansed following Coronavirus Scare

By Jewish Press News Desk

Cleaning was carried out in all offices at Beit HaNasi, including bathrooms and kitchens.

Headline / Israel / Syria

PM Netanyahu: US, Canada Asked Israel to Help Evacuate the Syrian 'White Helmets'

By Jewish Press News Desk

Netanyahu approved their passage through Israel as an important humanitarian gesture.

Video of the Day

A Mensch

By Video of the Day

President Trump, twice, retrieved a Marines had which had blown away in the wind.

Video of the Day

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat's Special Message for President Trump

By Video of the Day

Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat wants President Trump to know that Jerusalem will never be divided again.

US / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Turkey / Iraq / Kurds / Kurdistan

VP Pence Talks Independence with Kurdish President Barzani

By JNi.Media

The Kissinger betrayal of the Kurds came against the background of the 1974 Second Iraqi–Kurdish War, between the Kurds and the Arab government of Iraq.

Jewish / Politics / Police and Crime / Government / News Briefs / Religion / Israeli Arabs

Christians, Rabbi, Druze, No Muslims at Interfaith Meeting in Restored Church with President Rivlin

By JNi.Media

'The last time I was here, we stood together and looked at the burnt walls and the terrible graffiti. Today, I visit here again, and see the renewal of this historic, special, and holy place.'

US / Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Science and Tech / On Campus / Education

Cisco CEO Updates President Rivlin on Integrating Haredim, Arabs

By JNi.Media

The President welcomed Robbins warmly and thanked him for providing opportunities for Israelis across the country.

Middle East / Levant / US / Politics / Police and Crime / The Courts / News Briefs / On Campus / Education

Gov. Cuomo Resisting President Trump's Travel Ban

By JNi.Media

State University of New York officials are trying to deal with the unexpected effects of Trump's order on the system's 64 campuses with their 320 students from the seven forbidden countries.

The Ettinger Report

President Trump vs. the Department of State

By Yoram Ettinger

Contrary to the State Department worldview, Arab policy-makers never considered the Palestinian issue a top priority, nor a core-cause of regional turbulence, nor the axis of the Arab-Israeli conflict

Haredim & Hassidim / US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / Religion

Netanyahu to Belzer Rebbe: Pray that New President Be Better than Predecessor

By JNi.Media

The PM noted that he got two-thirds of the Congress to support him, which 'I can't get in our country.'

US / Politics / Government / Elections / News Briefs / Jerusalem

President Rivlin Invites President Trump: 'Be our Guest in Jerusalem'

By JNi.Media

'I wish you and your administration much success, and take this opportunity to extend to you an invitation to visit the State of Israel and be our guest in Jerusalem.'

Haredim & Hassidim / US / The Courts / Antisemitism / News Briefs / Chabad / Interfaith Relations / Judaism

NY Councilman Asks Obama to Commute Rubashkin's Sentence, Too

By Jewish Press News Desk

NYC Council member Chaim Deutsch sent a letter to President Obama asking for last-minute clemency for Sholom Rubashkin before he leaves office.

Interviews and Profiles

‘Truth Is Not A Political Position’: An Interview with ZOA National President Morton Klein

By Sara Lehmann

I didn’t want to run, but I campaigned as if I did because I don’t know any other way to do things except with my whole heart and soul.

Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religion / Israeli Arabs

President Rivlin to Israeli Christian Leaders: 'United Jerusalem Is the Eternal Capital of Israel and It Will Remain So'

By JNi.Media

'I stand here today to repeat in the clearest way: the State of Israel is deeply committed to ensure the religious rights of all faith communities in Jerusalem and throughout Israel.'

Emes Ve-Emunah

Good Riddance, Mr. President

By Harry Maryles

The bloggist provides a decidedly alternative perspective but arrives at the same and right conclusion: Mr. President, I say Thank you. But ‘Good riddance!

IDF & Security / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Business and Economy / Islamists / Science and Tech / Asia

Azerbaijan President: We Bought $4.8 Billion in Israeli Military Equipment

By JNi.Media

Netanyahu called on the world's nations to "come to Azerbaijan and see the friendship and the partnership between Israel and Azerbaijan.

In Print / Editorial

The President And The UN

By Editorial Board

Secretary of State John Kerry’s somewhat incongruous comments at the Saban Forum in Washington last week did little to clarify matters.

Fuchs' Focus

President Donald Trump: A Jewish Perspective

By Donny Fuchs

Trump’s victory offers the US a legitimate chance to right a sinking ship, and turn back the clock on Obama’s 8-years of Bolshevism. If nothing else, Trump’s victory means that Hillary isn’t president

Guest Blog

Dear Mr. President

By Rabbi Alan Haber

Mr. President, you were elected legitimately and democratically and though I was deeply offended and alarmed by your rhetoric, I respect and therefore, as an American citizen, you are now my President

US / Politics / Global / Government / Elections / News Briefs

Netanyahu Congratulates President Elect Trump, 'True Friend of the State of Israel'

By JNi.Media

German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier admitted that "we must adjust to the fact that American foreign policy will get less predictable in the near future."

@Israel_Shield

Why Trump Won and Why He Is The Loud Mouth America Needs

By '@israel_shield

It was the press along with the Clinton camp that gave Donald Trump this election.

Israel / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Netanyahu: US Election Won’t Impact Ties With Israel

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanyahu told cabinet ministers that relations with Washington are “solid” and would continue to be strong with either Hillary Clinton or Donald J. Trump in the White House.

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

Two Former Senior State Dept. Officials to Incoming President: Lay Off the Peace Vision Thing

By JNi.Media

The two-state solution does not stand a chance unless the leaders of both sides "are willing and able to make decisions" — and it’s highly unlikely that whomever is chosen to succeed Abbas would be able to make them.

US / Politics / Elections / Iran / News Briefs

Iranian President Mocks US Elections, Favors Own Brand of Democracy

By JNi.Media

It is doubtful either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton would have been approved to run for presidnet in Iran, even if they had agreed to embrace Islam…

Jewish / Government / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Obituaries

President Reuven Rivlin’s eulogy at the funeral of Israel’s Ninth President Shimon Peres

By Jewish Press Staff

Your eyes saw far ahead, while your feet covered great distances on the landscape of Jewish and Zionist history.

Terrorism / US / Politics / The Courts / News Briefs / Islamists / Saudi Arabia

Obama Unites Congressional Democrats, Republicans, in Overriding Veto Damaging 9/11 Families

By JNi.Media

Congressman Jerry Nadler, a Manhattan Democrat whose 10th Congressional District actually includes Ground Zero, was adamant in attacking the president's arguments.

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Obituaries

Shimon Peres Dead at 93

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

During a political career that spanned 73 years, Peres served as prime minister, president, and Knesset member for 47 consecutive years, the longest anyone has served in the Israeli parliament. H

Israel / Politics / News Briefs / Obituaries

Israel's 9th President Shimon Peres Dead at 93

By JNi.Media

Nobel Prize winner Shimon Peres, who took part in establishing Israel's security apparatus and served 48 consecutive years as MK passed away following a stroke.

Op-Eds / Analysis

How the Next President Can Defeat ISIS

By Sean Savage

The Obama administration has taken a policy of accommodation towards the Baghdad government that has reaped negative consequences, thereby fostering ISIS

Editorial

Empowering 9/11 Families: The President Should Get Out Of The Way

By Editorial Board

White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest told reporters on Monday that he anticipates the president will veto the legislation but that it hasn’t been presented to him yet.

IDF & Security / Jewish / Politics / Government / News Briefs / Aliyah / Geulah

Israeli President Welcomes 50,000th Oleh Brought Home by Nefesh B’nefesh

By JNi.Media

The flight included a diverse mix of people from 22 US states and one Canadian province, including 24 families, 78 children and 10 medical professionals.

Terrorism / Politics / Iran / News Briefs / Hezbollah

Argentine Judge Wants to Probe Former President on 1994 Jewish Center Bombing

By JNi.Media

On October 25, 2006, special prosecutor Alberto Nisman formally accused the government of Iran of directing the AMIA bombing, and the Hezbollah militia of carrying it out.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs / Media

Analysis: What If Trump Is Winning and No One Notices?

By JNi.Media

It could be that the bulk of Trump's voters remain under the polling radar, but come November they would give their candidate his unlikely victory.

Politics / Global / Government / News Briefs

President Rivlin Receives New Ambassadors from India, Chile, Myanmar, Estonia, Lesotho

By Jewish Press Staff

President Rivlin said, "The Indian and Israeli people have a lot in common, we know how to respect tradition and to be ready to learn and bring innovation to our lives for the benefit of our people and the whole world."

Jewish / Politics / News Briefs / Jerusalem / Religious & Secular in Israel / Religion

President Rivlin Meets Shira Banki's Family ahead of Jerusalem Parade

By JNi.Media

Shira's father said that "such a clear, strong, firm, and public official statement calling for moderation, tolerance, and acceptance of others is something that the State of Israel needs today maybe more than anything."

Video of the Day

Netanyahu's Message to President Abbas: 5 Steps for Peace

By Video of the Day

"Since over the past several years, you refused to meet me and sit down and negotiate peace, I hope you’ll hear this message..."

Op-Eds

Why Dallas Cops Should Turn Their Backs on President Obama

By Ben Shapiro

A new study reported by The New York Times says that black people are significantly less likely to be shot by police than white people in similar circumstances. Obama clearly doesn't read the Times.

The Ettinger Report

US-Israel Ties and the Next US President

By Yoram Ettinger

Israel’s role as America’s Major Non-NATO Ally and the most effective and unconditional geo-strategic ally has vaulted to unprecedented levels.

Fuchs' Focus

'President' Hillary Clinton: Definition of a Nightmare

By Donny Fuchs

How naked is the double standard-the Clintons beat the most egregious scandals when the common man would be incarcerated for life? Hillary should get a ball and chain, NOT the Oval Office.

Terrorism / News Briefs / Video of the Day / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Thousands Attend Rabbi Mark’s Funeral; President, Mossad Chief and Chief Rabbis Deliver Eulogies

By Video of the Day

On the way to Jerusalem cemetery, the family stopped at the site on Route 60 where the terror attack took place.

Terrorism / Photo of the Day / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Thousands Attend Funeral for Miki Mark

By Jewish Press News Desk

President Rivlin promised that the terrorists will be found and dealt with.

Terrorism / Eye on "Palestine" / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements

Netanyahu: World Must Pressure PA President to Condemn Terror Attack, Stop Incitement

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Netanyahu also called upon the world at-large to speak out against the attack, saying: “The entire world needs to condemn this murder just as it condemned the terrorist attacks in Orlando and Brussels.”

News Briefs / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / European Union

Israeli President to EU Parliament: No More ‘Negotiations for Negotiations’ Sake’

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

“One cannot hope to achieve better results while resorting to the same outlooks and tools which have failed time after time previously,” Rivlin said.

Guest Blog

NY Times Blows Winds of Putsch for Israel & How President Truman Got Rid of an Insubordinate War Hero General

By Eliyahu mTsiyon

Why is the NY Times pushing a putsch in Israel? The motive is obvious. They want Israel to bend to Obama's blatant anti-Jewish dictates,

Jewish / US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Analysis: Bernie Sanders May Be the First Jewish US Vice President

By JNi.Media

While Clinton and Trump are essentially tied, Bernie Sanders whips Trump by double digits in almost every single major poll.

Politics / Eye on "Palestine" / Government / News Briefs / Judea & Samaria / Settlements / South America

Brazil Suspends President who Blocked Dani Dayan's Appointment

By JNi.Media

Back in January, Dayan tweeted bitterly, “14 MKs labored indefatigably against my appointment in Brazil: 13 Joint Arab List members and one Tzipi Livni.”

Israel / News Briefs / Holocaust

Rivlin at Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony: We Will Continue to Survive and Battle Anti-Semitism

By TPS / Tazpit News Agency

Rivlin addressed the Holocaust survivors attending the ceremony, asking for their help in extracting the meaning of the tragedy and lessons to be learned.

Op-Eds

SFSU President Wong Supports Incitement Against Jews

By Michael Lumish

Why would Leslie Wong, president of San Francisco State University, support GUPS, a student organization that quite literally calls for the murder of Jews?

US / Elections / News Briefs / Business and Economy

‘Draft Bloomberg’ Movement Gaining Momentum … On Wall Street

By JNi.Media

Former NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been receiving phone calls from his Wall Street pals over the summer asking him to run for president.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Religion

Compare Obama's Rosh HaShanah and Eid-ul-Fitr Messages [Video]

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The President preached to Jews that they are not in control and should have a "sweet year" with neighbors. He told Muslims in July they celebrate a great holiday.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Trump Calls Obama an 'Amateur' and Vows to Re-Negotiate Deal

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"It appears we wanted a deal at any cost rather than following the advice of Ronald Reagan and walking away because 'no deal is better than a bad deal.'"

Terrorism / Israel / Iran / News Briefs

Guess What Each of the US Jewish Organizations Are Saying About the Iran Deal

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

Only one of the major Jewish organizations issued a statement of unqualified support for the nuclear agreement with Iran. Guess which.

US / Iran / News Briefs

Analysis: Chuck Schumer Now the Most Important Man in the World

By JNi.Media

“Chuck Schumer is supposed to be the guardian of Israel. He goes around everywhere and says, ‘My name is Schumer. It means guardian of Israel,'” Graham said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

US / Iran / News Briefs

Iran Deal to Miss Fifth Deadline

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

The European Union explains the deadline is not being extended. Negotiators simply are continuing to negotiate. Huh?

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Trump Ranks No. 2 GOP Candidate in Nationwide Poll

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

"The Donald" is in the number two spot, shared with Ben Carson, in Iowa and Michigan after a survey that already placed him in the second spot in New Hampshire.

The Muqata

Our Tactless President is Right for a Change

By JoeSettler

The President was right, every Jew should have a gun. He just asked the wrong person about it.

IDF & Security / US / Gaza / Hamas / News Briefs / United Nations (UN) / Rockets from Gaza

Netanyahu Asks Why UN Does not Condemn Rocket Attacks on Israel

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Doesn’t Netanyahu understand that the UN opens its mouth if an Israeli home is rocketed and then warns the IDF not to "escalate tensions"?

News Briefs / ISIS / Kurds / Kurdistan

Senators Boxer, Ernst, Move to Arm Kurds Against ISIS

By Jewish Press News Desk

The legislation would provide assistance for a three-year period, eliminating delays in bolstering the regional forces fighting against ISIS.

US / Politics / Elections / News Briefs

Black Republican Ben Carson Running for President

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

Carson's never having held a political office is a disadvantage - and a big advantage for those fed up with professional politicians.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Obama Espouses his Iran Strategy: If, If, If and Blind Hope

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

He assures the USA will defend Israel if is attacked, assuming there is anything left to defend.

Israel / US / Iran / News Briefs

Obama Calls Netanyahu About Nuke Deal

By Jewish Press News Desk

Obama updated Netanyahu on Iran nuclear deal.

News Briefs

Iran and P5+1 Agree to 'Key Parameters' with Unknown Clauses

By Tzvi Ben-Gedalyahu

It is not called an agreement but instead "key parameters" for a final agreement. Some elements of the agreement may not be made public.

US / Politics / Gaza / Hamas / Government / Elections / Iran / News Briefs / Palestinian Authority / "Peace" Process / Normalization / Abraham Accords / Islamists / Judea & Samaria

US President Obama Punishes Israel for Re-electing PM Netanyahu

By Rachel Levy

Punishment of Israelis for re-electing Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was not long in coming from US President Barack Obama.

Government / News Briefs

Mazal Tov, Mr. President: Peres Congratulates Rivlin

By Meir Halevi Siegel

President-elect visits Western Wall after Knesset vote; outgoing president calls, says Rivlin has "all the qualities" to lead nation

Israel / News Briefs

Israel Presidential Elections Tuesday

By Jewish Press News Desk

Despite the mud, dirt, scandals and allegations, the Knesset will hold elections for President on schedule.

Israel / Politics / Police and Crime / News Briefs

Yet Another Presidential Race Dropout Following Allegations of Wrongdoing

By Jewish Press News Desk

Last minute corruption allegations against "Fuad" Ben-Eliezer have forced him to drop out of the race for president of Israel.

Israel / News Briefs

Former President Katzav Asks For Retrial

By Jewish Press News Desk

Former president Moshe Katzav has requested a retrial from the Supreme Court. Katzav claims that his conviction was solely based on the testimony of 'A', and no other evidence. Katzav claims that calls made from his car prove he wasn't with 'A' at the times he was supposed to have been raping her. Katzav has […]

America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Obama Negotiates Amid Iranian Genocidal Intent

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Crimes were committed, but not a holocaust, against both Jews and non-Jews, and even this must still be verified by historians...

America's Rabbi / Shmuley Boteach

Elie Wiesel and Kagame of Rwanda Discuss Genocide & Syria

By Rabbi Shmuley Boteach

Those who use either chemical, or even conventional weapons to slaughter innocent people must be held accountable.

Op-Eds

What the Syria Crisis Tells Us about the Israel Lobby

By Ben Cohen

Rather than the “Lobby” running the administration, it is the administration that runs the “Lobby.”

Shiloh Musings

The Morning After... If Obama Bombs Syria

By Batya Medad

If the opposition gets into power and has nerve gas, they'd use it, too.

News Briefs

Poll: Americans Not Eager to Attack Syria

By Jewish Press News Desk

While some lawmakers, including Sen. Bob Corker, republican of Tennessee, senior Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel of New York, senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, are pressuring President Barack Obama to take military action against Syrian President Bashar Assad, Americans are not excited about the prospect of […]

Sultan Knish

Looking Back on the Life of Barack Obama

By Daniel Greenfield

(CNN) Celebrity News Network - Now with More Holograms!

Daniel Pipes / The Lion's Den

Evidence that Morsi Actually Lost the Egyptian Presidency

By Daniel Pipes

Ahmed Shafiq, the former air force commander and former president Hosni Mubarak's last prime minister, actually won the presidential race by a narrow margin.

J.E. Dyer

Egypt: This Is Big

By J. E. Dyer

The Muslim Brotherhood is willing to keep chaos and misery going for as long as necessary to topple the military’s interim government.

News Briefs

Kahneman Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

By JTA

President Obama awarded Daniel Kahneman, a Princeton psychologist known for his application of psychology to economic analysis, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. The White House release Thursday naming Kahneman and other recipients notes that the Princeton University scholar, who shared the Nobel Price for Economics in 2002, escaped Nazi Europe and served in the Israeli […]

A Soldier's Mother

Message from a Man in Black...to a Man of Hate

By Paula Stern

Ari Lesser - you're great! I hope this video reaches around the world...

News Briefs

Vatican: Papal Visit to Show IDF 'Imprisoning' Christian Population

By Jewish Press News Desk

Fr. Peter Vasko, President of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (FFHL), heralded Pope Francis’ announcement that he may visit the Holy Land next year as an opportunity for the “whole world to see the plight of Christians in the area. Vasko said the pontiff’s presence would also “shine a light on the dwindling […]

J.E. Dyer

US, Setting Example For Israel, Releases Taliban Terrorists

By J. E. Dyer

The Gitmo Five were released without a prisoner exchange.

Rubin Reports

America's Real 'Dangerous Slide' to the Wrong Side

By Barry Rubin

Obama, a man who has spent a few hours in Israel and has no empathy with it, dares to say that he knows better what that country needs than does Prime Minister Netanyahu.

Israel / US / Politics / News Briefs

Two Jerusalem Hotels Buzzing with Pre-Obama Rush

By Anav Silverman, Tazpit News Agency

In addition to providing impeccable services to the hundreds of dignitaries and members of the press, both hotels have also had to contend with the food limitations of next week's Passover holiday.

CIFWatch

Guardian Editorial Takes the Side of Morsi (or Mubarak?)

By Adam Levick

Even the Guardian's own writers criticized the Guardian's editorial.

Politics / News Briefs

The Rabbinical Council of America and the Orthodox Union "Disappointed" by UN Vote

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

On Friday, Nov 30, the RCA and the OU issued the following statement, criticizing the statement made by Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas at the United Nations General Assembly yesterday, and expressing disappointment in the vote that raised the status of the Arab Palestinians to that of nonmember observer state. The Rabbinical Council of America […]

Israel / News Briefs / Sports

Israel: We Can Secure European Under-21 Football Championship

By Malkah Fleisher

Avi Luzon, president of Israel’s football association, said Wednesday that Israel’s hosting of next year’s European under-21 football championship would not pose a security problem.

Israel / US / News Briefs / Egypt / Israel At War: Operation Amud Anan

Egypt's Morsi Hailed 'Power Broker'

By Malkah Fleisher

International media are touting the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement as a political boon for Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi, saying the brokering of the deal has made the new president a “major regional player”.

Goldstein on Gelt

Do Expatriates Still Have the Right to Vote? (Podcast)

By Doug Goldstein, CFP®

Did you know that you still have the right to vote, even if you live overseas?

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