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Breaking News White House: No Change in Stance on Pollard
Following a meeting with the top Pentagon officials on Monday and a public event with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday at the Brookings Institute, President Shimon Peres’ visit to Washington will reach its peak on Wednesday with his meeting with President Barack Obama – and an official dinner and reception at the White…
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Breaking News South Sudan Officials To Help Immigrants Return
The South Sudanese government will send a delegation to Israel this week to coordinate the repatriation of South Sudanese citizens who are illegally in the country. According to a Foreign Ministry source, immigration officials from South Sudan will meet with officials from Israel’s Immigration and Population Authority. On Sunday, a plane will take off for…
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News School Test Urges Jewish Girls To Shun Arabs
A primer for an Israeli school civics exam that was administered Monday suggested as an answer to a practice question that “the association of Jewish girls with Arabs is liable to undermine their right to life and security.” The book, published by Reches Educational Projects, is one of many such volumes pupils use to prepare…
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Breaking News Bibi Ignored Flotilla Raid Dangers: Report
The decision-making process was flawed, the discussions were hurried and superficial, the National Security Council was kept in the dark, and scenarios of extreme violence were ignored – these are only some of the harsh criticisms found in the State Comptroller’s report on the government’s handling of the Turkish aid flotilla to Gaza, which took…
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Breaking News Romney Was Distant Figure, Mass. Jews Recall
Mitt Romney is remembered by some in Massachusetts’ Jewish community as a distant figure on a grassroots level, a governor with whom their main interaction came during the effort to pass a groundbreaking healthcare reform providing near-universal coverage for state residents. Today it’s the very subject that the presumptive Republican nominee for U.S. president wishes…
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Breaking News Israel Protest Leaders Questioned by Police
Several leaders of last summer’s social protests have been called in for interviews at police stations around the country, in what officials said was an attempt to better prepare its forces for the reprise of demonstrations this summer. Some activists received summonses in the mail, while others have been visited personally by officers. One such…
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Breaking News Envoy: U.S. Suspects Pollard Wasn’t Lone Spy
United States officials suspect that Jonathan Pollard was not the only Israeli spy operating on U.S. grounds, former Israeli ambassador to Washington Itamar Rabinovich said on Monday in an interview with Israel Radio. Rabinovich, Israeli envoy to Washington from 1993 to 1996, said that officials in the U.S. intelligence community believe that Israel still conceals…
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Breaking News Forbes Ranks Richest Rabbis in Israel
Descendents of Rabbi Israel Abuhatzeira, or “the Baba Sali,” a renowned Kabbalist who immigrated to Israel from Morroco and founded his court in Netivot, are known as righteous men, knowledgeable in Kabbalah, and miracle workers – though it is possible that theirmiracle is accumulating bills and coins. Two of the “admorim” (admor is an acronym…
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