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Last June, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint Knesset-Congress event for the 50th anniversary of Jerusalem’s reunification. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.
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Report: US embassy could relocate to Jerusalem in 2019
MIchael GerbitzWorld Israel NewsJanuary 21, 2018
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week predicted the U.S. Embassy in Israel would be relocated to Jerusalem within a year, President Donald Trump countered that estimate
A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons.
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Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS
ColumnDemocrats should disown official who accused Israel, Rachael Ray of ‘cultural genocide’
Stephen M. Flatow
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Ariel Ben Solomon
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Panicky critics of Israel push fake ‘one state’ threat
Ben Cohen
The return of Bibi Derangement Syndrome
Ben Cohen
Why an anti-Semitism commissioner for Germany is a good idea
Harold Rhode
Gatestone Institute
Have Kerry and Indyk Pushed Abbas into the Arms of Hamas?
Sarah N. Stern
Trump delivers a sorely needed dose of reality therapy
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January 21, 2018
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January 19, 2018
briefHamas establishing terror infrastructure in Lebanon, Israeli defense minister says
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January 19, 2018
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January 18, 2018
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January 18, 2018
briefTrump says embassy will not move to Jerusalem within one year
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January 18, 2018
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January 18, 2018
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January 17, 2018
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January 17, 2018
briefPA’s Abbas continues anti-Trump rhetoric, says Jerusalem is the key to peace or war
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January 17, 2018
briefUS international negotiations envoy Greenblatt arrives in Israel ahead of Pence visit
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January 17, 2018
briefUS withholds $65 million from UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, calls for changes
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January 17, 2018
briefHamas: Iran is only country that supports Palestinian ‘resistance’
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January 17, 2018
briefBomb discovered at Joseph’s Tomb ahead of Jewish visitation to holy site
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January 17, 2018
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January 17, 2018
briefDefense minister: IDF will destroy all Hamas terror tunnels by end of 2018
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January 17, 2018
briefNetanyahu says Modi ‘revolutionizing’ Israel-India ties, signs nine bilateral deals
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January 17, 2018
briefTunisian police arrest five suspects tied to synagogue firebombing
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January 17, 2018
briefLebanon bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ over famed director’s ties with Israel
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January 17, 2018
briefGroups petition Israeli High Court for expanded Western Wall egalitarian prayer section
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briefPalestinian leader Abbas slams Trump and calls Israel a ‘colonial project’
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JNS Polling Averages
February 20, 2019
Party Avg Current
Likud 27.6 30
Israel Resilience 13.4 0
Yesh Atid 12.8 11
Joint list 12.4 13
Yamin Hadash 10.4 3
Zionist Union 8.8 24
UTJ 7 6
Kulanu 5.6 10
Shas 4.8 7
Gesher 4.6 1
Yisrael Beitenu 3.2 5
Bayit Yehudi 3.2 5
Agudat Yisrael 3
Right parties 63
Left parties 42
Arab parties 13
Total Seats 118

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January 19, 2018
briefHamas establishing terror infrastructure in Lebanon, Israeli defense minister says
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January 19, 2018
briefThink tank offers $1 million to UNRWA after Trump cut, proposes reforms to agency
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January 18, 2018
briefPoll: worldwide approval of US leadership drops significantly, Israeli approval rises
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January 18, 2018
briefTrump says embassy will not move to Jerusalem within one year
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January 18, 2018
briefIDF carries out manhunt in Jenin to apprehend terrorists behind drive-by shooting
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January 18, 2018
briefNetanyahu says $500 million Spike missile deal with India is back on
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January 17, 2018
briefNetanyahu predicts that US embassy will move to Jerusalem within a year
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January 17, 2018
briefPA’s Abbas continues anti-Trump rhetoric, says Jerusalem is the key to peace or war
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January 17, 2018
briefUS international negotiations envoy Greenblatt arrives in Israel ahead of Pence visit
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January 17, 2018
briefUS withholds $65 million from UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, calls for changes
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January 17, 2018
briefHamas: Iran is only country that supports Palestinian ‘resistance’
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January 17, 2018
briefBomb discovered at Joseph’s Tomb ahead of Jewish visitation to holy site
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January 17, 2018
brief#WeRemember Holocaust memorial campaign spreads to 45 countries
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January 17, 2018
briefDefense minister: IDF will destroy all Hamas terror tunnels by end of 2018
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January 17, 2018
briefNetanyahu says Modi ‘revolutionizing’ Israel-India ties, signs nine bilateral deals
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January 17, 2018
briefTunisian police arrest five suspects tied to synagogue firebombing
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January 17, 2018
briefLebanon bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ over famed director’s ties with Israel
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January 17, 2018
briefGroups petition Israeli High Court for expanded Western Wall egalitarian prayer section
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January 17, 2018
briefPalestinian leader Abbas slams Trump and calls Israel a ‘colonial project’
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January 17, 2018
briefUS ambassador to Israel sends condolences to family of rabbi killed in terror attack
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Speaker at Center for Jewish History violently denounces Israel
Stephen M. FlatowJNSOctober 20, 2017
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen. Credit: Joe Mabel via Wikimedia Commons.
Steven Spielberg. Credit: Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.
briefLebanon bans Steven Spielberg’s ‘The Post’ over famed director’s ties with Israel
Steven Spielberg’s latest film, “The Post,” has been banned in Lebanon due to the famed Jewish-American director’s purported ties with Israel.
A woman holds a “We Remember” sign as part of the the World Jewish Congress's social media campaign. Credit: Facebook.
brief#WeRemember Holocaust memorial campaign spreads to 45 countries
Ahead of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27, the World Jewish Congress (WJC) has launched a global campaign encouraging millions of people to use social media to raise awareness about the Holocaust.
ColumnIslam’s Jewish dilemma revisited
Ben Cohen
In “Anti-Judaism: The Western Tradition,” scholar David Nirenberg argues that on the one hand, Islam regards Jews as “enemies” of Muhammad’s prophecy, but on the other, Islam realizes only too well that without the existence of Jews and their practices, there would have been no subsequent prophetic tradition and faith to follow.
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‘We don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,’ Senate aide allegedly says
JNS StaffJanuary 19, 2018
A U.S. Senate staffer allegedly suggested that anti-Semitism is of lesser concern than discrimination against other minority groups, stating twice that “we don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,” JNS has learned.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2017. A senior policy adviser for Murray allegedly said, “We don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,” JNS reports. Credit: Mobilus In Mobili via Wikimedia Commons.
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Stephen M. FlatowJNSJanuary 17, 2018
Mahmoud Abbas has a problem with women
JNS columnist Stephen M. Flatow asks: Why is it that every time a female U.S. government official says something that the PA doesn’t like, PA leaders respond by making a disparaging remark related to the fact that she is a woman?
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Can the world agree to ‘fix’ the Iran nuclear deal?
Israel KasnettJNSJanuary 19, 2018
Israel and the U.S. are largely on the same page about policy towards Iran. But can Trump get Europe on board?
A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
newsIsrael bans entry for 20 BDS groups, shows it ‘won’t turn a blind eye’ to delegitimization
Sean Savage and Adam Abrams
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of the NGO Monitor watchdog group, told JNS that the government’s move signals that Israel “won’t turn a blind eye to those who work to delegitimize it, but the downside is that it also serves to raise the profiles of these groups.”
ColumnDon’t forget Qatar and Turkey
Ben Cohen
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A law that allows hatemongers to pose as martyrs
Jonathan S. TobinJNSJanuary 11, 2018
Far from hurting the BDS movement, Israel’s new “blacklist” of boycott leaders banned from entering the country allows these enemies of the Jewish state to play martyrs and garner undeserved sympathy. Contrary to the fears of Israeli lawmakers, the real threat posed by BDS is to Jews in the Diaspora, not those in Israel, writes JNS Editor in Chief Jonathan S. Tobin.
A protest in London calling for a boycott of Israel. Credit: Claudia Gabriela Marques Vieira via Wikimedia Commons.
ColumnIran has a foreign policy doctrine
Ben Cohen
Through its own words, the Iranian regime gives the lie to Western claims of “moderation.” The doctrine might also turn out to be the source of the Islamic Republic’s coming collapse, writes JNS columnist Ben Cohen.
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PA’s Abbas continues anti-Trump rhetoric, says Jerusalem is the key to peace or war
JNSJanuary 17, 2018
Abbas continued his rhetoric against Donald Trump at a conference focused on Jerusalem at Al-Azhar University in Cairo.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.
Palestinian boys raise their hands at a school in Gaza supported by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in September 2011. Credit: U.N. Photo/Shareef Sarhan.
briefUS withholds $65 million from UN’s Palestinian refugee agency, calls for changes
The U.S. on Tuesday announced announced a major cut in its current funding of UNRWA, the United Nations agency dedicated solely to Palestinian refugees, while calling for reforms to the organization.
President Donald Trump’s international negotiations representative, Jason Greenblatt (left), meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last year. Credit: Twitter.
briefUS international negotiations envoy Greenblatt arrives in Israel ahead of Pence visit
President Donald Trump’s international negotiations representative, Jason Greenblatt, is arriving in Israel on Wednesday for meetings with representatives of the Middle East Quartet.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint appearance in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
briefTrump says embassy will not move to Jerusalem within one year
President Donald Trump said he does not expect the U.S. Embassy in Israel to move from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem within a year, contradicting comments made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday.
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IDF prepares for new high-tech home in Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’
Yaakov LappinJNSJanuary 19, 2018
The IDF is gearing up for a major relocation to southern Israel, where it plans to create new environs replete with academia and high-tech firms, and to give a significant boost to the Be’er Sheva area.
Israeli Air Force (IAF) soldiers who completed the IAF’s flight course are pictured during a graduation ceremony held at the Hatzerim Air Base in southern Israel’s Negev desert on June 25, 2015. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Flash90.
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ColumnThe New York Times ignores Israel’s protection of LGBT rights
Tamar Sternthal
A Dec. 30 feature in The New York Times identifies Lebanon as perhaps the “one exception” in a region hostile to its LGBT citizens. The article completely ignores Israel, the only Mideast country where gay rights are legally protected.
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Longtime Jewish supporters of peace process: Abbas disqualified as negotiating partner
Rafael MedoffJNSJanuary 19, 2018
Some prominent Jewish proponents of the decades-long peace process between Israelis and Palestinians now claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s controversial speech on Jan. 14 disqualifies him as a negotiating partner, while other dovish Jewish leaders are accusing the Trump administration of provoking the Palestinian leader.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah on January 14, 2018. Credit: Flash90.
Protesters compare President Donald Trump's proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall to Israel's West Bank security fence at a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) demonstration in New York City last September. Credit: JVP via Facebook.
newsMajor Jewish organizations back Israel’s BDS entry ban, barred group calls it ‘bullying’
Rafael Medoff
Leaders of several major American Jewish organizations told JNS they support the Israeli government’s decision to prevent the entry of foreign citizens who promote boycotts of Israel.
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Washington’s paradigm shift on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel KasnettJNSJanuary 17, 2018
The Trump administration’s approach to the Palestinians represents what Mideast experts and Israel advocates are describing as a paradigm shift in Washington—acknowledging that Palestinian rejectionism lies at the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict, rather than reflexively blaming the Jewish state for the impasse in negotiations.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint appearance in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S. Department of Energy headquarters on June 29, 2017. Credit: Simon Edelman/Department of Energy.
briefPoll: worldwide approval of US leadership drops significantly, Israeli approval rises
Among Israeli respondents, President Donald Trump’s approval rating is 67 percent.
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Israel’s wine industry grows better with age
Eliana RudeeJNSJanuary 17, 2018
sraeli winemakers say that, just like the beverage they produce, their industry is growing better with age. In the past few years, Israeli exports of wine and spirits have been consistently growing at around 6 percent annually, according to the Israel Export Institute.
Bottles from the Derech Eretz winery at the Sommelier 2018 exhibition in Tel Aviv. Credit: Eliana Rudee.
Gil Hovav. Credit: Courtesy Gil Hovav.
featureIsraeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav’s memoir is a heartwarming and earnest slice of life
Jeffrey Barken
Honest cooking and sincere storytelling rely on similar ingredients: tradition, love, humor and spice, among others. These components are found throughout “Candies from Heaven,” the newly translated memoir of leading Israeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav.
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Netanyahu trip comes as Israel-India defense and tech ties continue to grow
Yaakov LappinJNSJanuary 17, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to India is occurring against the backdrop of a massive and still growing river of defense sales and technology transfers from Jerusalem to New Delhi.
An INS Kolkata ship of the Indian Navy fires an Israeli-produced Barak 8 long-range surface-to-air missile on Dec. 30, 2015. Credit: Indian Navy via Wikimedia Commons
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (second from left) visits the iCreate Centre for Entrepreneurship and Technology with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday in the Gujarat province. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.
briefNetanyahu says $500 million Spike missile deal with India is back on
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that Israel’s $500 million Spike missile deal with India is back on after the pact’s reported cancellation last November.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) and his wife Sara are welcomed by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Presidential Palace in New Delhi. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.
briefNetanyahu says Modi ‘revolutionizing’ Israel-India ties, signs nine bilateral deals
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his Indian counterpart, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is “revolutionizing” ties between the nations as the two leaders signed nine bilateral agreements on Monday in New Delhi.
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Falsely accused of spying for Israel, Jewish engineer seeks redemption
David SachsDetroit Jewish News/JNSJanuary 17, 2018
For the past 33 years, David Tenenbaum has worked as a civilian engineer at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. During a significant part of that time, Tenenbaum says he was subjected to vile anti-Semitism from co-workers and from the Army itself. He recounts how he has been harassed, intimidated and accused of spying for Israel.
David Tenenbaum. Credit: Detroit Jewish News.
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Report details scope of persecution in the cradle of Christianity
Sean SavageJNSJanuary 17, 2018
A new report by the Christian charity group Open Doors has found that most of Israel’s neighbors, including Egypt, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian territories, are among the world’s most dangerous places for Christians.
In July 2016, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (pictured in front at center)—the leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church—hosts Ignatius Aphrem II (left), patriarch of Antioch and All East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and Aram I, head of Lebanon’s Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
The historic Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia. Credit: Issam Barhoumi via Wikimedia Commons.
briefTunisian police arrest five suspects tied to synagogue firebombing
Tunisian authorities arrested five suspects for last week’s firebombing of the historic Ghriba Synagogue on the island of Djerba.
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Report: US embassy could relocate to Jerusalem in 2019
MIchael GerbitzWorld Israel NewsJanuary 21, 2018
After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week predicted the U.S. Embassy in Israel would be relocated to Jerusalem within a year, President Donald Trump countered that estimate. The New York Times now reports that the White House is indeed pushing full steam ahead with the embassy’s relocation.
A view of Jerusalem. Credit: Berthold Werner via Wikimedia Commons.
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Before Israel visit, Pence reassures Jordan and Egypt of US role in peace process
January 21, 2018
Ahead of a two-day trip to Israel, Vice President Mike Pence visited neighboring Jordan and Egypt in an attempt to strengthen U.S. ties with the two Arab allies, and to reassure the countries’ leaders of America’s role as a peace broker between Israelis and Palestinians.
Vice President Mike Pence. Credit: Simon Edelman/Energy Department.
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Can the world agree to ‘fix’ the Iran nuclear deal?
Israel KasnettJanuary 19, 2018
Israel and the U.S. are largely on the same page about policy towards Iran. But can Trump get Europe on board?
President Donald Trump addresses the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 19, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.
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Longtime Jewish supporters of peace process: Abbas disqualified as negotiating partner
Rafael MedoffJanuary 19, 2018
Some prominent Jewish proponents of the decades-long peace process between Israelis and Palestinians now claim that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s controversial speech on Jan. 14 disqualifies him as a negotiating partner, while other dovish Jewish leaders are accusing the Trump administration of provoking the Palestinian leader.
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas speaks during a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah on January 14, 2018. Credit: Flash90.
news
IDF prepares for its new high-tech home in southern Israel’s ‘Silicon Wadi’
Yaakov LappinJanuary 19, 2018
The IDF is gearing up for a major relocation to southern Israel, where it plans to create new environs replete with academia and high-tech firms, and to give a significant boost to the Be’er Sheva area.
Israeli Air Force (IAF) soldiers who completed the IAF’s flight course are pictured during a graduation ceremony held at the Hatzerim Air Base in southern Israel’s Negev desert on June 25, 2015. Credit: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Flash90.
news
‘We don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,’ Senate aide allegedly says
JNS StaffJanuary 19, 2018
A U.S. Senate staffer allegedly suggested that anti-Semitism is of lesser concern than discrimination against other minority groups, stating twice that “we don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,” JNS has learned.
U.S. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) speaks at a rally outside the U.S. Capitol on June 28, 2017. A senior policy adviser for Murray allegedly said, “We don’t care about anti-Semitism in this office,” JNS reports. Credit: Mobilus In Mobili via Wikimedia Commons.
feature
Israel’s wine industry grows better with age
Eliana RudeeJanuary 17, 2018
sraeli winemakers say that, just like the beverage they produce, their industry is growing better with age. In the past few years, Israeli exports of wine and spirits have been consistently growing at around 6 percent annually, according to the Israel Export Institute.
Bottles from the Derech Eretz winery at the Sommelier 2018 exhibition in Tel Aviv. Credit: Eliana Rudee.
feature
Falsely accused of spying for Israel, Jewish engineer seeks long-awaited redemption
David SachsDetroit Jewish News/JNSJanuary 17, 2018
For the past 33 years, David Tenenbaum has worked as a civilian engineer at the U.S. Army Tank-automotive and Armaments Command. During a significant part of that time, Tenenbaum says he was subjected to vile anti-Semitism from co-workers and from the Army itself. He recounts how he has been harassed, intimidated and accused of spying for Israel.
David Tenenbaum. Credit: Detroit Jewish News.
news
Netanyahu trip comes as Israel-India defense and tech ties continue to grow
Yaakov LappinJanuary 17, 2018
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to India is occurring against the backdrop of a massive and still growing river of defense sales and technology transfers from Jerusalem to New Delhi.
An INS Kolkata ship of the Indian Navy fires an Israeli-produced Barak 8 long-range surface-to-air missile on Dec. 30, 2015. Credit: Indian Navy via Wikimedia Commons
news
As Iranian minorities join protests, should the US and Israel arm them?
Ariel Ben SolomonJanuary 17, 2018
Could the U.S. and Israel more aggressively promote regime change in Iran through supporting dissident minority groups, including by arming them?
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and President Donald Trump (left) with White House adviser Jared Kushner (center) at the start of a meeting in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.
news
Report details scope of persecution in the cradle of Christianity
Sean SavageJanuary 17, 2018
A new report by the Christian charity group Open Doors has found that most of Israel’s neighbors, including Egypt, Jordan, Syria and the Palestinian territories, are among the world’s most dangerous places for Christians.
In July 2016, Pope Tawadros II of Alexandria (pictured in front at center)—the leader of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church—hosts Ignatius Aphrem II (left), patriarch of Antioch and All East of the Syriac Orthodox Church, and Aram I, head of Lebanon’s Catholicosate of the Great House of Cilicia of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.
news
Washington’s paradigm shift on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Israel KasnettJanuary 17, 2018
The Trump administration’s approach to the Palestinians represents what Mideast experts and Israel advocates are describing as a paradigm shift in Washington—acknowledging that Palestinian rejectionism lies at the root of the Arab-Israeli conflict, rather than reflexively blaming the Jewish state for the impasse in negotiations.
President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu make a joint appearance in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.
news
Major Jewish organizations back Israel’s BDS entry ban, barred group calls it ‘bullying’
Rafael MedoffJanuary 17, 2018
Leaders of several major American Jewish organizations told JNS they support the Israeli government’s decision to prevent the entry of foreign citizens who promote boycotts of Israel.
Protesters compare President Donald Trump's proposed U.S.-Mexico border wall to Israel's West Bank security fence at a Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP) demonstration in New York City last September. Credit: JVP via Facebook.
feature
Israeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav’s memoir is a heartwarming and earnest slice of life
Jeffrey BarkenJanuary 17, 2018
Honest cooking and sincere storytelling rely on similar ingredients: tradition, love, humor and spice, among others. These components are found throughout “Candies from Heaven,” the newly translated memoir of leading Israeli culinary journalist Gil Hovav.
Gil Hovav. Credit: Courtesy Gil Hovav.
news
Israel bans entry for 20 BDS groups, shows it ‘won’t turn a blind eye’ to delegitimization
Sean Savage and Adam AbramsJanuary 10, 2018
Prof. Gerald Steinberg, founder and president of the NGO Monitor watchdog group, told JNS that the government’s move signals that Israel “won’t turn a blind eye to those who work to delegitimize it, but the downside is that it also serves to raise the profiles of these groups.”
A BDS movement protest against Israel in Melbourne, Australia. Credit: Mohamed Ouda via Wikimedia Commons.
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