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Ben CohenJNSJanuary 19, 2018
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.
Route 10 (pictured) straddles the Israel-Egypt border. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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Islam’s Jewish dilemma revisited
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.
Route 10 (pictured) straddles the Israel-Egypt border. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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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 56.4
Left parties 45
Arab parties 12.4
Total Seats 113.8

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Route 10 (pictured) straddles the Israel-Egypt border. Credit: IDF Spokesperson's Unit.
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For the first time in nearly a decade, one dares to believe that the Islamist clerics who have ruled Iran since 1979 will not be in power by the time the 40th anniversary of their revolution rolls around in 2019. The nationwide protests are a direct challenge to the legitimacy of the Islamic Republic, as evidenced in the slogans chanted by the demonstrators. The handful of world governments who regard the demise of Iran’s regime as a desirable end need to stay the course, however long it may take, writes JNS columnist Ben Cohen.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Report: US embassy could relocate to Jerusalem in 2019
MIchael GerbitzWorld Israel NewsApril 30, 2019
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.
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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.
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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.
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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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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