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Daily Archives: May 21, 2018

RESPONSE TO UNRWA ATTACKS ON OUR FILM, UNRWA UPRISING

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UNRWA spokesman Chris Gunness has charged that the film “is a catalogue of misrepresentation.” He charges that, “There is no evidence whatsoever to substantiate the claim that UNRWA supported the so called “Great March”,...

Erdogan’s Turkey: A caliphate in the making?

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The new crisis with Israel initiated by Recep Tayyip Erdogan following President Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and the Gaza so called March of Return demonstrations, taken together with his...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) and Paraguayan President Horacio Cartes at the official opening ceremony of the Paraguay embassy in Jerusalem on May 21, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO

New Paraguay Embassy inaugurated in Jerusalem

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The new Embassy of Paraguay in Jerusalem was opened in the Malha Technological Park on Monday, attended by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Paraguayan president Horacio Cartes, dignitaries, officials, and guests. The new embassy is the...
Bernard Lewis. Credit: Agence Opale-Alamy

Revered Middle East scholar Bernard Lewis dies at age 102

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Professor Bernard Lewis, a world-renowned expert and historian whose prolific writings helped the world understand the complexities of the Middle East, passed away over the holiday of Shavuot at the age of 102. Lewis was...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greets U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Tel Aviv. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Report: US looking to restart nuclear negotiations with Iran

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is expected to roll out a new U.S. strategy on the Iranian nuclear issue at the Heritage Institute think tank in Washington on Monday. Pompeo is scheduled to deliver...
Palestinian protesters during clashes with Israeli forces along the border with the Gaza strip east of Gaza City on May 11, 2018. Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

IDF spokesman: Western media falls for Hamas’ lies

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In an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal on Saturday,  IDF Spokesman Brig. Gen. Ronen Manelis slammed Western media outlets for letting the Hamas terrorist group get away with lies over the weekly violent demonstrations near...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas at a meeting of the Palestinian Central Council in Ramallah on Jan. 14, 2018. Credit: Flash90.

PA leader Mahmoud Abbas admitted to hospital in Ramallah

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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was hospitalized for the third time in a week on Sunday, but may be released as early as Tuesday, according to sources in Ramallah. The 83-year-old leader was admitted to...
Outgoing IDF Chief of Intelligence, Major General Herzi Halevy, seen with head of the Mossad Yossi Cohen, at Glilot military base near Tel Aviv, March 28, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90

Israel’s spy chief: It is a great pleasure to steal from the Persians

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Mossad Director Yossi Cohen made an unusual comment on Saturday, all but conceding that his agency was responsible for the recent daring raid on Iran’s nuclear archive. Speaking at an event marking the Jewish holiday of...
Newly minted Israeli road signs for the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem are circulating in social media. (Source unknown).

Evangelical Christians and the U.S. Embassy in Israel

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Pastor Robert Jeffress of Dallas spoke these words at the opening ceremony of the United States embassy in Jerusalem: “We come before you, the God of Abraham. Isaac and Jacob, thanking you for bringing...

AJC Mourns Shoshana Cardin

AJC mourns the passing of Shoshana Cardin, a trailblazing leader of the American Jewish community. The former AJC Vice President and longtime Board of Governors member was a committed, knowledgeable and proud Jew. She died...