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Daily Archives: October 17, 2018

‘Samuel Project’ stars Hal Linden as Holocaust survivor

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The Samuel Project, filmed in San Diego and screened at the  San Diego International Film Festival, is a gentle post-Holocaust story starring Hal Linden as Samuel, a Holocaust survivor who is reluctant to talk about...
Photo by IDF, via Flickr

Hamas attack tunnels are still a serious danger

The IDF and the terrorist organizations in the Gaza Strip, led by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, are continuing to fight a “battle of wits” over the tunnels in the Gaza Strip. Israel has introduced...

Elections are in the Israeli air

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Elections are in the air in Israel. Though there’s as yet no date for when the country as a whole will go to the polls, municipal elections will be held at the end of...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

UN votes to give ‘State of Palestine’ leadership of developing-nations bloc

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In a landslide, the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday voted by grant the “State of Palestine” additional temporary rights and privileges that will enable it to head the largest bloc of developing countries at...
Jerusalem mayor Nir Barkat. Feb. 13, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Remove UNRWA from city, and treat Arabs as residents, says Jerusalem mayor

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The United Nations Relief and Works Agency is “bolstering terrorism,” Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat told the Knesset Interior Committee on Wednesday during a special meeting to discuss a plan by the Jerusalem Municipality to remove...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the IDF Gaza Division on Oct. 17, 2018. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom.

Netanyahu responds to Beersheva attack: ‘Israel will take very strong action’

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “strong action” in response to a rocket attack from Gaza on Wednesday which smashed a home in Beersheva, Israel’s third-largest city. “I have just finished an assessment with the heads of...
U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman speaks at the official opening ceremony of the U.S. embassy in Jerusalem on May 14, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

In rare visit beyond Green Line, US envoy urges dialogue

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U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman visited the city of Ariel, over the Green Line in Judea and Samaria, on Tuesday to attend an event promoting commercial ties between Israelis and Palestinians. His visit was...
California Rep. Nancy Pelosi speaks at the Jewish Democratic Council of America's launch reception in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 8, 2017. Credit: Screenshot.

Poll: US Jewish community to vote overwhelmingly Democratic in midterms

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A poll released on Wednesday found that an overwhelming majority of Jewish voters are expected to cast their ballots for Democrats in the midterms next month, despite the increasing number of Democratic candidates, such as New York’s Alexandria...
Israeli security forces at the scene where a building was hit by a rocket fired from the Gaza Strip in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba, on October 17, 2018. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

Be’ersheva home destroyed by powerful Gaza rocket, family miraculously saved

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A medium-range grad rocket fired by terrorists in the Gaza Strip destroyed a home in Be’ersheva, Israel’s third largest city, deep inside Israeli territory. The Red Alert warning system was activated at 3:39am in Be’ersheva...
Gabrielle Agus from New York is welcomed at Ben-Gurion International Airport after arriving on a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight, October 2018. Credit: Jonny Finkel Photography.

33 Americans make ‘aliyah,’ in time to celebrate Israeli national holiday

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As Israel marked the national holiday of Yom Ha’Aliyah (a day celebrating immigration to the Jewish state) on Oct. 16, a diverse group of 33 Americans immigrated to Israel before the weekend on a...