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Daily Archives: March 27, 2019

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

What to make of a historic pro-Israel presidency

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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said something last week timed to the Jewish holiday Purim that made a lot of people snicker. When asked by an interviewer by the Christian Broadcasting Network if U.S....
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European Union cannot fight anti-Semitism effectively

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For operational and structural reasons, the European Union cannot effectively combat anti-Semitism. The main operational reasons are the absence of an accepted definition of antisemitism and the lack of comparable statistics on incidents among E.U....
Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon (back to camera) welcoming the rescued Air France passengers and crew including pilot Michel Bacos (left) coming off an Israel Air Force Hercules plane at Ben Gurion Airport, July, 1976. Credit: Moshe Milner/ Israel Government Press Office.

French pilot who remained with Israeli and Jewish hostages at Entebbe dies at 95

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Michel Bacos, the Air France pilot who, along with his crew, stayed with Israeli and Jewish hostages during the July 1976 hijacking that diverted the plane to Uganda’s Entebbe Airport, died in the French...
Photo: Danny Danon, Permanent Representative of Israel to the U.N., addresses the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. Credit: UN Photo/Loey Felipe.

Israeli Ambassador Danny Danon: Anti-Zionism, BDS are the new forms of anti-Semitism

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The Jewish state has seen remarkable diplomatic success in recent years—from the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its official capital last year to Israeli sovereignty over the Golan Heights this week, to emerging relations...
Archaeological excavations at the Hasmonean village in Sharafat. Source: Israel Antiquities Authority.

Hasmonean-era village discovered, proof of Jewish connection to Jerusalem

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A large Hasmonean-era Jewish agricultural village was uncovered by archaeologists in the Arab neighborhood of Sharafat, with a major, multi-generational burial chamber, olive press, ritual baths, a water cistern, dovecote, rock quarries and jar...
Hundreds of supporters of communities in Judea and Samaria gathered at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., to show their support. Credit: Yesha Council.

Hundreds of supporters of communities in Judea, Samaria voice their narrative at off-campus AIPAC...

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While the AIPAC policy conferences features panels and breakout sessions on almost every issue central to the geostrategic challenges facing the State of Israel, one key issue is repeatedly left off the schedule. That...
U.S. President Donald J. Trump, joined Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and administration officials, signs a proclamation formally recognizing Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, on March 25, 2019, at the White House. Credit: Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead.

US recognition of Israel’s sovereignty over Golan ‘sends direct message to Arab world’

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The formal recognition of Israel’s sovereignty in the Golan Heights by the United States could not have come on a more sobering day for Israelis. As rockets were being launched deep into the central...
Opening night of a first-ever exhibit on medicine, designers and cultural implications, sponsored by Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem, on March 13, 2019. The exhibit runs until June 13, 2019. Credit: Hadassah Academic College.

Medicine and design exhibit opens at Hadassah Academic College in Jerusalem

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An inaugural exhibition at the Azrieli Gallery on Hanevi’im Street in Jerusalem (also known as “Hospitals Street”) at Hadassah Academic College’s new Helmsley Building opened its first-ever exhibit on medicine, designers and cultural implications,...
Tel Aviv University students hold a moment of silence for Palestinian “martyrs” in the Gaza Strip on March 26, 2019. Credit: Im Tirtzu.

Tel Aviv University students hold moment of silence for ‘martyrs’ in the Gaza Strip

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In response to the recent escalation in the Gaza Strip, students at Tel Aviv University held a moment of silence on Tuesday for Palestinian “martyrs” there. “This is a moment of silence in memory of...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) addresses the 2019 AIPAC Policy Conference on March 26 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Screenshot.

Congressional and Israeli leaders rebuke Rep. Omar, political anti-Semitism

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Congressional leaders, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman indirectly rebuked Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) on Tuesday for accusingthe American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) last month of paying members...