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Daily Archives: April 15, 2019

File photo: Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman attend the graduation ceremony at the National Security College on July 13, 2016. Photo by FLASH90

Election over, now jockeying begins

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The election is over, but we’re still a way from the new government. Official results look like a Likud victory, but it’s close, and the winning side is loaded with small parties that will be...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a welcome ceremony for diplomats in Israel for Israel's 69th Independence Day, at the President's residence in Jerusalem, May 2, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

The next government must restore sovereignty to the people

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This week, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will begin a round of consultations with representatives of the various parties before assigning Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu the responsibility of forming the next government. The prevailing belief is...
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Assange’s anti-Semitism revisited

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When the fugitive WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange first holed up in the Ecuadorean embassy in London seven years ago, “Brexit” was an unknown word, Donald Trump was still hosting “The Apprentice,” and the Iran...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and U.S. President Donald Trump meet at the White House in February. Credit: Avi Ohayon/GPO.

Report: Trump warns Netanyahu about Sino-Israeli relations

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U.S. President Donald Trump reportedly told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the latter’s visit at the White House last month that Israel could jeopardize its security cooperation with the United States if it...
An illustrative photo of a patient receiving a measles vaccine in Israel. Credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Uptick in measles cases causes everything from concern to closures in Jewish areas, institutions

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In response to a measles outbreak that was pinpointed to an unvaccinated child contracting the disease while visiting Israel, causing New York City to declare a public health emergency last week, Jewish institutions are issuing warnings and...
Mohammed Shtayyeh (left) accepts the position of prime minister of the Palestinian Authority and the duty to appoint a new government from leader Mahmoud Abbas (right). Credit: JCPA.

Muhammad Shtayyeh sworn in as new PA prime minister

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas swore in the new P.A. government headed by Prime Minister Muhammad Shtayyeh on Sunday, replacing the previous so-called “national consensus” government of Rami Hamdallah that was appointed with the consent...
European Union flags in front of the European Commission building in Brussels. Credit: Amio Cajander via Wikimedia Commons.

EU criticizes Israeli plans for housing units in ‘occupied’ West Bank

In a statement, the European Union denounced Israeli “plans for more than 4,600 new housing units for settlers in the occupied West Bank, including the legalization of an illegal outpost.” The plans were announced last...

Secularism and Our Heritage: The Origins of Pesakh

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THE TRADITIONAL explanation for the holiday of Pesakh is to be found in the twelfth chapter of Exodus: “Tell all the congregations of Israel,” God said to Moses, “that on the tenth day of this...
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin (right) and SpaceIL president Morris Kahn at an introduction of the Israeli spacecraft "Beresheet" at the President's Residence in Jerusalem on Feb. 17, 2018. Photo by Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90.

After lunar crashing, SpaceIL announces Beresheet 2.0

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SpaceIL chairman Morris Kahn announced on Saturday that there will be a second Beresheet lunar spacecraft, following the first Israeli moon mission ending unsuccessfully last week when the spacecraft crashed into the moon’s surface. “I’ve decided that we are...
Entry sign at U.S. Camp Buehring, Kuwait. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

A combat officer’s Passover in the sands of Kuwait

U.S. Capt. Sanford Cohen counts down the end of his deployment in Kuwait by the number of Shabbats, rather than days. “It’s a lot more manageable,” said Cohen, 38, from Staten Island, N.Y. “I’m going to...