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Daily Archives: June 21, 2019

Ilhan Omar speaking at a VoteRunLead training. Credit: Zoe Griffing Heller via Wikimedia Commons.

No Rep. Omar, Iran troubles didn’t start with Trump

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For Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, the world must start fresh every day. That would explain her ignorance on Iran. “None of this would be happening if Trump didn’t back out of the Iran nuclear...
The winning team of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s Second Annual Women’s Hackathon accepts their prize, June 2019. Photo by Michael Erenburg.

Jerusalem College women’s hackathon leads to device to gauge oxygen levels in babies

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More than 100 religious women students from Jerusalem College of Technology/Machon Tal worked around the clock last week as part of the second annual Hack@Tal, a 44-hour hackathon for the school’s Torah-observant women students. The...
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Jews need a unified voice against anti-Semitism in America

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Earlier this month, the New York Police Department reported that hate crimes in New York City surged 68 percent from 2018 to 2019. Of the 184 hate crimes reported, 60 percent of these hate...
Chinese students take a tour of Mount Kabir in Samaria on June 13, 2019, as part of a program run by Im Tirtzu, geared at turning visiting students into "ambassadors for Israel" upon their return to China. Photo: Dov Trachtman.

Program for visiting Chinese students aims to turn them into ‘ambassadors for Israel’

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This week, dozens of students marked the end of the largest-ever extracurricular academic program for visiting Chinese students in Israel. The program, run by the Zionist organization Im Tirtzu, consists of tours and lectures in...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the 73rd session of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 25, 2018, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. Credit: Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.

Report: Israeli officials concerned Trump’s response to Iran not strong enough

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Israeli officials have been concerned about the Trump administration’s response to Iran amid the latest tension between Washington and Tehran, reported Israel’s Channel 13 and Axios on Thursday. The officials told the outlets that U.S. President Donald Trump seeks...
Jordanian national Thaer Shafut was accused by Israel on June 20, 2019, of spying for Iran. Credit: Shin Bet.

Israel caught Iranian spy in West Bank in April

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Israel said on Thursday that it caught a Jordanian businessman spying on behalf of Iran in Israel earlier this year, including in the West Bank. Thaer Shafut, 32, was in the West Bank last year...
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the Reardon Convention Center in Kansas City, Kan., on July 20, 2018. Credit: Mark Dillman/Wikimedia Commons.

Ocasio-Cortez invited by Polish parliament member to tour concentration camps

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U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) has been invited by a member of the Polish parliament to visit concentration camps in Poland that were used during World War II and the Holocaust. This comes after the...
U.S. Congress. Credit: Pixabay.

Senate votes to block arms sales to Saudi Arabia, UAE and Jordan

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In three votes on Thursday, the U.S. Senate passed 22 resolutions to prevent arms sales to Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Jordan without congressional approval. The tally of the first two votes was...
From left: Rabbi Shmuley Boteach, head of the World Values Network; Jason Greenblatt, U.S. special envoy to the Middle East; and columnist Bret Stephens of “The New York Times.” Credit: Shmuley Boteach via Twitter.

Ahead of Bahrain summit, Trump’s top Mideast envoy reveals insights in peace plan

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It has been a busy week for Middle Eastern affairs. Israel announced the establishment of “Trump Heights” in the Golan, Iran has announced it will soon achieve higher uranium enrichment levels, and the United...
The Barkan Industrial Park in Samaria. Photo by Shuki via Wikimedia Commons.

Number of businesses in Judea and Samaria doubled in past decade

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No fewer than 1,982 small and medium-sized businesses operate in Judea and Samaria, a 100 percent increase over the past decade. Relative to population size, the average rate of entrepreneurship in Judea and Samaria...