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Trump eagerly awaiting meeting with Netanyahu, U.S. envoy says

Erez LinnIsrael Hayom25.09.2018

Report that U.S. president plans to rebuke PM Netanyahu for increasing security coordination with Russia and stalling U.S. peace plan is "completely false," says U.S. Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt. U.S.-Israel ties "have never been better," he says.

U.S. Assistant to the President and Special Representative for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt meets with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on June 20, 2017. Photo by Haim Zach/GPO.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 71st U.N. General Assembly debate at United Nations headquarters in New York City on Sept. 22, 2016. Photo by Kobi Gideon/GPO.

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Russia’s transfer of S-300 to Syria: A disturbing, but surmountable, military challenge

Yaakov LappinJNS24.09.2018

The move comes as a response to the downing of a Russian spy plane, which was shot out of the sky by Syrian air-defense units that fired recklessly while trying to hit Israeli jets.

A Russian S-300 surface-to-air missile system on display in Moscow in 2009. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Former envoy: Israel-Russia crisis artificial, driven by anti-Semitism

Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom25.09.2018

As tensions rise over shooting down of Russian plane in Syria, researcher Zvi Magen says two clear factions have emerged in Russia: One is pleased that Israel is doing the work for Russia and acting against Iran, while the other one sees Iran as an ally.

From left: Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ankara. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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High Holidays 2018

A hop and a happy mess: Sukkot under the stars

Deborah FineblumJNS24.09.2018

A sukkah reinforces the key role such home-based traditions have in Jewish life.

Congregation Beth Am in San Diego, Calif. Youth Department's recent “sukkah hop.” Courtesy.

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High Holidays 2018

Sukkot: The harvest festival and the arrival of autumn

Ethel G. HofmanJNS24.09.2018

Celebrating a weeklong emphasis on food, family, friends and the great outdoors.

An etrog, silver etrog box and lulav, used on the Jewish holiday of Sukkot. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Jewish American tourist celebrating Sukkot killed in Jerusalem hit-and-run

JNS25.09.2018

The driver, a Spanish journalist, was found to have a blood-alcohol level three times the legal limit.

Israelis walking on Jaffa Street in Jerusalem during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot on Sept. 23, 2013. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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Pope Francis takes part in ceremony commemorating the liquidation of Vilnius Ghetto

Yossi LempkowiczEJP25.09.2018

Vilnius had been known for centuries as the "Jerusalem of the North" for its importance to Jewish thought and politics. Each year, the September anniversary is commemorated with readings of the names of Jews who were killed by Nazis or Lithuanian partisans or were deported to concentration camps. 200,000 Lithuanian Jews were killed either in the country or in the Nazi concentration camps in Europe.

Pope Francis. Credit: Alfredo Borba via Wikimedia Commons.

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Belgium suspends all support for PA education for naming schools after terrorists

Itamar Marcus & Nan Jacques ZilberdikPMW25.09.2018

The Belgian Ministry of Development Cooperation has announced that, "The glorification of terrorism or perpetrators of terrorist acts is not acceptable under any circumstances. Our country has repeatedly conveyed the Belgian position to the Palestinian Ministry of Education. As long as terrorism is glorified through school names, Belgium cannot continue to cooperate with the Palestinian Ministry of Education and budgets for school building will be suspended."

Palestinians hold posters showing Dalal Mughrabi, a Palestinian militant involved in an infamous 1978 attack in which 35 Israelis were killed. Credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash 90.

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Iraq and Afghanistan provide insights into US efforts to train Syrian, Kurdish forces

Ariel Ben SolomonJNS23.09.2018

Despite the extension of American soldiers in Syria, the Trump administration is aware that military training of certain forces abroad has a poor record of success.

U.S. Army Maj. Gen. William Caldwell (right), chief spokesman for Multi-National Forces in Iraq, walks to the local marketplace with the Iraqi commander of 1st Brigade, 9th Iraqi Army Division in the Zafaraniyah area of East Baghdad, Iraq, April 5, 2007. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Bronco Suzuki/Wikimedia Commons.

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Rabbi works to make Jewish life more accessible for deaf community

Howard BlasJNS23.09.2018

The whole point of services—the experience—is so that a deaf person doesn’t feel like he or she is catching up or totally lost in prayer.”

Rabbi Yehoshua Soudakoff, Executive Director, The Jewish Deaf Foundation, working with a student. Courtesy.

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Iran’s activities could ignite a dangerous fire

Yaakov LappinJNS20.09.2018

Iran's latest efforts to traffic advanced weaponry to its Lebanese terror proxy Hezbollah led to a potentially major incident between Israel and Russia.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei with Revolutionary Guard Corps. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

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A Russian Su-24 fighter jet. On Nov. 24, a Turkish F-16 fighter jet shot down a Russian Su-24 (not the one pictured here) near the Turkish-Syrian border, igniting the current tensions between Russia and Turkey. Credit: Alexander Mishin via Wikimedia Commons.

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From an American Jew, Thank you Mr. President

Sam LevineJNS23.09.2018

According to a recent report, you are frustrated that the American Jewish community is not more supportive of your presidency. I share in this frustration. So let me say, as an American Jew, thank you Mr. President. Thank you for all you are doing for Israel and the Jewish people.

U.S. President Donald Trump delivers a speech during joint statements with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin at the president's residence in Jerusalem on May 22, 2017. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

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Trump’s support for Israel matters

Martin Sherman

The rumored ‘ultimate deal’: Potential payoffs and possible pitfalls

Hillel Frisch

Israel’s Nationality Law, UN Resolution 181 and the Arab List

Ben Cohen

Study abroad in Turkey, anyone?

Melanie Phillips

The blood of slain Israelis stains many hands

Jonathan S. Tobin

When experts ignore the truth about the Palestinians

Susan B. Tuchman and Morton Klein

US government’s important new stand against campus anti-Semitism

Yoram Ettinger

American aid to Israel is a sound investment

Yaakov Amidror

Common objectives, separate interests

Ariel Kahana

Israel’s insurance policy ‎

Doron Itzchakov

The Tehran summit and Iran’s regional ambitions

Emil Avdaliani

Its battle with fate: Russia, geography, a historical cycle

Oded Granot

Israel’s task just got a little harder in Syria

Stephen M. Flatow

More aid for anti-Semite Abbas?

Yoav Limor

Make no mistake: Russia is mad about jet incident

Sean Durns

The ‘Oslo Diaries’ and Yasser Arafat’s trunk

Eyal Zisser

Yom Kippur War: The forgotten victory

Elad Hakim

‘Teshuvah’ should be mandatory for everyone (including Joe Scarborough)

Michael Calvo

No one seems to know what ‘apartheid’ really means

Jonathan S. Tobin

Why it’s still open season on ‘obstacles to peace’

Yoav Limor

Israel’s unabating efforts to thwart terror

Yoni Ben Menachem

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New Hamas force in Gaza to engage in night-duty terror

Hillel Frisch

Price of Israeli withdrawal? Look at past lessons

Jonathan S. Tobin

‘Fear’ a kangaroo court more than Trump

Reuven Berko

Trump train didn’t stop for the Palestinians

Fiamma Nirenstein

Italy follows US lead in ridding itself of UN madness

Yisrael Medad

Oslo Accords’ first quarter-century … and their next

Ben Cohen

Kurds remain first in Iran’s firing line

Yaakov Lappin

How feasible is a long-term truce with Hamas?

Jonathan S. Tobin

John Kerry’s Iran hypocrisy

Martin Sherman

Into the fray: Israel’s left as a jilted lover

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September 25, 2018

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September 25, 2018

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September 25, 2018

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September 24, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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September 23, 2018

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September 22, 2018

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September 21, 2018

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September 21, 2018

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September 21, 2018

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September 21, 2018

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September 21, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 20, 2018

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September 18, 2018

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September 18, 2018

briefMillions of Jews worldwide pause to observe Yom Kippur

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September 18, 2018

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Watchdog group calls on Trump to deny US entry to Abbas for UN General Assembly meeting

Jackson RichmanJNS21.09.2018

Palestinian Media Watch petitioned the White House, as well as the State and Treasury departments, to reject Palestinian Authority head Mahmoud Abbas from stepping foot on American soil in accordance with new federal statutes prohibiting international terrorist leaders from traveling to the United States.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 20, 2017. Credit: U.N. Photo/Cia Pak.

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Former Gaza mayor: ‘Unless siege is lifted, missiles will be launched at Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion Airport’

MEMRI22.09.2018

Former Khan Yunis mayor Fayez Abu Shamala: Unless siege is lifted, missiles will be launched at Tel Aviv and Ben-Gurion Airport, settlements will be occupied and settlers taken captive

During an interview on the Baladna TV network from Gaza, former Mayor of Khan Yunis Dr. Fayez Abu Shamala said: "Unless the siege is lifted through tahdiya [a ceasefire period,] Gaza will go for an all-out confrontation with the Israelis, with missiles on Tel Aviv and on Ben Gurion airport… The interview was posted online on September 17, 2018. (MEMRI)

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Poll: 40 percent of British Jews might leave, 90 percent citing anti-Semitism

JNS23.09.2018

“Most British Jews who would ordinarily wear Jewish clothing and symbols said that they now conceal them when out in public,” the Campaign Against Antisemitism said in a statement.

A British Airways aircraft. Credit: Pixabay.

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High Holidays 2018

US Ambassador to Israel wishes the Jewish people a happy Sukkot

JNS23.09.2018

Ambassador David Friedman sends the Jewish people blessings on Sunday, thanking an Israeli farm for allowing him to pluck his own etrog this year.

U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman picking an etrog with his wife, Tammy Deborah Sand, in the etrog orchard at Kfar Chabad. Source: Twitter.

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Israel to deduct PA’s monthly payments to Ari Fuld’s killer from tax revenues

Ariel KahanaIsrael Hayom21.09.2018

“Every shekel the Palestinian Authority transfers to the depraved terrorist’s family will be deducted immediately,” says Finance Minister Kahlon • Mere hours after 45-year-old Ari Fuld was stabbed to death last Sunday, the P.A. announced that it would pay his attacker a stipend.

Friends and family attend the funeral of Ari Fuld, 45, who was stabbed to death at the Gush Etzion Junction on Sept. 16, 2018. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Ari Fuld at his home in Efrat, Israel. Courtesy: Yishai Fleisher.

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Khalil Jabarin’s family will receive a monthly stipend of $392 from the Palestinian Authority, expected to occur over a three-year period.

ColumnFor the sake of Ari Fuld, Malki Roth and countless others

Sarah N. Stern

According to American law, anytime an American citizen is murdered by terrorists abroad, our government has jurisdiction and is directed to prosecute the perpetrator to the full extent of the law. There is no statute of limitations.

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Could Chinese involvement in Israeli ports pose a security risk?

Yaakov LappinJNS21.09.2018

Haifa’s growing port, located close to a naval base, will be managed by one Chinese company, while a second port in Ashdod, also near a naval base, is being constructed by a second Chinese firm.

Israel’s Haifa port. Credit: Zvi Roger/Haifa Municipality.

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Groups demand university sanction those implementing BDS at Michigan

JNS21.09.2018

A letter supported by nearly 60 education, civil-rights and religious groups says “impeding a student’s ability to participate in a university-approved educational program in order to carry out political activism is reprehensible.”

The University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor, Mich. Credit: Jha4ceb/Wikimedia Commons.

John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the American Culture department at the University of Michigan, cited the BDS movement in his decision to withhold a letter recommendation for a Jewish student seeking to study abroad in Israel. Credit: Screenshot.

newsMichigan professor defends denying student’s letter of recommendation to study in Israel

Jackson Richman

According to John Cheney-Lippold, an associate professor in the American Culture department, this was the first time he rejected a student’s request for a letter of recommendation to study abroad anywhere, as he labeled Israel an “apartheid” nation.

ColumnBDS new low? Impeding student travel to Israel

Jonathan S. Tobin

An American-studies professor’s discriminatory conduct reminds us that his association’s boycott of Israel is illegal.

The Michigan Union on the University of Michigan Campus. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Jackson Richman

Although a BDS resolution was passed last year by the university’s student government, the administration itself does not allow its departments or any part of the school to boycott or divest from Israel, according to University of Michigan spokesperson Rick Fitzgerald.

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IDF braces for fresh violence on Gaza border, spurred by Hamas

Nikki Guttman and Israel Hayom Staff21.09.2018

“March of Return” group urges Gazans to take part in disturbances along border • IAF hits terror cell launching arson balloons into Israel.

Palestinians burn tires to throw over the Gaza border into Israel on May 4, 2018, as part of weekly riots led by Hamas since March 30. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

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Trump, Netanyahu to take time to talk at UN General Assembly meeting

JNS21.09.2018

The U.S. president is also expected to meet with the heads of Egypt, France, South Korea, Japan and the United Kingdom.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Donald Trump meet at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

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Volkwagen to cease doing business in Iran, boosting US economic sanctions

JNS21.09.2018

“We are pleased with this decision because Iran diverts its economic resources away from its people to spread violence and instability across the globe,” said U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell.

2018 Volkswagen e-Golf photographed in Canada inside the 2018 Montréal International Auto Show. Credit: Bull-Doser/Wikimedia Commons.

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Who will succeed the aging, ailing leader of the PA. Mahmoud Abbas?

Daniel SiryotiIsrael Hayom20.09.2018

Both Israel and the Palestinian leadership are increasingly nervous at the prospect of an intra-Palestinian bloodbath resulting from P.A. leader Mahmoud Abbas and his failure to groom a successor acceptable to all Palestinian factions.

Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on June 27, 2018. Photo: Alaa Badarneh/A.P.