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Israel Kasnett
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EU tries to twist international law to fight eviction of Sheikh Jarrah squatters in Jerusalem
Israel Kasnett
January 18, 2022
Professor Avi Bell: “The accusation that Israel is committing war crimes with plans to build an Arabic-language special-needs school for Israeli and Palestinian Arab residents of the neighborhood shows that European officials harbor equal contempt for common sense, international law and the Jewish state.”
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VIOLENCE IN THE SOUTH
Has situation between Israeli government and Bedouins reached a breaking point?
Israel Kasnett
January 13, 2022
Millions of Israelis are furious over the government’s caving to the rioting and its alleged plan to recognize these illegal Bedouin encampments situated on state lands, claiming that such capitulation will only lead to further unrest and violence.
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Israeli tourism, hit hard by coronavirus closures, optimistically awaits recovery
Israel Kasnett
January 11, 2022
Even though Israel is now allowing in tourists, “people are still cautious. It will take a few years” before Israel returns to pre-coronavirus numbers, which, in 2019, stood at a whopping 4.5 million tourists, said Jerusalem Deputy Mayor Fleur Hassan-Nahum.
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Obsessed with Israeli settlements, Americans and Europeans turn blind eye to Palestinian violence
Israel Kasnett
January 10, 2022
“Instead of focusing on all the obstacles and identifying the most important ones, they are singling out the settlement issue and defining it as the most critical,” says Professor Eytan Gilboa of Bar-Ilan University and a senior fellow at the Jerusalem Institute for Strategy and Security.
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Israel’s controversial new ‘electricity law’ sparks concern over illegal Arab building
Israel Kasnett
January 6, 2022
The bill potentially allows more than 130,000 Arab Israelis living on land defined as “agricultural” rather than “residential” to receive electricity, water and phone lines.
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Lebanon faces dim future as Hezbollah holds the country hostage
Israel Kasnett
January 4, 2022
IDF Col. (ret.) Dr. Jacques Neriah, a special analyst for the Middle East at the Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, told JNS that Hezbollah and the Shi’ite Amal party “have done everything possible in order to paralyze the government and impose their rule.”
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Analysis
Gantz makes concessions to Palestinian Authority with no demands in return
Israel Kasnett
December 30, 2021
“By giving money to the Palestinians, Israel is giving up leverage,” said Maurice Hirsch, head of legal strategies at Palestinian Media Watch.
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Former Mossad official: ‘The closer Iran gets to a nuclear weapon, the more temptation there is to get there’
Israel Kasnett
December 23, 2021
Sima Shine, former head of the Mossad’s research and evaluation division, and Elliott Abrams, former foreign policy adviser to three Republican U.S. presidents, agree that the military option against Iran is a last resort.
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Portugal to digitally process citizenship applications of Jewish descendants
Israel Kasnett
December 22, 2021
“This is a historic process which is reconnecting the Jewish and Portuguese people who have such a long and illustrious mutual heritage,” said Ashley Perry (Perez), president of the Reconectar organization.
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Leaders at Kyiv Jewish Forum warn against rising anti-Semitism, explore new ways to combat it
Israel Kasnett
December 21, 2021
“We know what it means to defend one’s own state and land with weapons in hand at the cost of our own lives,” said Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. “Both Ukrainians and Jews value freedom, and they work equally for the future of our states to become to our liking and not the future others want for us. Israel is often an example for Ukraine.”
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Russia’s chess game against Ukraine places Israel in awkward position
Israel Kasnett
December 20, 2021
President Vladimir Putin’s bluffing “is extremely dangerous,” warns Dima Course, a postdoctoral fellow and lecturer at Ariel University. “Every provocation from any side, every mistake on the ground, can provoke a major clash with unpredictable consequences.”
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Former Mossad director: China ‘the only country’ that can bring about agreement in Vienna
Israel Kasnett
December 16, 2021
Carice Witte, founder and executive director at SIGNAL, adds: “Considering America’s growing concerns about technology and critical infrastructure, contrasted with Jerusalem’s need to carry out massive infrastructure projects over the next decade, now may be the time for Israel to develop a strategy for managing relations with Beijing.”
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Third annual Kyiv Jewish Forum expected to reach half a million viewers worldwide
Israel Kasnett
December 13, 2021
“Jews and Ukrainians are united by more than a thousand-year history, and this history has a lot to teach us about the challenges we face today,” said president of the Jewish Confederation of Ukraine Boris Lozhkin, specifically noting anti-Semitism and the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Hanukkah 2021
Jewish community in UAE hosting thousands for Hanukkah holiday
Israel Kasnett
December 3, 2021
“The volume of events taking place speaks to the tremendous growth we have seen over the past year,” said Rabbi Yehuda Sarna.
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‘The world won’t lift a finger’ against Iran, former Israeli national security official says
Israel Kasnett
November 24, 2021
Speaking at the Institute for Policy and Strategy Conference, former National Security Advisor Yaakov Amidror insisted Israel must develop the capability to destroy Iran’s military nuclear program on its own.
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