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Israeli President Shimon Peres recorded a special message for the Kinus Hashluchim, making an interesting statement about the Rebbe.
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Mystery of fate of Nazi Gestapo chief solved: Was buried in Jewish cemetery in Berlin in 1945
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Grosse Hamburger Strasse Jewish cemetery in Berlin. Photo: REUTERS
BERLIN - Gestapo chief Heinrich Mueller, the most senior Nazi whose fate has until now remained unknown, died in Berlin in 1945 and, in a chilling twist for an organiser of the Holocaust, lies in a Jewish cemetery, a German historian says.
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White House official confirms Israeli attack on Syrian missile site
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An Israel Air Force jet Photo: REUTERS
Israel conducted air raids against a Syrian missile base near the port city of Latakia on Thursday night according to a leak by an anonymous US administration official, speaking to CNN.
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Rabbi Keeps Rigorous Routine
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Report: IAF jets destroy weapons shipment from Syria to Hezbollah
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An Israel Air Force jet Photo: REUTERS Israeli warplanes on Tuesday destroyed a shipment of missiles that were to be delivered to Hezbollah near the Lebanese-Syrian frontier, according to the Kuwait newspaperAl-Jarida. The paper’s story, which quotes a senior Israeli official, has not been confirmed by any other news source. There was also no word on whether the attack took place on Lebanese or Syrian soil. The Kuwaiti daily also reported last Friday that Israel has information on the location of long-range missiles transferred from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon and is conside… Read More » |
Greek lawmakers vote to defund neo-Nazi Golden Dawn party
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Golden Dawn supporters in Athens [file photo] Photo: Yorgos Karahalis / Reuters Greek lawmakers voted to cut off government funding to Golden Dawn on Wednesday, only weeks after Prime Minister Antonis Samaras told American Jewish leaders in New York that he planned to “deracinate” the neo-Nazi party. Golden Dawn had steadily risen on the back of an anti-austerity and anti-immigrant agenda to become Greece's third-most popular party, until the killing of a left-wing rapper by a part… Read More » |
1 in 4 European Jews afraid to wear kippah, Jewish symbols in public, survey shows
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The Eiffel Tower, Paris. Photo: Reuters A quarter of respondents in a major survey of Jews from nine European countries said they avoid visiting places and wearing symbols that identify them as Jews for fear of anti-Semitism. Fear of wearing a kippah and other identifiably Jewish items was especially strong in Sweden, where 49 percent of 800 respondents said they refrained from such actions, in a survey conducted this year among more than 5,100 Jews by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights. In France, 40 per… Read More » |
Bush to Jewish leaders: I don't trust Iran to change intentions toward Israel
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Former US president George Bush Photo: REUTERS/Larry Downing
WASHINGTON — President George W. Bush told a Jewish gathering that he did not trust the Iranian regime to change its intentions toward Israel. “I will not believe in Iran’s peaceful intentions until they can irrevocably prove that it’s true,” Bush told the 1,200 guests at the gala of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, according to several people in attendance. “The United … Read More » |
IDF Colonel Hacked to Death in Jordan Valley
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Israeli soldiers detain a Palestinian close to the scene where Sariya Ofer, a retired Israeli army officer, was killed. Palestinians wielding axes and iron bars killed Shariyah Ofer outside his home in the West Bank, the latest in a series of attacks on Israelis in the area. In a tragic coincidence, the IDF reserve colonel was killed forty years to the day of his brother’s death, Army Radio reported. Combat pilot Yitzhak Ofer was killed on October 11, 1973 when his aircraft was shot down over the Golan Heights during the Yom Kippur War. Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said the man was &ldqu… Read More » |
US freezing hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Egpyt
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Apache helicopters, F-16s among aid being withheld pending democratic progress; US Defense Secretary Hagel explains changes to Egyptian military leader Sisi; 'NY Times' quotes Israeli official as saying US "playing with fire." Egyptian Apache helicopters fly over Tahrir Square in Cairo Photo: REUTERS
WASHINGTON – The US has decided to alter its military aid to Egypt, the State Department said on Wednesday, after Sunday’s clashes in the Arab world’s most populous nation resulted in the deaths of 57 people. The US will maintain military aid to Egypt tied by contracts with American defe… Read More » |
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef: A Leader of Sephardic Jewry
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Hundreds of thousands of mourners attend the funeral procession of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Photo: Benams.
Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, a former Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel, preeminent authority on Jewish law, and political mentor to many in Israel’s Sephardic Jewish community, passed away on Monday, Oct. 7. He was 93. The rabbi was hospitalized early Monday at the Hadassah University Medical Center in Jerusalem and a suffered a general collapse of his bodily systems hours before passing away at 1:20 p.m. After the announcement of his death, anguished cries were heard in synagog… Read More » |
Netanyahu: Palestinian recognition of Israel as a Jewish state is crucial condition for peace
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Prime Minister Netanyahu speaking at Bar Ilan, October 6, 2013. Photo: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO There will be no peace with the Palestinians until they recognize the Jewish right to a homeland in Israel, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu said Sunday night at Bar-Ilan University. "A necessary condition to getting a true solution [to the Israeli-Palestinian] conflict was and remains clear as the sun: ending the refus… Read More » |
IDF engineering platoon drills lead the way in ground offensive
The IDF used a new version of the Smart Broadcast mapping system during exercise in the North. Photo: IDF Spokesman
An Engineering Corps reconnaissance platoon held a war drill on the Golan Heights this week in which it practiced entering a battle arena to blaze a trail for forces in a ground offensive.
The platoon belongs to the Lahav Battalion, which is a part of the 7th Armored Brigade.
“Our job is to be the eyes and long hand of the battalion, to analyze the situation on the ground, locate obstacles (they could be enemy positions, mines, or any other threats), and get them off the ground in any way possible, i… Read More »
Europe council: Circumcision a 'violation of the physical integrity of children'
Baby undergoes circumcision Photo: REUTERS
A resolution that calls male ritual circumcision a “violation of the physical integrity of children” was passed overwhelmingly by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
The council, a pan-European intergovernmental organization, debated and passed the resolution on Tuesday based on a report by the Committee on Social Affairs, Health and Sustainable Development led by German rapporteur Marlene Rupperecht. The resolution passed by a vote of 78 in favor and 13 against, with 15 abstentions.
The resolution calls on states to “clearly define the medical, sanitary and other conditi… Read More »
Netanyahu: Iranian President a Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
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Israel’s prime minister declared Tuesday that his country will never allow Iran to get nuclear weapons, even if it has to act alone, and he dismissed the Iranian president’s “charm offensive” as a ruse to get relief from sanctions. Benjamin Netanyahu told the U.N. General Assembly that Israel’s future is threatened by a “nuclear-armed” Iran seeking its destruction. He urged the international community to keep up biting sanctions against Iran, saying the greater the pressure, the greater the chance for diplomacy to succeed. Netanyahu accused Iranian President Hassan Rouhani of masterminding Iran’s strategy … Read More » |
