By Uriel Heilman, JTA World News Service (JTA)—For more than a decade, Venezuelan Jews have been holding their breath, subject to the whims of a mercurial president who used his bully pulpit to intimidate, rail against Israel and embrace Iran. There was the police raid of a Caracas school in 2004,Continue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service MAJDAL SHAMS, Israel (JTA)—At first glance, the identification cards of young Druze men looked identical to those of any Israeli, with a number, photo, name and address. The only difference is the citizenship line: Instead of listing “Israeli,” most of the Druze cards areContinue Reading
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By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service KATZRIN, Israel (JTA)—For nearly 40 years, Israel’s border with Syria has been, perhaps improbably, its quietest. The two countries technically have been in a state of war since the cease-fire that ended the 1973 Yom Kippur War. But over the past four decades, whileContinue Reading
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Despite the widespread belief that ties between Israel and Turkey are virtually non-existent, if fact, Israeli and Turkish officials have held a series of meetings, the most recent three weeks ago, according to Israeli officials who confirmed media reports in both countries. The goal hasContinue Reading
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By Ron Kampeas, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Is President Obama’s plan to visit Israel a sign that he’s ready to take another shot at Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking? The White House announced Tuesday that Obama would visit Israel in the spring, his first trip there as president. He did visitContinue Reading
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Palestinians may soon have a new weapon in their arsenal against Israel — the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki said Palestinians may turn to the Court to stop Israeli construction on land Israel acquired in 1967, especially onContinue Reading
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By Uriel Heilman , JTA World News Service (JTA) — A few observations about the Israeli election results: Right-left split changes, but not a game changer: From an outsider’s perspective, Israel would seem to be a very politically unstable place. The biggest party in the previous Knesset, Kadima, crashed from 28Continue Reading
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By Linda Gradstein, The Media Line Israeli police tore down Palestinian protest tents in an area slated for Israeli building just outside Jerusalem after the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Israeli government. Some 50 Palestinian demonstrators were removed from the area earlier this week. It was the latest scuffleContinue Reading
By Ben Sales, JTA World News Service TEL AVIV (JTA)—Remember the second U.S. presidential debate in October, when the incumbent Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney stood about six inches from each other, with one interrupting the other at every turn? Add about a dozen candidates, take away the formal rulesContinue Reading
By Felice Friedson, other Jerusalem — It has come to Ramallah, Tel Aviv, Jaffa and even the Gaza Strip. It connects and inspires people around the world through its one day conferences. Presented in up to18-minutes per round, in big halls or out of a box, it has touched billions ofContinue Reading
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