World News (Page 48)

By Sarah Freishtat, JTA World News Service WASHINGTON (JTA) — Opposition to a proposed Israeli conversion bill is mounting, from the U.S. Congress to the Israeli prime minister. Meanwhile, the bill was put on hold until October after the Knesset adjourned this week for a two-month recess. The controversy over theContinue Reading

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By Joshua Mitnick , JTA News & Features TEL AVIV (JTA) — Amid beefed-up security outside a gay and lesbian community center where two young Israelis were shot and killed, the shock that greeted the attack was replaced by sobriety — and even a sense of opportunity. Gay Israelis said theContinue Reading

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By Nechemia Meyers, Special to JTNews It is ridiculous that no fewer than 34 parties will be competing for votes in next week’s election. This is because winning even 2 percent of the vote will give them a seat in the Knesset and a public platform from which to disseminate theirContinue Reading

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By Leslie Susser , JTA News & Features JERUSALEM (JTA) — With a cease-fire in place, Israelis are asking whether the 22-day war against Hamas in Gaza achieved its aims. The government argues that the overwhelming victory in the field will advance what was Operation Cast Lead’s primary goal: Bringing aContinue Reading

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By Eric Fingerhut, JTA News & Features WASHINGTON (JTA) — War is waging in the Middle East and Iran continues its pursuit of nuclear weapons, but Jewish organizations say they also will be focusing on several domestic items in the first 100 days of the Obama administration. At the top ofContinue Reading

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By Leslie Susser , JTA News & Features JERUSALEM (JTA) — In the second week of the war in Gaza, with Israeli ground troops poised to intensify their actions against Hamas militants, weapons’ stores and rocket-launching sites, diplomatic efforts to end the fighting gathered pace. Israeli analysts said that although theContinue Reading

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By Ron Kampeas , JTA News & Features WASHINGTON (JTA) — Barack Obama emerges from a maelstrom into a vacuum. The U.S. senator from Illinois has survived the longest and roughest election season in memory to assume control of a free world in free fall: A collapsing economy, a resurgent Iran,Continue Reading

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By Nechemia Meyers , Special to JTNews Many Israeli seniors are rooting for John McCain, not because of his policies, about which many know very little, but because of his age. They believe that his candidacy proves that a relatively older person can aspire to hold a responsible position. They themselvesContinue Reading

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By Masada Siegel , JTNews Correspondent In 1943, in the dark of night, Hendrik Drogt jumped on his motorcycle and raced to the hospital, a life or death task was in front of him. No, Drogt was not a doctor, but a deserter from the Dutch military police. His friend, Mr.Continue Reading