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| October 12, 2016
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U.S. lawmakers write UNESCO to not revise Jerusalem’s history

Ted Cruz and Ros-Lehtinen lead a bipartisan congressional effort urging UNESCO to reject latest Palestinian inspired resolution describing the Temple Mount and Western Wall as strictly a holy Muslim site.

By Ben Ariel

 

U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) are leading a bipartisan effort to stop the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) from passing a resolution that would describe the Temple Mount and the Western Wall as holy Muslim sites, thus diminishing the historic and verified Jewish and Christian ties to the Old City of Jerusalem.

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-FL) - Facebook

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and U.S. Rep.

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| September 18, 2016
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Israeli-Arab party officials arrested on assorted fraud, money laundering violations

 

The criminal case, originally discovered during an annual, routine State Comptroller’s Report of all the parties, uncovered within the Israeli-Arab political party Balad, discrepancies for various political projects, including fund raising, falsifying corporate documents, forgery, use of forged documents, money laundering, and Violations of the Party Financing Law.

By Eli Senior, Hassan Shaalan

 

High ranking officials in the Israeli-Arab political party Balad is under suspicion for corruption, the Israel Police reported on Sunday.

“The National Unit of the Israel Police, in conjunction with various other police forces, have carried out searches and have detained more than 20 people throughout the country. Continue Reading »

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| September 9, 2016
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Decade later Mel Gibson tells Glenn Beck, ‘Jewish people stole my Christ movie’

 

After a Gibson representative got involved, GlennBeck.com removed Gibson’s anti-Semitic comments from the website, with an editor’s note stating: “This post has been removed because it inadvertently revealed details of an off the record conversation. We regret the error.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

Conservative firebrand and radio talk-show host Glenn Beck revealed on a broadcast last week that during a recent conversation with controversial Hollywood director and actor Mel Gibson, the thespian claimed “Jewish people” had stolen an early copy of The Passion of the Christ movie and used it to attack him before the film’s release.

According to Internet publication The Daily Beast on Thursday, Beck had spoken to Gibson for some 90-minutes following a late August screening of the the latter’s new film, Hacksaw Ridge, which has reportedly garnered rave reviews at the box-office in recent weeks. Continue Reading »

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| September 8, 2016
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Analysis: Putin may be what’s missing after 23 yrs of same unattainable 2-state plan

 

For 23 years now, solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict was based on only one 2-state plan and pushed by numerous unsuccessful US administrations that was never attractive enough for either side.

By Giora Eiland

 

Three and a half years ago, John Kerry took office as the American secretary of state. Like his five predecessors, he rushed to declare that he planned to put time and effort into the advancement of an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement based on the two-state principle. When asked why he thought he would be more successful than his predecessors, he provided a typical American answer: “We’ll work harder.” Continue Reading »

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| September 7, 2016
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2nd Temple floor tiles reconstructed from debris discarded by Palestinians

 

Israeli Archaeologists reconstructed decorative tiles from Second Temple period using the discarded multi-colored tiles with geometric designs that were a gift from Roman Caesar Augustus to King Herod, known to have adorned the Temple compound and surrounding buildings.

By Yori Yalon

 

Striking in their modernity: Researchers have completed the first-ever reconstruction of archaeological elements from the Second Temple — a number of floor tiles that are believed to have adorned the porticos that surrounded the Temple compound, and possibly other important structures in the area, as well.

From left: Frankie Snyder, who reconstructed the tile designs, Dr. Gabriel Barkay, and Zachi Dvira  – Photo: Dudi Vaaknin

The tiles, a gift from the Roman Caesar Augustus to King Herod (who ruled Judea from 37 to 4 BCE), were created using different types of colored stone cut and arranged in clean geometric designs. Continue Reading »

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| September 3, 2016
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100 Scottish inmates ‘convert’ to Judaism because the food is better

 

Unable to question their veracity, Glenochil Prison official says over a 100 inmates have declared to have converted to Judaism so they can receive kosher meals, thinking it is “nicer.”

By Erez Linn and the News Agencies

 

A prison in Scotland has seen a record number of inmates declare they have “converted” to Judaism, just so they could request kosher meals, local media reported.

Scottish inmates declared to have converted to Judaism to receive “nicer” kosher meals [Illustrative] – Photo: Reuters

According to the officials in Glenochil Prison in Clackmannanshire, Scotland, more than 100 inmates have signed up to receive kosher meals, despite the fact that between 2013 and 2014, only nine Jewish individuals were incarcerated in Scottish jails. Continue Reading »

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| August 24, 2016
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Parisian public schools have become no-go zones for Jews, facilitating mass emigration

 

In addition to the violent acts lashed out on the Jewish students, watchdogs in France are reporting for the first time in decades a growing number of anti-Semitic incidents involving teachers – as victims & the perpetrators.

By Cnaan Liphshiz

 

PARIS (JTA) — Twenty-five years after he graduated from a public high school in the French capital, Stephane Tayar recalls favorably his time in one of the world’s most thorough education systems.

French forces stationed outside Jewish school - Twitter.

French forces stationed outside Jewish school – Twitter.

As for many other French Jews his age, the state-subsidized upbringing has worked out well for Tayar, a 43-year-old communications and computers specialist. Continue Reading »

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| August 23, 2016
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Palestinian Mufti Declares All of Jerusalem as Islamic!

 

Fermenting more hate & religious tensions, the Palestinian Authority’s appointed cleric of Jerusalem calls on all Arabs to defend Judaism’s Eternal Capital against the Jews.

By Israel Today Staff

 

The Palestinian Authority-appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, Sheikh Muhammad Hussein, declared on Sunday that the entire city belongs to Islam and the Arabs, and must be defended against the Jews.

Palestinian Authority-appointed Mufti of Jerusalem, Muhammad Hussein

Speaking on the 47th anniversary of an arson attack against the Al-Aqsa Mosque by an Australian man, Hussein urged all Arabs living in the area to surround Jerusalem’s Temple Mount to prevent further visits to the holy site by Jews and other non-Muslims.

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| August 18, 2016
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Jewish woman escapes Iraq before Muslim husband sold her to ISIS

 

Iraqi Jewish woman reunites with her family in Israel after previously-secular husband threatened to sell her to Islamic terror group if she doesn’t convert.

Arutz Sheva Staff,

 

Liza – Israel TV2 Screenshot

A Jewish woman was reunited this week with her family in the town of Patish in southern Israel after she fled northern Iraq, following threats by her husband to sell her into slavery with the ISIS terror organization.

According to a report by Channel 2, the woman, a member of the Avrahami family, was married to a previously secular Muslim man, who had recently embraced a radical form of Islam – and demanded she do the same. Continue Reading »

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| August 16, 2016
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Anti-Jewish Narrative vs. Unearthed Ancient Coins

 

When silver & bronze coins dating back 8 centuries before the birth of Islam were found near the city of Modi’in, bearing names like Yehohanan, Judah, Jonathan and Mattathias, all Hasmonean kings who ruled over Israel from 140-37 BCE, and with some imprinted with the image of the Seleucid Greek king Antiochus IV, known also from the Book of Maccabees, and from the feast of Hanukkah, again, the Jewish presence in Israel cannot be hijacked by some agenda.

By Tsvi Sadan

 

The peace activist archaeologists of Emek Shaveh want us to move away from treating archaeological findings as evidence of one’s faith and nationality, which basically means that they want Jews to forget about their particular past. Continue Reading »

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| August 14, 2016
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Kingdom has Saudi media initiate a pro-Jewish campaign

 

Numerous pro-Jewish articles appearing in the Saudi press seems to be preparing the groundwork for future cooperation with the Jewish state.

By Guy Cohen

 

A series of articles in various Saudi news sources appears to be preparing the ground for greater cooperation with the Jewish state, according to Channel 2‘s veteran Arab affairs analyst, Ehud Yaari, who quoted reports by the Middle East Media Research Institute (MEMRI).

Saudi Arabia – Reuters

Yaari said that there is absolutely no doubt that the articles are part of a coordinated campaign.

Yaari cited influential female Saudi columnist Saham al-Kahtani, who recently wrote that the description of Jews as the “sons of apes and pigs” in the Quran relates to the period in which the book was written, and not to the Jews of today. Continue Reading »

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| August 9, 2016
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Israel arrests UN aid agency official who benefited Hamas with UN assets

 

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Israel arrests UN Development Program engineer who, after having been instructed by a Hamas official to exploit his position to aid the Islamic terrorist group, directed UN assets to assist terrorists and terror activities.

By Uzi Baruch

 

In July, the Shin Bet and the Israel Police arrested Wahid Abdallah Borsh, 38, of Jabaliya in Gaza , on suspicion he used his position in the UN Development Program (UNDP), to help Hamas.
The UNDP agency runs restoration and development projects for the population in Gaza, including restoration work on houses damaged during military engagements.

Forced to remain in squalor as Hamas redirects funds for food, health & reconstruction, to tunnel construction & wages to Hamas militants. 

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| August 4, 2016
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Israel arrests Hamas official for transferring millions in aid to Hamas military

 

 

view videoIsrael’s Shin Bet security agency says Hamas conducted ‘a takeover from the inside,’ leaving World Vision unaware of the fact that it was being exploited to channel tens of millions of dollars from food, health, and rehabilitation towards tunnel construction, weapons, and wages to Hamas militants.

 

Hamas infiltrated a large international aid organization operating in Gaza and redirected tens of millions of dollars – 60 percent – of the organization’s budget to its military wing, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) announced on Thursday, following an investigation that lasted almost two months.

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| July 16, 2016
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The legal battle over Schindler’s list

The battle between Yad Vashem, which received the original Oskar Schindler’s list from his mistress vs. Prof. Martha Rosenberg, who claims to be Schindler’s only legal heir, is revealing fascinating details.

By Zvi Harel

 

An Argentine history professor, the daughter of German Jews who emigrated prior to World War II, is suing Yad Vashem, claiming that Oskar Schidler’s widow left her the rights to valuable documents currently on display at Israel’s Holocaust Memorial.

Emilie Schindler and Professor Martha Rosenberg – Photo: AP

Far from the eyes of the public, in a narrow hall in the Jerusalem District Court, two people, neither of whom are alive, are mentioned constantly: Oskar and Emilie Schindler — recognized as Righteous Among the Nations for their heroic rescue of 1,200 Jews during World War II. Continue Reading »

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| June 14, 2016
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UNHRC Chief Threatens Israel for Noncompliance in Human Rights Investigation

 

Israel’s refusal to cooperate with the UN stems from Jerusalem’s deep conviction that the embedded, one-sided investigation is akin to a “kangaroo” court whose anti-Israel outcome is already predetermined.

By TOVAH LAZAROFF

 

The United Nations implied Monday that Israel could be in trouble over its continued refusal to allow human rights investigators to alleged violations of international law against Palestinians access to the West Bank and Gaza.

Geneva

“I very much regret the refusal by some countries to permit my staff to have access in order to monitor and report on events,” UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said. Continue Reading »

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