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| February 9, 2014
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Erekat Is Wrong: A Jewish Presence in Israel Predates All Existing Peoples

While there is no evidence to back Saeb Erekat’s claims of prior Palestinian presence in the land, Palestinian revisionists continue their preaching when nearly everything, even Muslim sources, point to a Jewish connection.

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Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat claimed at the Munich Security Conference on Jan. 31 that the Palestinians cannot accept Israel as the Jewish state because they lived in the region long before the Jews.

Experts: Jews, Not Palestinians, Have Been Here for Millennia

Mosaic in Hebrew says: Peace on Israel

In the context of the current debate over the Jordan Valley, Erekat claimed that his ancestors were the real descendants of the Canaanites and lived in the area for “5,500 years before Joshua Bin-Nun.”[1] Continue Reading »

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| February 9, 2014
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Spain grants nationality to exiled Sephardic Jews

 

Spain approves law granting foreign Jews that had chosen to flee rather than convert to Catholicism, the right of dual nationality.

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The Spanish government approved a law on Friday allowing descendents of Sephardic Jews expelled from the country in 1492 to seek Spanish nationality without giving up their current citizenship.

Marranos: Secret Seder in Spain during the times of inquisition, painting by Moshe Maimon.

Marranos: Secret Seder in Spain during the times of inquisition, painting by Moshe Maimon. – Photo: Wikimedia Commons

Spain’s Justice Minister Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon said Spain owed the Sephardic community a debt for spreading the Spanish language and culture around the world. The word Sephardic comes from Sefarad, or Spain in Hebrew. Continue Reading »

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| February 8, 2014
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Historic site of U.S. ‘Jewish Expulsion Order’ by General Ulysses S. Grant

A Jewish resident from Mississippi says the house in which Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, issued the expulsion of Jews during the American Civil War, should be made a museum, local media reports.

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A resident of Oxford, Mississippi petitioned Lafayette County authorities on Monday to recognize a home owned by the county as an historic landmark for its significance to both Civil War and American Jewish history, and to stop plans to turn it into a jail, the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal reported on Wednesday.

A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant

A portrait of Ulysses S. Grant by Ole Peter Hansen Balling – Photo courtesy: Wikimedia Commons

Asher Reese, a Jewish resident of Oxford, who has been researching the property found that the house was the headquarters of Major-General Ulysses S.

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| February 6, 2014
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NYT: Iranian president donates $400,000 to Tehran’s Jewish hospital

New York Times’ Tehran bureau chief reports on Twitter that Hassan Rohani has made the donation to the institution, which also serves non-Jews.

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Iran’s President Hassan Rohani has reportedly donated $400,000 to Tehran’s Jewish hospital.

An Iranian Jewish care home for the elderly in Tehran.

An elderly Iranian Jewish woman walks into the Iranian Jewish care home for the elderly in Tehran.- Photo: AFP

Thomas Erdbrink, the New York Times Bureau Chief in the Iranian capital, tweeted the information Wednesday, citing the semi-official Mehr news agency. The Jewish hospital in Tehran also serves non-Jews, he said.

This is not the first time that such a donation has been reported.

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| February 6, 2014
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Jews in Palestine Keeps it from being Judenrein

 

The conflict will only truly end, says Daniel Pipes, “when the Jews living in Hebron need as little security as the Arabs living in Nazareth.”

By Daniel Pipes

 

A brouhaha erupted recently in Israel over a completely theoretical question: Could Israelis now living in the West Bank be allowed to live under Palestinian rule? This debate usefully focused attention on one of the trickiest and deepest issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict, and so it bears pondering.

Israeli and Arab together outside the Israeli Arab village of Ayn Hawd - Photo: Rina Castelnuovo/The New York Times

Jew and Arab together outside the Israeli Arab village of Ayn Hawd – Photo: Rina Castelnuovo/NYT

Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu started things off on Jan. Continue Reading »

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| February 6, 2014
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Israeli Hebrew Daily: Israel Reaching Out to Fatah Terrorist Dahlan

Newspaper Report claims Israel’s PMO carrying out secret talks with banished Fatah terrorist Mohammed Dahlan in Dubai, anticipating that he could replace Abbas should peace-talks fail.

By David Lev

 

A report Thursday said that Israel was carrying out secret talks with banished Fatah terrorist Mohammed Dahlan. According to a report in Maariv, Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has dispatched a senior official in the Prime Minister’s Office, Yitzchak Molcho, to meet with Dahlan in Dubai, where he absconded to in 2010 when he was thrown out of Ramallah.

Dahlan, former security chief for the Palestinan Authority, has often been at odds with the PA leadership. Continue Reading »

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| February 5, 2014
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Some West Bank CEOs are losing no sleep over boycott threat

In the wake of EU or American threats of boycott, not all Israeli businesses operating in the West Bank are worried.

 

TEL AVIV (JTA) — Of the 200,000 wine bottles Yakov Burg produced last year, 16,000 went to Europe.

Psagot Winery, located in a West Bank settlement, exported 16,000 bottles of wine to Europe in 2013. (Psagot Winery)

Psagot Winery, located in a West Bank settlement, exported 16,000 bottles of wine to Europe in 2013.- Photo courtesy: Psagot Winery

The possibility of a boycott and repeated rumblings that Europe is planning to label goods produced in the settlements could decrease that number, but Burg isn’t worried.

The CEO of Psagot Winery, which is located in a settlement of the same name in the hills of the central West Bank, Burg prides himself on running a Jewish-owned business in the West Bank, even welcoming groups of Christian Zionists who want to volunteer during the harvest.

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| February 5, 2014
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Hamas renews its condemnation to peace with Israel

 

Hamas official in Gaza says Palestinians will not accept any agreement President Abbas signs with Israel, claiming peace-talks are aimed at “liquidating” true Palestinian cause.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH

 

Hamas on Tuesday reiterated its opposition to the peace talks with Israel.

The Palestinians will not accept any agreement that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas signs with Israel, Hamas official Salah Bardaweel said. Bardaweel claimed that the current peace talks were aimed at “liquidating” the Palestinian cause.

IDF tanks and a flag being hoisted on the Gaza border – Photo: IDF Spokesperson’s Unit

He criticized Abbas for telling The New York Times earlier this week that he would agree to the establishment of a demilitarized state. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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‘Boycotting harms everyone – both Israelis and Palestinians’

 

Europeans warning that a boycott against Israel may become a ‘tsunami’ are influenced by those with an agenda that prefers demonizing Israel.

‘The world doesn’t understand the situation, they want to aid the Palestinians and end up hurting us,’ says Palestinian worker at SodaStream factory.

By Noam (Dabul) Dvir

The topic of boycott has been widely discussed recently against the backdrop of the peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians.

' It's not a humanitarian boycott, it is a political one' (Photo: Gil Yochanan)

‘ It’s not a humanitarian boycott, it is a political one’ – Photo: Gil Yochanan

While the debate was fueled up by severe warnings made by Justice Minister Tzipi Livni and Finance Minister Yair Lapid, a long line of commercial firms have also taken part in the discussion. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Israeli columnist & professor, Barry Rubin, dies aged 64

Prolific writer & academic, Barry Rubin, succumbed to his 18-month battle with cancer.

 

 

Professor, political analyst and writer Barry Rubin passed away on Monday at the age of 64.

Barry Rubin

Barry Rubin. – Screenshot from YouTube video by DemoCast.

Rubin’s death was announced on his Facebook page: “To our great sadness, Barry Rubin passed away this morning. He was surrounded by his wife and children. Your love, support, and prayers have been greatly appreciated. There will be shiva and a funeral, details to follow soon.”

According to posts on social media, Rubin had been battling cancer for the past 18 months and had fallen into a coma on Sunday night. Continue Reading »

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| February 3, 2014
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Fatah wants Kerry prosecuted at ICC for ‘threatening’ Palestinian President’s life

Palestinian media reports U.S. Sec. of State Kerry told President Abbas that he would meet the same fate as predecessor Yasser Arafat if he refuses to accept US peace proposals.

By KHALED ABU TOAMEH
 

 

US Secretary of State John Kerry recently threatened Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas that he would meet the same fate as his predecessor, Yasser Arafat, if he turned down Washington’s proposals for peace with Israel, a Palestinian source was quoted Sunday as saying.

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. - Photo: Reuters

John Kerry and Mahmoud Abbas. – Photo: Reuters

Jamal Muhaissen, a senior Fatah official in the West Bank, said that if the report about Kerry’s threat to Abbas is true, “this shows that Israel assassinated Yasser Arafat after receiving a green light from the US Administration.” Continue Reading »

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| January 31, 2014
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French court rescinds terrorist of his honorary residency

 

Montreuil Court vacated the city council of Bagnolet’s declaration making the incarcerated Lebanese terrorist, Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, an honorary resident.

By JTA

 

A French court nullified an honorary title conferred on the murderer of an Israeli diplomat.

George Ibrahim Abdallah - Photo: France24

George Ibrahim Abdallah – Photo: France24

The administrative court of Montreuil on Thursday nullified the honorary residency that the suburb of Bagnolet conferred on Georges Abdallah, according to a report published on Friday by the Le Figaro daily.

Abdallah, a pro-Palestinian militant, was sentenced to life in prison in 1987 for his role in the 1982 assassinations of  Yacov Bar-Simantov, a second counsellor at the Israeli embassy in Paris, and Charles Ray, a U.S.

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| January 30, 2014
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Racist Belgian MP: Zionists responsible for Holocaust

Belgium’s Parliament president condemns their revisionist lawmaker who said Zionists bankrolled the Holocaust, and did quasi-Nazi salute in the parliament.

By JTA

 

The president of Belgium’s parliament condemned the actions of a lawmaker who said that Zionists were responsible for the Holocaust and performed a quasi-Nazi salute in parliament.

“I would like to reinforce my condemnation of these hateful acts,” Andre Flahaut said on Jan. 23 in reference to the actions of Laurent Louis, who on Jan. 16 said in parliament: “The Holocaust was set up and financed by the pioneers of Zionism.”

The Belgian League Against Anti-Semitism, a newly-established watchdog, pledged during its inaugural event to  focus much of its activities on Louis — an independent member of the lower house of Belgium’s Federal Parliament. Continue Reading »

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| January 27, 2014
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Spielberg addresses UN: We must act on what was learned from the Holocaust

Israeli envoy Ron Prosor tells the UN, “State of Israel is the only guarantee to ensure the future of the Jewish people.”

By JPOST.COM STAFF

 

 

Oscar-winning film director, writer and producer Steven Spielberg stressed on Monday the importance of gathering testimony to horrors such as the Holocaust in order to create awareness and preventative measures for the future.

Spielberg speaks at the General Assembly hall of the United Nations headquarters in New York, January 27, 2014. - Photo: Reuters

Spielberg speaks at the General Assembly hall of the United Nations headquarters in New York, January 27, 2014. – Photo: Reuters

“Mass graves don’t have to open up before we act,” Spielberg said in the keynotes address of a special UN General Assembly session marking the International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Continue Reading »

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| January 27, 2014
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Knesset Members mark Int’l Holocaust Remembrance Day at Auschwitz-Birkenau

Lawmakers from 13 countries join Israeli delegation at concentration camp in Poland which includes more than 250 people, including 60 MKs.

By LAHAV HARKOV

 

 

The largest-ever delegation of MKs, plus hundreds of Israelis and Jewish politicians from around the world are scheduled to head to Poland early Monday morning for a joint Israeli-Polish ceremony at Auschwitz-Birkenau on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Coalition chairman Yariv Levin (Likud Beytenu) and opposition leader Isaac Herzog (Labor) will lead the delegation, as Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein pulled out of the trip following the death of his wife on Friday.

“Seven decades after millions of members of our nation were cruelly murdered by the Nazis, it is my privilege and responsibility to lead the largest delegation of the Knesset, the parliament of the independent Jewish state, to the valley of death of Auschwitz-Birkenau,” Levin said Sunday. Continue Reading »

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