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News Non-Jewish Soldiers To Be Buried in Same Section as Jews at Har Herzl
Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon is expected to announce Sunday that non-Jewish soldiers will be buried in the same sections as Jewish soldiers in military cemeteries – but in different rows. The decision follows an incident on Memorial Day when the IDF chief of staff chose not to place a flag at the grave of a…
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Breaking News Arab Cameraman Strip-Searched at U.S. Ambassador’s July Fourth Party in Israel
The U.S.-funded Alhurra network said Thursday that one of its cameramen was interrogated and strip-searched by Israeli security men while covering a July 4 party at the U.S. ambassador’s residence near Tel Aviv. The Arab satellite channel had coordinated with the Israeli prime minister’s office to cover the event on behalf of the international media….
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The Schmooze Alicia Keys Wows ‘Em in Israel
It is safe to say that after the Alicia Keys Fourth of July performance on Thursday night, the audience went home satisfied. Keys performed all her hits, the band was a blast and together they enchanted the 8,000 concert-goers at the Nokia Arena in Jaffa. It already appeared from the start of the evening that…
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Breaking News Jewish Tycoon Eyal Ofer Gives $17M to London’s Tate Art Gallery
Jewish shipping magnate Eyal Ofer, who lives in Monaco, recently donated $17 millon toward the massive expansion project of the Tate Modern museum in London. In appreciation of his donation, the Tate Modern will name the three eastern galleries on the third floor after Ofer. Sir Nicholas Serota, the director of the Tate Modern, said…
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Breaking News ‘Don’t Sell to Arabs’ Rabbi Backed in Israel Race for Sephardic Chief
Most of the members of the Jewish Home Knesset faction support the election of Safed’s chief rabbi, Shmuel Eliyahu, as Sephardic chief rabbi of Israel. The MKs have voiced their support despite criticism of Eliyahu’s candidacy even within the religious Zionist movement because of racist statements he has made in the past. Haaretz checked and…
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Breaking News Gay Israeli Prisoners Win Right to Conjugal Visits
Gay prisoners will be allowed conjugal visits with their partners under the same circumstances they are granted to heterosexual ones, the Israel Prison Service has said. In response to a query by Dan Yakir, the legal adviser for the Association for Civil Rights in Israel, the prison service said gays and lesbians would not be…
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Breaking News In Cairo’s Streets, Protesters Convinced Military Will Force Morsi Out
The Egyptian opposition senses that the time has come. 24 hours before the end of the military’s ultimatum, the activists believe it is time to continue mixing it up. When, at noon, the report came in that President Mohamed Morsi met with army commanders in his palace, the crowd in Tahrir square cheered loudly, convinced…
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Breaking News Prisoner X Family May Get $1.6M From Israel as Compensation for Prison Suicide
Ben Zygier, a Mossad agent whose 2010 suicide in Israeli prison rocked this country and his native Australia when his identity and death came to light early this year, hid his intent to commit suicide from his guards, according to the State Prosecutor’s Office. Attorneys for Zygier’s family, who are negotiating a financial settlement with…
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