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Bomb Explodes Near Israeli Embassy in Cairo, No One Injured

A home-made bomb exploded in front of the Israeli embassy in Cairo on Tuesday, but no one was hurt, security sources and the website of state-run Al-Ahram newspaper said. The office has not been used by Israeli diplomats for at least two years, following a September 2011 attack on the embassy. Security sources said the…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Bulgarian Police Identify Israel Tour Bus Bomber as El Hajj Hassan

Bulgarian police identified a Lebanese-Canadian man as the bomber of an Israeli tour bus. The identification came from DNA evidence connected to the July 2012 attack at the Burgas airport on a bus full of Israeli tourists. Five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian bus driver were killed. The DNA belongs to Hassan El Hajj Hassan,…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Susan Turnbull Named JCPA Chairwoman

Susan Turnbull, a senior activist in Democratic and Jewish women’s causes, was elected chairwoman of the Jewish Council for Public Affairs. The JCPA, the umbrella body for local and national Jewish public policy groups, wrapped up its annual meeting in Atlanta on Tuesday with the election of Turnbull, a former chairwoman of the Democratic Party…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Norwegian Cruise Lines Drops Tunisia Over Anti-Israeli Discrimination

Norwegian Cruise Lines dropped Tunisia from its itineraries after the country refused to allow Israeli citizens to disembark in the Port of Tunis. About 20 Israelis were quietly told before disembarking from the Norwegian Jade over the weekend that they were not welcome per the Tunisian government. The cruise line’s decision to drop Tunisia was…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Etihad Airways Denies Pulling Israel From Map

An airline owned by the United Arab Emirates said it “emphatically refutes” claims that it excludes Israel from its official travel-route map and refuses to transport Israelis. In a statement, Etihad Airways wrote that it carried more than 1,000 passengers traveling with Israeli passports last year, refuting assertions made in the New York Post newspaper….

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Jewish Press Fires Online Editor Yori Yanover for Criticizing Ultra-Orthodox Anti-Draft Rally

A Brooklyn-based Jewish newspaper apologized for a column that was sharply critical of the haredi Orthodox community and fired its author. The Jewish Press dismissed Yori Yanover, its Israel-based online editor, after he published an article Monday with the headline “50 Thousand Haredim March So Only Other Jews Die in War.” Yanover was writing about…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | 2 min read
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Jews Urged To Keep Israel Debate Polite

Jewish leaders in New York issued a statement saying the debate on Israel in the Jewish community must be conducted with respect. The Israel Talks, an initiative of the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York, issued the statement on Monday. “Differences of opinion regarding the State of Israel now too often serve as a…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | 2 min read
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Arab-Israeli Town Hit by ‘Price Tag’ Attack

An Arab-Israeli town in Israel’s center was hit with what police believe is a price tag attack by Jewish extremists. Some 19 cars were damaged and had their tires slashed and racist graffiti was painted at the entrance to Jaljulia, located in Israel’s Sharon region near Kfar Saba. The town has about 9,000 residents, nearly…

By JTA Mar 11, 2014 | < 1 min read

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