Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed “the spirit of the Arab Peace Initiative” and invited Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to the Knesset in his General Assembly speech on Thursday. “The UN began as moral force, and has become a moral farce,” Netanyahu said. He said that while the United Nations denounces Israel, the United States supports Israel….
President Barack Obama awarded 24 American giants of the arts and humanities with medals on Thursday, lauding their accomplishments – and sharing some laughs. Comedian Mel Brooks, who Obama has said he admires for his over-the-top Western satire “Blazing Saddles,” dropped to one knee as if receiving a knighthood after he was given his official…
Britain should apologize for the Balfour Declaration of 1917 that endorsed the establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine and should recognize Palestine as a state, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday. “We ask Great Britain, as we approach 100 years since this infamous declaration, to draw the necessary lessons and to bear its…
— A Jewish lawmaker in the British Parliament said she will bring a bodyguard to her Labour Party’s conference out of fear that she will be attacked. Ruth Smeeth received an anti-Semitic death threat on Facebook in July that also expressed support for party leader Jeremy Corbyn, who is favored to be reelected following a…
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s ex-wife Marla Maples is a Christian who keeps the Jewish Sabbath and eats kosher. A profile posted Thursday by The Daily Beast said that Maples, a Baptist, regularly attends church, “but keeps Shabbat, eats kosher, and studies Kabbalah.” Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, left his first wife, Ivana, for Maples, whom…
Donald Trump voters, at least those in North Carolina, really dislike Hillary Clinton. But just how strong are their feelings about her? Well, they hold a higher opinion of a white supremacist former Ku Klux Klan leader than the former First Lady. This piece of information is included in the latest Public Policy Polling survey…
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg lived with six suitemates at Harvard as he worked on launching the social media site 12 years ago. Three of those suitemates went on to become co-founders of Facebook. One of the three others who didn’t wound up taking a drastically different path: He’s now an ordained rabbi in Israel. Arie…
JERUSALEM — Israeli President Reuven Rivlin will hold a question and answer session on his English and Hebrew Twitter accounts. The session scheduled for Sunday will use both text and video. Questions can be submitted in advance using the hashtag #AskRivlin. It is the first time that Rivlin will participate in such a forum. There…
— A video in support of British Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn’s reelection to the post was withdrawn after Jewish leaders complained that it made light of allegations of anti-Semitism within the party. The video, “Five questions Corbyn supporters are tired of hearing,” was removed on Wednesday night from YouTube, but it still remains on…
— A letter signed by 43 rabbis in Texas called on the state’s Gov. Greg Abbott to remain in the United States refugee resettlement program. “At this moment, with the number of refugees and displaced persons at its highest in recorded history, it is more important than ever for Texas to protect and welcome refugees,”…
JERUSALEM — Rioting Palestinians attacked soldiers and worshippers visiting Joseph’s Tomb in Nablus in the West Bank. The local Palestinians threw rocks and firebombs at the Israel Defense Forces soldiers guarding the worshippers, as well as at the tomb, according to the IDF. No damage or injuries were reported. Some 14 buses carrying 700 pilgrims…
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