Israel signaled on Tuesday it did not oppose the return of two Red Sea islands in a strategic strait to Saudi Arabia by Egypt, with one senior lawmaker seeing a chance to get closer to Riyadh, with which Israel has no formal peace agreement. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir, located at the southern entrance…
The executive-director of the Israeli office of the Hadassah women’s organization pursued a secret deal that would have given U.S. casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam control of parts of Hadassah University Hospital, Army Radio reported on Monday. The secret plan was reportedly hatched among officials close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and…
Sixty percent of Israeli Jews support the work of American Jewish coalitions whose goal is to advance civil marriage in Israel, according to a new poll. The survey released Monday by Hiddush, an Israeli organization that aims to advance religious pluralism, found that nearly one-third of Israelis strongly support U.S. Jewish involvement in the marriage…
David Blatt, the Israeli-American who was fired as head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers, reportedly is under consideration to become the head coach of the New York Knicks. ESPN reported Monday evening that Blatt is in the running for the job currently being filled by interim coach Kurt Rambis, citing unnamed league sources. Blatt played…
Vice President Joe Biden will address J Street, the liberal Jewish Middle East policy group. The April 18 event comes a month after Biden, the Obama administration senior figure closest to the pro-Israel community, addressed the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a center-right group often at odds with J Street. It also comes as speculation…
Former President Bill Clinton stumped for his wife, presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, at a Jewish senior care home in the Bronx. At RiverSpring Health (formerly the Hebrew Home for the Aged) on Monday, eight days before the New York primary, Clinton spoke to hundreds of residents about his wife’s record on Israel, national security and…
Bruce Wenger, a prosecutor who went into private practice as a defense attorney, died suddenly at 49 while commuting to work on a train. Wenger, of West Hempstead, New York, is believed to have suffered an aneurysm last week while riding the Long Island Rail Road, the Daily News reported. His funeral was April 7…
Israel has attacked “dozens” of arms shipments on their way to the terrorist group Hezbollah, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged. Netanyahu made the statement Monday during a visit to an Israeli military exercise in the Golan Heights, according to Israeli news reports. “We act when we need to act, including here, across the border,…
There has been a “considerable decline” in the number of terror attacks committed by Palestinians in recent weeks, the Shin Bet security service told the Israeli Cabinet. The number of attacks described as “significant” also has seriously declined, according to the Shin Bet, which reported 20 in March, compared to 78 last October, and three…
President Barack Obama is happy with the job done by Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen, with whom he is meeting on Monday to discuss regulatory issues and world economy, the White House said. “The president has been pleased with the way she has fulfilled what is a critically important job,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest…
A major Jewish donor to Britain’s Labour Party said no big Jewish donor has given money to the party this year because they are “concerned about the direction the party is taking.” Michael Foster, whose family gave the party more than $570,000 during the 2015 general elections, wrote in an Op-Ed in the Daily Mail…
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