Washington – With 18,000 delegates, hundreds of breakout sessions, and dozens of keynote speakers, one issue dominated the chatter at AIPAC’s annual policy conference over the weekend: Donald Trump. “He’s horrible for Israel, the United States and the world,” said Nancy Resnik, a participant rushing with her husband to the next session at the Washington…
Lillian Pinkus, from Dallas, will assume the presidency of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee during its annual policy conference in Washington, D.C., from Sunday through Tuesday. She will be the first woman to lead the lobby since 2006, when Bernice Manocherian ended her presidency. Manocherian was preceded by Amy Friedkin, whose 2002-04 presidency was…
(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League has redirected the total amount of funds contributed by GOP front running presidential candidate Donald Trump over the past decade to fund new anti-bias and anti-bullying education programs. The total amount of the donations is $56,000. “These undoubtedly were sincere gifts,” said Jonathan A. Greenblatt, ADL CEO, in a statement…
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — The eleven Israeli athletes murdered by Palestinian terrorists during the Munich Olympics in 1972 will be honored at a ceremony led Brazilian and Israeli officials during the 2016 summer Olympic Games. The August 14 ceremony will take place at the Rio City Hall led by the Israeli Olympic Committee and…
The stickers in recent weeks were affixed to bottles of Israeli wine in Vancouver, British Columbia and to grocery products in Calgary, Alberta. Both affected corporations removed the labels and vowed increased vigilance. Facebook posts now show the stickers on Sabra Hummus, Keter and Sodastream products, Glutino biscuits, dates and tangerines at grocers and hardware…
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Time magazine updated an article criticized by Israel for depicting a Palestinian assailant who killed three Israelis, including an American-Israeli teacher, as a victim of Israeli security forces. Israel’s Government Press Office issued a statement on March 17 about the Oct. 15 article titled “The desperation driving young Palestinians to violence.” The…
Second Palestinian Duma home set alight in alleged arson attack JERUSALEM (JTA) — Arson is suspected in an alleged firebomb attack on a house in the West Bank Palestinian village Duma. The house that was set alight early Sunday morning belongs to relatives of the Dawabsheh family; Reham and Saad Dawabsheh and their 18-month-old son…
(JTA) — The personal Twitter account of a spokesperson of a women’s association affiliated with Turkey’s ruling party featured a message wishing death to Israelis injured in a terrorist attack in Istanbul. The account of Irem Aktas, head of the media department of the women’s branch of Turkey’s ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP,…
(JTA) — Three Israelis were among the five people killed in a suicide bombing at a main shopping center in Istanbul, Turkish officials said. At least 11 Israelis were among the 36 people who were wounded in the blast Saturday. Turkish Deputy Health Minister Ahmet Baha Ogutken confirmed in a statement to the Daily Sabah…
A Chabad rabbi in Nepal joined a medical evacuation helicopter he arranged to rescue two stranded Israeli backpackers who were suffering from hypothermia at an altitude of 15,500 feet. Rabbi Chezki Lifshitz, 42, flew with the helicopter crew Tuesday to rescue Maya Butbul and Sharon Nachumi from their predicament on a ridge in the Himalayas,…
A prominent African-American transgender activist canceled her scheduled appearance at the Brown University Hillel after facing criticism for allegedly supporting the Jewish group’s “pinkwashing” of Israeli treatment of the Palestinians. Janet Mock announced Wednesday that she had cancelled her talk scheduled for March 21 at the Providence, Rhode Island Ivy League school, The Brown Daily…
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