Palestinians were upset that Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney declared Jerusalem the capital of Israel. What annoyed them even more was a remark Romney made during a fundraiser Monday morning in Jerusalem attended by some 40 wealthy American-Jewish supporters. Romney spoke about the economic differences between Israel and the Palestinian Authority, ignoring the limitations that…
Israelis may have been disappointed by the performance of their country’s Olympic athletes, but American Jews were collectively kvelling at the showing of gymnast Alexandra Raisman, who was the undisputed star. Raisman, 18, a nice Jewish girl from Massachusetts known by her nickname Aly, not only stunned spectators by grabbing one of the two spots…
Israel has 30 days to arrrange a living situation for 27 Palestinian families whose homes are set to be demolished, the Israeli High Court ruled. The village of Zanuta, located in the southern Hebron Hills in the West Bank, is scheduled for demolition by the Israel Defense Force because it sits on an archaeological site….
The United States outclassed 2008 champions China in women’s gymnastics qualifying at the Olympics on Sunday but their top name Jordyn Wieber suffered the shock of failing to get through to the all-around final. Wieber had been the favourite for the individual crown coming into the Games after taking the world gold in Tokyo last…
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard was behind the February terrorist attack on the Israeli Embassy in New Delhi, an investigation by India Police has found. In the incident, which took place on February 13, 2012, Tali Yehoshua-Koren, the wife of the Defense Ministry’s representative to India, was injured. The Times of India newspaper, which published the…
A former Palestinian chief negotiator said that Mitt Romney’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital was “unacceptable.” The official, Saeb Erekat, said that Romney’s statement during a policy speech on Sunday, in which he said that Jerusalem is “the capital of Israel,” goes against years of U.S. policy. The status of Jerusalem is one of…
A small stone seal found recently in the excavations of Tel Beit Shemesh could be the first archaeological evidence of the story of the biblical Samson. The seal, measuring 1.5 centimeters, depicts a large animal next to a human figure. The seal was found in a level of excavation that dates to the 11th century…
An eighth-grader at the San Diego Jewish Academy won a science prize at the second annual Google Science Fair competition. Jonah Kohn, 14, won a $25,000 scholarship for his device that uses tactile sound to enhance music for people with hearing loss. “In essence they said that it has given them the best perception of…
In the last of Mitt Romney’s engagements of the day, the presidential hopeful has taken his family to dinner with the Netanyahus. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara received Romney and family straight from his outdoor address by the Old City’s walls. On the way in to the post-Fast of Av meal,…
Mitt Romney held a brief meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad this afternoon, but in Ramallah it is being viewed as a small gesture in an Israel-dominated trip. Romney raised Palestinian eyebrows by asking only to meet Fayyad and not Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. He requested the meeting in Jerusalem and not in Ramallah,…
Rep. Nancy Pelosi, the minority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, said that Republicans exploit Jewish voters for political gain. Pelosi (D-Calif.) in an interview last Friday with the Bloomberg news service also said that many Republicans “are using Israel as an excuse, what they really want are tax cuts for the wealthy.” She…
