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Jonathan Pollard Rejected Plan To Flee

An escape plan was put in place for convicted spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard but he circumvented it and sought asylum at Israel’s embassy in Washington, his former handler said. “I got the call that he is waiting at the entrance of the embassy … and I immediately said ‘throw him out.’ I don’t regret it,” former…

By JTA Dec 2, 2014 | < 1 min read
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Why Israel Looks Headed to Early Vote

Israel appeared to be headed on Tuesday toward an early election after right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his major centrist coalition partner failed to patch up differences. Netanyahu’s government, which is dominated by the right and came to power early last year, has been unraveling over a range of issues including the 2015 budget….

By Reuters Dec 2, 2014 | 2 min read
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Israel’s New Push To Keep Africans Behind Bars

Asylum-seekers Detained in Israel’s Desert from Jewish Daily Forward on Vimeo. Israel’s Parliament has passed a new law aimed at keeping African immigrants behind bars — and a controversial jail to house them open — beyond a deadline set by the country’s highest court. The Knesset by a 43-20 vote approved an initial legislative step…

By Yael Even Or Dec 2, 2014 | 2 min read
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Netanyahu Says Israel Could Be Headed to Early Election

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, enmeshed in a cabinet crisis, said on Monday he would call an early national election unless rebellious ministers stopped attacking government policies. The most potent of the rebels, centrist Finance Minister Yair Lapid, pushed back against Netanyahu’s ultimatum after the two held a late-night meeting. The conservative premier was “leading…

By Reuters Dec 1, 2014 | 2 min read
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Jewish Woman Fighting For Kurds Insists She’s Not Captured By ISIS

Gillian Rosenberg, the Canadian-Israeli Jewish woman rumored to have been captured by Islamic State jihadists, posted a message on Facebook that she was safe. “Guys, I’m totally safe and secure,” Rosenberg, 31, wrote on Monday evening. “I don’t have Internet access or any communication devices with me for my safety and security. I can’t reply…

By JTA Dec 1, 2014 | < 1 min read
Israel News
Refusenik Returns To Plead With Jews to Emigrate

(JTA) — Through the backseat window of a black KGB car, Yosef Mendelevitch could see university students his age hurrying to take their finals. It was June 15, 1970, and the 23-year-old Mendelevitch had just been arrested along with 11 accomplices for trying to hijack a plane to escape the Soviet Union. On the tarmac of…

By Cnaan Liphshiz Dec 1, 2014 | 4 min read
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Israel Marks First-Ever National Day Remembering Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands

(Haaretz) — For Meir Kahlon, chairman of the World Organization of Jews from Arab Countries, this is a historic week. For the first time, Israel has officially recognized his suffering, that of his family and some 850,000 other Jews who left, were expelled or fled from their homes in Syria, Libya, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Iran, Iraq,…

By Ofer Aderet Dec 1, 2014 | 5 min read
Opinion
In Berlin, Jews and Muslims Fight for Each Other

Salaam-Schalom organizes a Jewish-Muslim human chain event in Neukollen / Ömer Sefa Baysal This past summer, Armin Langer, a 24-year-old rabbinical student in Berlin, came to speak at the Sehitlik mosque in Neukoelln, a district of the German capital with a large Muslim population. Langer is the co-founder of the Salaam-Schalom Initiative, a Neukoelln-based intercultural…

By Yermi Brenner Dec 1, 2014 | 4 min read

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Jonathan Pollard Rejected Plan To Flee

Why Israel Looks Headed to Early Vote

Israel’s New Push To Keep Africans Behind Bars

Netanyahu Says Israel Could Be Headed to Early Election

Jewish Woman Fighting For Kurds Insists She’s Not Captured By ISIS

Refusenik Returns To Plead With Jews to Emigrate

Israel Marks First-Ever National Day Remembering Jewish Exodus from Arab Lands

In Berlin, Jews and Muslims Fight for Each Other

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