World leaders encouraged Israel and the Palestinians to move the peace process forward in the opening events of Israel’s Presidential Conference. The conference, dubbed “Facing Tomorrow,” is a gathering of world leaders, celebrities and leading thinkers hosted by Israeli President Shimon Peres in Jerusalem. The conference began on Tuesday with a celebration of Peres’ upcoming…
Holland’s deputy premier has condemned an anti-Semitic comment made on Dutch television by a local singer about a concert by Barbra Streisand. Singer Cornelis Willem Heuckeroth, better known as Gordon, said on the air last week that Streisand, a famous Jewish-American actress and singer, had come to the Netherlands to perform on June 6 because…
Tony Blair set the stage for the schmaltzy, over-the-top, joyful and endearing tribute Tuesday night to Israeli President Shimon Peres on his 90th birthday. “We in Britain have our Queen,” the former British prime minister said, “and you have your Shimon.” Indeed, it felt like a coronation of sorts, an odd mixture of loving familiarity…
Former President Bill Clinton urged Israel to seek a two-state solution to reach a longlasting peace with the Palestinians in a closely watched speech in Tel Aviv. Pushing the efforts of Secretary of State John Kerry, Clinton told the Israeli audience that there is no alternative an agreement that would create a Palestinian state alongside…
Jewish-American singer Barbra Streisand landed in Israel ahead of her debut Israeli performances at the Bloomfield Stadium on June 20 and 22 in Jaffa as part of the Israeli Presidential Conference. Stepping off the airplane in the early evening, Streisand wore a white jacket, pants and hat, and cradled her pet coton de Tulear dog…
Like many urban legends, the myth — and now mess — of the Jewish National Fund’s supposed agreement to pay former President Bill Clinton $500,000 in charitable funds to speak for 45 minutes to an exclusive group of Israeli dinner guests began with an incorrect press report — which then got repeated until it was…
The Belarus hometown of Shimon Peres marked the Israeli president’s upcoming 90th birthday. Among those on hand for the celebrations Wednesday in Vishnyeva was Peres’ oldest daughter, Tzvia. She was named for her father’s grandfather, Tzvi Meltzer, who was killed in the town by the Nazis. The events marking the landmark birthday, Aug. 2, included…
A funny thing happened to Israeli figurehead president Shimon Peres on his way to the World Economic Forum. Scheduled to address a gathering of Middle Eastern political and business leaders at a Jordanian Dead Sea conference center on Sunday evening, the 89-year-old elder statesman came under furious attack from Likud cabinet ministers Sunday afternoon for…
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