Can of Coke Costs Up to Six Times more in Israel than in US

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

Next time you drink a can of Coca Cola in Israel at a kiosk or tourist spot, take into consideration you are swallowing six times more money than you would if you had bought it at an American outlet, such as Walmart, according to a survey conducted by the Globes newspaper. Americans pay on average […]

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Abbas, Kerry to Hold Second Paris Meeting

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet for a second day to discuss core issues in the Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations. Kerry and Abbas met for two hours on Wednesday evening  in Paris, where they “had an in-depth discussion about the core issues” surrounding a peace deal […]

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Gag Order Lifted: Two Israelis Arrested for Smuggling Arms to Iran

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

How did smugglers of arms to Iran escaped the law for 10 years. How could Israeli Jews even think of helping the enemy?

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AIPAC Lobbying to Address Iran, Peace Process

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

The agenda for thousands of American Israel Public Affairs Committee activists who will meet with lawmakers next month includes Iran’s nuclear ambitions and Israeli-Palestinian talks. “From March 2-4, more than ten thousand AIPAC activists will be in Washington for our annual policy conference,” according to an email the group sent this week to lawmakers. The […]

Muslims Demand Equal Terms after Spanish Law for Jewish Return

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

Several Muslim families currently residing in North Africa are candidates for receiving Spanish citizenship.

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Adelson Casino Website Back after Hack

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

The websites of the casino operation owned by Jewish billionaire Sheldon Adelson went back online, a week after they were hacked by unidentified vandals who criticized his support for Israel. The hackers on Feb. 11 took over the home page of websites run by the Las Vegas Sands Corp., the world’s largest casino operator, which […]

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Argentinean Selling Nazi Symbols Ordered to Perform Community Service

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

A Buenos Aires city court is requiring a vendor of Nazi souvenirs and symbols to perform community service and take a course about the Holocaust. City prosecutor Gustavo Galante collected evidence in the case with the help of the Anti-Discriminatory Division of the Federal Police. The seller, who has not been publicly named, sold Nazi […]

In Gallup Mid East Poll Only Israel Viewed Highly Favorably

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

Older Americans have more favorable views of Israel.

Open Hillel at Vassar Because ‘Israel Haters Are People Too’

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

Vassar's Jewish Union couldn't bear to bar Israel-haters from its "open and welcoming space!"

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Mandela Grandson at Brandeis Disses US, Israel, Insults China

Posted on: February 20th, 2014

Mandela's grandsons are heirs to a lofty legacy, but ignorance about other cultures is problematic.

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Knesset Panel Approves Jailing of Haredi Draft Dodgers

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

A Knesset committee headed by Jewish Home Knesset Member Ayelet Shaked approved on Wednesday a bill that would put Haredi draft dodgers in jail but which also has galvanized Haredi leaders to prepare for all-out war. The bill faced an immediate challenge by MK Shaked’s party colleague Moti Yogev, who called on the committee to […]

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Israel to Sell $500 Million of Natural Gas to Jordan

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Israel’s new position of being energy self-sufficient is merging with Jordan’s more dependent on Jerusalem.

Israel Sending Illegal African Infiltrators to Uganda

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Israel has begun sending illegal African infiltrators to Uganda, the country the Theodore Herzl once imagined more than a century ago would be the home of a Jewish state. Activists who encourage the infiltrators to demand remaining in Israel have argued that sending them to Uganda does not mean that they will be allowed to […]

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Feiglin Prays on Temple Mount

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

For the first time in a year, Moshe Feiglin was allowed to go up to the Temple Mount and pray.

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Report: US to Squeeze Israel into De Facto Surrender of Settlements

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

The Obama administration is taking off its mask from its being the negotiator for the Palestinian Authority.

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Baby Injured in Jerusalem Terror Attack

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

According to the MDA spokesperson, a baby was injured after being hit in the head with a glass marble that was shot at a group of tourists near the Kotel.

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Massive Arab Rock Attacks Damage Cars near Modi’in

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Arab rock-throwing terrorists attacked dozens of cars in  western Samaria Wednesday  evening, causing widespread damage but no injuries. The attackers fled the area when soldiers arrived at the scene on the road to Hashmonim, located between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv and near the city of Modi’in. Soldiers so far have not nabbed the attackers.

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Friedman Praises Israel’s Academic Freedom, then Urges Its Termination

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Tom Friedman still knows everything and understands nothing.

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Reports: Yeshiva Student Draft Dodgers to Face Criminal Charges

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Haredi Orthodox yeshiva students will face criminal charges for dodging the draft under a proposed law, after the intervention of the prime minister, Israeli media has reported. Under the proposed military draft law, the Haredi men would be criminally charged for evading the draft, but the penalties would not go into effect until 2017, according […]

Government Says Aliyah Stats from US Better than Previously Stated

Posted on: February 19th, 2014

Official statistics on aliyah to Israel from the United States have been corrected to show that there was only a tiny change for the worse in the past year from the number of new immigrants in 2012. The Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and the Jewish Agency issued a report in late December that […]