This article is in honor of the return of the bodies of three deceased Israeli soldiers who were held hostage in Gaza and were brought back between Saturday night and Sunday — Capt. Omer Neutra, Staff Sgt. Oz Daniel, and Lt. Col. Asaf…
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The Blogs: Some Thoughts at the Kikar (the Square) | Jonathan Schwartz
Saturday night, I and about 150,000 other fellow Israelis, took part in a rally to mark thirty years since the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin. The rally was held at the spot where the assassination took place. The surrounding streets, and…
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Inside Israel’s shady deal with Google and Amazon
( (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)) The tech giants agreed to extraordinary terms to clinch a lucrative contract with the Israeli government, documents show.
By Harry Davies & Yuval Abraham, Reposted from The Guardian,…
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Yitzhak Rabin was killed 30 years ago this week. Has the Jewish world forgotten?
You had to have been born in the 1980s or earlier to have a firsthand memory of the night Yitzhak Rabin was shot 30 years ago this week. For most young adults, Rabin’s assassination is something they learned about in…
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Whitewashing the Gaza Gas Exploration
Eastern Mediterranean basins including Levent basin and oil and gas fields (Wikipedia) Sizeable reservoirs of oil and natural gas wealth are located in offshore Gaza and even in the occupied West Bank.
But the Israeli occupation prevents…
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Iraqi PM says “national consensus” reached to bring weapons under state control-Xinhua
BAGHDAD, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) — Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudani said Monday that Iraqi political parties have reached a “unified national consensus” to end the presence of all weapons operating outside the authority of the state.
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The Blogs: Don’t be like Sdom | Sharona Margolin Halickman
We learn in the Talmud, Sanhedrin 109a that the people of Sdom have no share in the world to come. This is based on a verse in Breisheet (13:13):
The people of Sdom were evil (ra’im) and sinful (chataim) towards God exceedingly.
According…
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US voters go to the polls
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Hapoel Jerusalem wins against Maccabi Rishon
Hapoel Jerusalem wins against Maccabi Rishon | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Israel News/Israel SportsIn the extra session, it was all Jerusalem as Smith put in a pair of baskets while Harper hit his shots from the line to seal the win.HAPOEL…
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