richards | May 16, 2015
Washington, D.C. Congressman Charles B. Rangel, who represents New York's 13th Congressional District that includes Upper Manhattan and part of the Bronx, issued the following statement to celebrate Jewish Heritage Month throughout May: "This May we celebrate Jewish American History Month, to recognize the social, political, and cultural history of America's Jewish community
richards | May 16, 2015
WASHINGTON (JTA) President Barack Obama will address a Washington congregation to mark Jewish American Heritage Month. White House spokesman Eric Schultz, announcing the presidents schedule for next week, said that next Friday, May 22, Obama would speak at Adas Israel, a Conservative movement synagogue in the citys northwest quadrant
simmons | May 16, 2015
Islamic State sympathizers in the Gaza Strip are making their presence felt on social media, but the enclave's Hamas rulers said on Thursday the group has no real foothold in the Palestinian territory. Statements signed "Supporters of the Islamic State" have appeared recently on Twitter and several websites, accusing the Islamist group Hamas of arresting dozens of jihadists and threatening attacks in Gaza unless they are released. Hamas said it had detained what it described as "lawbreakers" after an explosion earlier this month near a Hamas security headquarters and another blast outside the headquarters of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency
admin | May 16, 2015
Alternate titles: arakat al-Muqwamah al-Islmiyyah; Islamic Resistance Movement ams,acronym of arakat al-Muqwamah al-Islmiyyah, English Islamic Resistance Movement, militant Palestinian Islamic movement in the West Bank and Gaza Strip that is dedicated to the destruction of Israel and the creation of an Islamic state in Palestine. Founded in 1987, ams opposed the 1993 peace accords between Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO)
admin | May 16, 2015
Principle 1. To know the existence of the Creator To believe in the existence of the Creator, and this Creator is perfect in all manner of existence.
admin | May 16, 2015
JERUSALEM - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new rightist coalition government, hobbled by a razor-thin parliamentary majority, was sworn in late on Thursday amid wrangling within his Likud party over cabinet posts. JERUSALEM - The Vatican's decision to recognize the state of Palestine in a treaty for the first time has drawn a stern response from Israel, but it may usher in a freer debate in Europe about how to proceed on the vexed Palestinian question. DAMASCUS - A senior Iranian official branded Saudi Arabia's King Salman a traitor to Islam on Thursday and equated the Gulf state's military assault on Iranian-allied fighters in Yemen with Israeli actions against Palestinians
simmons | May 14, 2015
Defensive lineman Khalif Mitchell has been fined undisclosed amounts by the Canadian Football League and the Montreal Alouettes for inappropriate posts on Twitter, including a link to a holocaust denial video. CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge said Mitchell violated the leagues social media policy
admin | May 14, 2015
As the new Israeli government prepares to take office, the West Bank settler movement appears poised to wield influence perhaps like never before.
admin | May 14, 2015
Palestinians ride their donkey-carts in the middle of rubble and destroyed buildings, on May 11, 2015, in the Eastern Gaza City neighborhood of Shejaiya, which were destroyed during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants in the summer of 2014.
simmons | May 14, 2015
Anti-Semitism has reached "critical mass" in Europe, and stands at its worst levels globallysince the 1930s,a senior anti-hate campaigner has warned. Speaking to Arutz Sheva at the 5th Global Forumfor Combating Anti-Semitism on Wednesday,ADL National Director AbrahamFoxman said that although anti-Semitism was not yet at the same levels as it was immediately prior to the holocaust, Jews are certainly being subjected to the worst levels of hatred since then. "It's not like the thirties, but it's the worst its been since the 30s," Foxman said.
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