admin | December 4, 2020
For those of us not fully cognizant of the richly sequined history of the Jewish community in Turkey, a look at some of the work currently underway on a bunch of venerable synagogues in Izmir could serve to enlighten. There is historical evidence suggesting there were Jews living in what is now known as Turkey as far back as the fifth century BCE, although most people who know anything about the community there understandably reference the expulsion of Jews from Spain and Portugal in the late 15th century as a pivotal juncture in Jewish presence in Turkey
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admin | December 4, 2020
It might be a case, as the English say, of turkeys voting for Christmas, but Benny Gantz and his Blue and White Party have no choice. On Wednesday they must join forces with Yair Lapid and support Yesh Atids no-confidence motion in the government and bring this misaligned and malfunctioning unity coalition to an end. The government has been in power for all of seven months and already its time to put it out of its misery.
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admin | December 4, 2020
For politicians like Netanyahu, peace delegitimises their political appeal and instead provocation, tension and violence strengthen the same Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Bibi Netanyahu is a stereotypical Israeli politician, who has served in the Israel Defence Forces (IDF). Hailing from a military family that includes elder brother Yonatan Netanyahu, who commanded the daring Operation Entebbe and became its only Israeli fatality, Benjamin himself was a team leader in the Sayeret Matkal (Special Forces Unit) and took part in multiple covert operations in Syria like Operation Gift and Operation Isotope.
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admin | November 17, 2020
My ex is dating the Jewish equivalent of Becky with the good hair. Let me explain
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admin | November 17, 2020
Israels Prime Minister is said to be so concerned that Israelis might misbehave during trips to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that he is advocating a Code of Conduct in an attempt to avoid embarrassing incidents that could strain newly forged diplomatic ties between the two countries. Only yesterday, the Dubai Police Force was forced to deny rumors two Israelis had been arrested for taking photos of sensitive high-security buildings in the emirate. Benjamin Netanyahu has backed the idea of a Code of Conduct to educate Israelis about cultural differences that could lead to embarrassing incidents according to state broadcaster Kan.
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admin | November 17, 2020
Photo Credit: Dean Calma/IAEA According to sources inside the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (Blue&White) said on Wednesday at a closed session of the committee that he believes the Biden administration will endeavor to return the United States to the nuclear agreement with Iran with minor amendments, Reshet Bet radio reported Thursday morning. Ashkenazi added that Israel should want to be involved in the process of formulating the revised agreement, after having being kept away from the process during the Obama administration
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admin | November 17, 2020
An article published in the Journal of Breast Imaging indicated that breast cancer occurs at a younger age in Black women and is more likely present as the triple-negative (TN) and HER2-positive subtypes.1 Moreover, the paper also revealed that though the incidence rate of breast cancer in Black women is slightly lower than in white women, the mortality rate is much higher. Altogether, these findings suggest that guidelines, which recommend initiating screening mammography at age 50, may be putting Black women at a disadvantage
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admin | November 5, 2020
Malawi President Lazarus Chakwera announced in a video message on Tuesday that his country intends to establish a permanent embassy in Jerusalem by next summer. The message was delivered by Malawi Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka during a meeting with Gabi Ashkenazi, his Israeli counterpart. Malawi would be only the third country after the United States and Guatemalaand the first African countryto open an embassy in the Israeli capital.
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admin | November 5, 2020
Malawi plans to open an embassy in Israel and and place it in Jerusalem, making it the first African state to do so in recent decades, Malawian Foreign Minister Eisenhower Mkaka announced Tuesday during a visit to Israel.Malawi, which does not have an embassy in Israel, plans to open one by next summer, he said.Malawi is a pioneer, and the decision is further proof of the ties between the country and the widening of the circle of peace, Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi said.Jerusalem, the eternal capital of the State of Israel, will be a bridge of peace for the whole world, and I call on more countries to follow in Malawis path and move their embassies to Jerusalem, the capital of Israel, he said.The United States and Guatemala are the only countries that have embassies in Jerusalem, although several other others have said they would open one, including Brazil, Serbia, Kosovo, Croatia, Honduras, Moldova, Romania and the Czech Republic.Since its founding in 1964, Malawi is one of the few African states with which Israel has had continuous diplomatic relations. It has provided Malawi with aid, especially in agriculture, for many years. Ivory Coast, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo) and Kenya were among 16 countries that opened embassies in Jerusalem starting in the 1950s, and closed them following the Yom Kippur War, when may African states cut ties with Israel
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admin | November 5, 2020
Since the arrival of Gabi Ashkenazi as Israels Foreign Minister there has been a change of atmosphere regarding EU-Israel relations. The tone has become more positive especially since Israel signed normalization agreements with the United Arab Emirates and Bahrein. Ashkenazi participated in a meeting with all 27 EU member states in Berlin at the end of August
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