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Bezalel Smotrich asks haredi Jews to draft to the IDF – Israel News
“It is possible to combine Torah and the army,” said Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich in a message to the haredi Jewish community during a speech at the National Religious Sector Managers’ Conference in Eilat on Wednesday.”This great enterprise of the Hesder Yeshivas, which proves that it is possible to combine Torah and the army, …
Israel-Gaza violence: Street battles break out in cities where Jews and Arabs have coexisted | World News
The horror for the communities of Gaza and the terror for communities in southern Israel is rightly the focus in this latest clash in the long struggle between the Israelis and the Palestinians. From Gaza the rockets continue to fly, and into Gaza the missiles continue to drop. But this renewed conflict, the bitter history …
Accusing Israel of breaking international law puts Jews in danger
To the editor: UCLA professor David N. Myers insists Israel is “threatening international law” by seeking to assert sovereignty in Judea and Samaria (also known as the West Bank). Actually, Article 80 of the United Nations Charter (an instrument of international law) basically incorporates the Balfour Declaration by reference, trouncing Myers’ allegations. Yet this is …
Australian Jews decry Israeli health minister’s appointment
JERUSALEM (AP) — Australia’s Jewish community has slammed an Israeli government decision to promote to the post of health minister a legislator who is suspected of aiding an alleged sexual abuser wanted in Australia. The Israeli government on Sunday appointed Yaacov Litzman as health minister, sparking a litany of condemnations from Australia’s staunchly pro-Israel Jewish …
Vice President Pence heads to Poland for 80th anniversary of World War 2, but the issue of Jewish property stolen by Nazis remains unresolved
WARSAW — Vice President Pence touches down in Warsaw this weekend to attend a Sunday ceremony marking 80 years since Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland, the spark for a conflict that wreaked devastation across Europe. But there is one legacy of World War II that Pence’s hosts are anxious to skirt during his visit. Poland …
Trump’s ‘disloyalty’ comment about American Jews who vote Democrat was disgusting and worrisome
President Trump, on a tirade about Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib on Tuesday, claimed that American Jews who voted Democrat were either ill-informed or were exhibiting “great disloyalty.” This is a disgusting comment that reveals that, despite his constant attacks on them, Trump has no idea what actually made Tlaib and Omar’s statements anti-Semitic. …