Israel

In the wake of the nuclear deal with Iran, President Barack Obama can help secure Israel’s borders by recognizing its sovereignty over the Golan Heights, former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Knesset member Michael Oren wrote in an op-ed published at CNN on Sunday. Oren argued that this recognition,...

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A group of 172 Jordanians arrived in Eilat on Thursday to begin working in that city’s hotels, an initiative of Interior Minister Silvan Shalom to bolster cooperation between Israel and its eastern neighbor. 1,500 Jordanians are expected to participate in the program. Shalom greeted the workers Thursday saying, “This is a day...

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Presidential candidate Sen. Ted Cruz (R – Tex.) chaired a subcommittee hearing this week that highlighted testimonies from victims of Iranian and Palestinian terrorism, including their struggle to receive just compensation from the perpetrators of the attacks, The Dallas Morning News reported on Wednesday. Orde F. Kitre, an Arizona State University...

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Incitement-fueled violence against Israelis continued Friday as three teenagers were shot in two separate attacks in Hebron. The first attack took place outside the Tomb of the Patriarchs, where a 16-year-old was seriously hurt by gunfire to the upper body and taken to a hospital in Jerusalem, Channel 2 reported. An 18-year-old was reported...

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Former Israeli ambassador to the United States and Knesset member Michael Oren (Kulanu) placed labels on European products at a supermarket in Jerusalem as a protest against the European Union’s initiative to mark Israeli goods from the West Bank, Golan Heights, and parts of Jerusalem, The Jerusalem Post reported Wednesday. Kulanu...

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A letter signed by 369 members of Congress calling on President Mahmoud Abbas to stop incitement to violence within the Palestinian Authority was released by the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday. The letter was signed by committee Chairman Ed Royce (R – Calif.) and ranking member Rep. Eliot Engel...

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