JNS.org – In his preface to a recent publication from Fathom, a British magazine covering the Middle East, British lawyer and anti-Semitism expert Anthony Julius—always the author of a memorable phrase—denounced “anti-Zionism and its creature, the BDS movement,” as “one of the major political stupidities of our time.” The import...

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Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon said that Iran is establishing a global terror network that includes sleeper cells capable of carrying out attacks in Europe and the United States, the Associated Press reported on Wednesday. “The Iranian regime through the Iranian Revolutionary Guard corps is building a complex terror infrastructure including...

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Iran will pay $7,000 to the families of Palestinian terrorists who were killed while carrying out attacks, and $30,000 to families of terrorists whose houses were demolished by Israel, the Iranian ambassador to Lebanon announced on Wednesday. “The decision firstly includes giving an amount worth $7,000 to every family of...

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An Israeli soldier was killed during a Palestinian stabbing attack when gunfire meant for his assailant hit him instead, The Times of Israel reported on Wednesday. Eliav Gelman, a 30-year-old captain in the Israeli Air Force’s reserve corps, was returning home from base when he was attacked at the Etzion...

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An off-duty Israeli soldier was killed and another man seriously wounded after being stabbed by two Palestinians in a supermarket north of Jerusalem, the Times of Israel reported on Thursday. Tuvia Yanai Weissman, 21, was evacuated from the West Bank market where he was attacked and hospitalized in critical condition...

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Sen. Chuck Schumer (D – N.Y.) slammed the Obama administration’s proposed cut in funds for counter-terrorism programs nationwide as “ill-advised and ill-timed,” the Associated Press reported Sunday. Under the White House’s proposed 2017 budget, which was released last week, federal funding to the Urban Area Security Initiative (UASI) would be reduced...

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Hany Baransi has been serving authentic hummus and falafel in his central Ohio eatery for 27 years, proudly giving diners a taste of his Israeli Christian Arab heritage between bites of rich Mediterranean fare. A sign bearing an Arabic greeting—“Ahlan Wa Sahalan”— hangs prominently near the glass doors of his...

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The provisions that the Obama administration is considering for the Visa Waiver Program, which would exempt Iranian dual nationals from having to obtain a visa when traveling to the United States, pose both a security risk and a threat to the sanctions regime in place against Tehran, according to testimony...

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A machete-wielding man stormed a central Ohio restaurant owned by an Israeli on Thursday evening, injuring four people before being shot dead by police. Authorities identified the suspected attacker as 30-year-old Mohamed Barry, who police say may have traveled to the United Arab Emirates in 2012. The FBI, which has joined the...

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Sirhan Sirhan, the Palestinian assassin of Sen. Robert Kennedy who acted out of anger at Kennedy’s support for Israel, has been denied parole for the 15th time. Sirhan shot Kennedy at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles, shortly after the senator won the 1968 California Democratic presidential primary. “This crime impacted the nation, and I daresay...

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