YouTube removed on Friday a parody on the Gaza-bound flotilla called “We Con the World” after the music video was used by some three million site visitors, citing a copyright claim by Warner/Chappell Music. Latma, a non-profit organization started to critique the “egregious leftist slant of...
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The Anti-Defamation League called on the U.S. Department of State to designate two of the principal organizers and funders of the “Free Gaza” flotilla as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Long before Insani Yardim Vakfi (Humanitarian Relief Fund, or IHH in Turkish) and The Union of Good (UG) raised their profiles as...
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The branch manager of a bank in Jerusalem was arrested on suspicions he stole NIS 25,000 from the account of a Holocaust survivor living in the capital. Under police questioning the suspect confessed, saying he had fallen into financial straits. “I can’t believe...
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Some 30,000 tourists and opera aficianados gathered at the foot of Masada for a unique rendition of Nabucco, Giuseppe Verdi's "Jewish" opera. Spectacular lighting and pyrotechnics, a choir of more than 120 singers and a similar number of actors, and horses and camels on a huge stage made for a...
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“I don’t think Israel can compete with China and India for size. But I think that we don’t need to compete. I think we can cooperate,” Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu told some 2,000 participants at the High Tech Industry Association’s annual conference ...
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OPINION - Many Israelis and Israel supporters across the political spectrum were stunned by the recent hostile reaction of most of the world regarding Israel’s basic right to have a blockade against Hamas-dominated Gaza. They realized that the main focus of the hostile international reaction was not on improving...
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After archeological findings were uncovered near Yemin Moshe and David's Village, the Jerusalem Foundation decided last week to alter plans for Teddy Park, a grand project to honor late Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek slated for construction in the valley between Yemin Moshe and the Old City walls.
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As Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas prepares to travel to Washington for talks with President Obama tomorrow (Wednesday) to move forward on the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, a recent bipartisan poll commissioned by The Israel Project shows that a strong majority of US voters – 56 percent – believe the United...
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Jerusalem Dispatch presents the full text of a statement by Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu explaining Israel's stance on the Gaza-bound flotillas.
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US President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced his decision to suspend for six months the process of moving the US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. In a memorandum to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Obama said the decision was "necessary, in order to protect the national security interests...
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During the operation to redirect the Gaza flotilla early Monday, IDF commandos boarded the Mavi Marmara. On the other five ships which were part of the flotilla, the interception took place with no violence. When the soldiers attempted to board the Mavi Marmara,...
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