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It’s all Business (And a Little Socializing) at Collaborative Israeli-Anglo Forum in Jerusalem

 

Duvi Honig (second from left), founder and CEO of the Orthodox Chamber of Commerce at the Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.

Duvi Honig (second from left), founder and CEO of the Orthodox Chamber of Commerce at the Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference. Credit: Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce.

Several hundred entrepreneurs and business professionals gathered to introduce their products and services, network, hear lectures and attend workshops at the Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce’s second annual Anglo-Israeli/American Jerusalem Expo and Conference.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Outdoor Israeli Leadership Program Engages Siblings of Kids with Disabilities

 

Children participate in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel's (SPNI) education and leadership program, which allows siblings to bond with other children growing up under similar circumstances. Credit: SPNI.

Children participate in the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel’s (SPNI) education and leadership program, which allows siblings to bond with other children growing up under similar circumstances. Credit: SPNI.

Youngsters meet on a regular basis out in nature, where they hike and are given educational workshops on skills related to the land, and ultimately, are taught how to be guides.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Netanyahu’s Decision to End International Monitors in Hebron ‘Strengthens’ Israeli Sovereignty

 

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

Members of TIPH, or Temporary International Presence speak with Israeli soldier outside the Cave of the Patriarchs in Hebron on August 8, 2018. Credit: by Gershon Elinson/Flash90

Advocates praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s move to end the mandate of the Temporary International Presence in Hebron, or TIPH, which they contend stoked hostilities and friction between Jewish and Arab residents.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Group Raises Alarm over UNRWA’s Anti-Israel Incitement within its Jerusalem Schools

 

View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90.

View of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) building in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, July 26, 2018. Photo Credit: Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90

Experts and former Israeli politicians who contend that the U.N. agency is perpetuating the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by encouraging incitement are urging the Israeli government to revoke permits for schools in Jerusalem under UNRWA’s auspicious.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Israeli and Palestinian Drivers Celebrate New Road, as Critics Accuse Israel of ‘Apartheid’

 

View of Route 4370, northeast of Jerusalem, which connects the Geva Binyamin area to Route 1, and separates vehicles of Israeli citizens and non-citizens, Jan. 10, 2019. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

View of Route 4370, northeast of Jerusalem, which connects the Geva Binyamin area to Route 1, and separates vehicles of Israeli citizens and non-citizens, Jan. 10, 2019. Credit: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

What critics of the project failed to mention is that the motorists themselves, both Jews and Arabs alike, are praising the new Eastern Ring road, Route 4370, as being a game-changer in alleviating the recurrent traffic jams in the area.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

How a Simple Sandwich Can Prime Kids for School

How a simple sandwich can prime kids for school

Photo: Staff with Nevet, an organization based in Ra’anana, Israel, prepare breakfast sandwiches for children in need throughout the country. January 2019. Credit: Omri Shapira.

When is the last time you did something so mundane, like making a sandwich, and took the time to realize that those two slices of bread with some fillings and condiments in-between could be a tool towards breaking the cycle of poverty?

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate

Is Israel’s Security Barrier a Terrorism Deterrent or Political Tool?

The separation wall runs along the Palestinian refugee camp, Shuafat, separating it from the Jewish town of Pisgat Ze'ev, near Jerusalem, on Jan. 29, 2014. Photo by Hadas Parush/Flash 90.

Photo: The separation wall runs along the Palestinian refugee camp, Shuafat, separating it from the Jewish town of Pisgat Ze’ev, near Jerusalem, on Jan. 29, 2014. Credit: Hadas Parush/Flash 90.

A growing chorus of experts disputes the notion that the security barrier in Judea and Samaria has been effective in preventing terrorism, while pointing to the barrier instead being used as a political tool to divide the land.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate