Jewish News Syndicate

25
Nov
2024

Latest US sanctions on Israelis an ‘insult to most basic elements of democracy’

U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Mark Anthony Thomas, the President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Tech Hubs coalition, introduces him at an event at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on Oct. 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

U.S. President Joe Biden listens as Mark Anthony Thomas, the President and CEO of the Greater Baltimore Committee and Baltimore Tech Hubs coalition, introduces him at an event at the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House on Oct. 23, 2023 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images.

(Nov. 21, 2024 / JNS) The Biden administration this week announced a new round of sanctions against three Israeli entities and three individuals, pursuant to the president’s Feb. 1, 2024 Executive Order 14115, which targets Israelis accused of undermining “the foreign policy objectives of the United States.”

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10
Nov
2024

Judea and Samaria leaders hail Trump, eye sovereignty push

A view of Efrat’s Dagan (foreground) and Tamar (background) neighborhoods, near Bethlehem in Judea and Samaria, Nov. 10, 2020. Credit: Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

(Nov. 9, 2024 / JNS) Leaders and activists across the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria were nearly unanimous in their response to the outcome of the U.S. presidential election: the defeat of Democratic candidate Kamala Harris by Republican contender Donald Trump.

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03
Nov
2024

Prayer for America: Israelis appeal for a strong US

Jews pray for the well-being of America at the Ancient Shiloh archeological site in the Binyamin region of Samaria on Nov. 3, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.

Jews pray for the well-being of America at the Ancient Shiloh archeological site in the Binyamin region of Samaria on Nov. 3, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.

(Nov. 3, 2024 / JNS) Several hundred Israelis—men and women—gathered at Ancient Shiloh on Sunday for morning prayers and the recitation of psalms, for the well-being and prosperity of America, as the U.S. heads towards presidential elections this on Tuesday.

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11
Oct
2024

Construction of PA Samaria ‘terror neighborhood’ continues unabated

Luxury villas under construction in Samaria, exclusively reserved for Palestinians who have spent at least five years in Israeli prisons for terrorism-related offences. Credit: Josh Hasten.

(Oct. 1, 2024 / JNS) The Palestinian Authority is forging ahead with the construction of a luxury neighborhood in Samaria exclusively reserved for Palestinians who have served at least five years in Israeli prisons for terrorism-related offenses, a Binyamin Regional Council spokesperson has told JNS.

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11
Oct
2024

67 Israeli police officers slain on Oct. 7 and since honored

Cheli Ganot, whose son Ch.-Insp. Dan Ganot died protecting the residents of Kibbutz Be’eri on Oct. 7, 2024, and Master Sgt. Dean Elsdunne at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Oct. 9, 2024. Photo by Josh Hasten.

“On October 7, we were 100% the bulletproof vests of the nation.” This is according to Master Sgt. Dean Elsdunne, Israel Police international spokesperson, speaking to JNS on the sidelines of an emotional event at the Friends of Zion Museum in Jerusalem on Wednesday night, honoring the 67 police officers who died in the line of duty on Oct. 7, 2023, and over the past year, battling terrorists and defending the State of Israel.

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08
Sep
2024

‘The army is now seriously turning its attention to Judea and Samaria’

Israeli troops during counterterror activities in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas in northern Samaria, August 2024. Credit: IDF

Israeli troops during counterterror activities in the Jenin and Tulkarem areas in northern Samaria, August 2024. Credit: IDF

(September 6, 2024 / JNS) “The army is now seriously turning its attention to Judea and Samaria. The terrorists have raised their heads,” a regional Judea and Samaria security chief, who simultaneously is serving in the IDF reserves as part of the “Operation Summer Camp” anti-terror campaign in the territories that began on Aug. 28, told JNS on Wednesday.

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08
Sep
2024

New Gush Etzion town, named for terror victim, paves the road to J’lem

A view from the Jewish community of Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion region of Judea, Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

A view from the Jewish community of Neve Daniel in the Gush Etzion region of Judea, Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Gershon Elinson/Flash90.

(September 4, 2024 / JNS) Last month, the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Civil Administration set borders known as “blue lines” for a new 150-acre Gush Etzion town called Nahal Heletz, located in the Judean hills just outside of Jerusalem, in an area with a Jewish presence dating back thousands of years.

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