Jewish News Syndicate

29
Oct
2020

Israel: Tackling Phony Social-Media Accounts ‘Major Strategic Challenge to be Dealt with’

The report shares the results of a ministry study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment online and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy. Credit: Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs

The report shares the results of a ministry study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment online and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy. Credit: Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs

The report shares the results of a Ministry of Strategic Affairs study examining 250 suspicious Twitter accounts, finding 170—or nearly 70 percent of them—to be inauthentic profiles trying to stir anti-Israel sentiment and manipulate discourse against Israel in violation of Twitter policy.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
22
Oct
2020

Watchdog: EU Donates Tens of Millions to NGOs Linked to Palestinian Terror, Anti-Semitism

Fighters of the PFLP’s Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades standing at the entrance of Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip's building. Credit: Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip.

Fighters of the PFLP’s Abu Ali Mustapha Brigades standing at the entrance of Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip’s building. Credit: Red Crescent Society for the Gaza Strip.

The new report states that in 2019, at least three grants totaling 5.8 million euros (nearly $6.9 million) involve NGOs with ties to the PFLP.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
21
Oct
2020

Despite COVID-19, and Partly Because of it, Jewish-Arab Business Partnerships Progress

Ashraf Jabari with Ariel Mayor Eli Shaviro and Michal Shalem of “Let’s Grow Israel” with Avi Zimmerman. Photo by Amitai Eisenberg.

Ashraf Jabari with Ariel Mayor Eli Shaviro and Michal Shalem of “Let’s Grow Israel” with Avi Zimmerman. Photo by Amitai Eisenberg.

The Integrated Business Roundtable, founded with the belief that the path to peace between Israelis and Palestinians will come through investment in high-quality enterprises, held its second annual Israeli-Palestinian Economic Forum.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
02
Sep
2020

Diplomacy Marches on its Stomach: One Rabbi Helps Cook Up Kosher Fare for UAE Delegation

Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski.

Breakfast at the St. Regis Hotel in the United Arab Emirates. Credit: Rabbi Yissachar Krakowski.

Top Israeli and American officials arrived in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, on Monday departing from Tel Aviv aboard an El Al Boeing 737 aircraft and in an unprecedented occurrence flying over Saudi Arabian airspace for the first-ever visit towards normalization between Israel and the UAE.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
27
Aug
2020

A Bumpy Approach to Start of School Year in Israel on Sept. 1

Illustration of Israeli students wearing protective face masks, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, in a school in Tel Aviv. AUgust 23, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/FLASH90

Illustration of Israeli students wearing protective face masks, in order to prevent the spread of the Coronavirus, in a school in Tel Aviv. AUgust 23, 2020. Photo by Chen Leopold/FLASH90

Teachers taking on new subjects, students going part-time, parents concerned with space and schedules—like other countries, kinks in the system due to the ongoing coronavirus are starting to show.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
26
Aug
2020

Group of 700-Plus Individuals from India Slated to make Aliyah

From left: First Pvt. Ayala Tova Hangshing; Minister of Aliyah and Absorption Penina Tamanu-Shata; Shavei Israel’s Coordinator for Bnei Menashe Tzvi Khaute; and Shavei Israel’s chairman and founder Michael Freund. Credit: Courtesy Shavei Israel.

From left: First Pvt. Ayala Tova Hangshing; Minister of Aliyah and Absorption Penina Tamanu-Shata; Shavei Israel’s Coordinator for Bnei Menashe Tzvi Khaute; and Shavei Israel’s chairman and founder Michael Freund. Credit: Courtesy Shavei Israel.

The Bnei Menashe have continued to practice Judaism just as their ancestors did, including observing the Sabbath, keeping kosher, celebrating the festivals and following the laws of family purity.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate
19
Aug
2020

Israel’s Coronavirus Coordinator Lays Out Plans to Combat Next Phase of Virus

Israeli Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

Israeli Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu at a meeting with Jerusalem Mayor Moshe Lion at City Hall on Aug. 12, 2020. Photo by Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90

According to Israel’s coronavirus Coronavirus Project coordinator Ronni Gamzu, his main goal right now is to combat and contain the virus “without implementing a full lockdown on the country.” “I am not sure we will succeed, but I am trying,” he said.

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Posted by Josh Hasten in Jewish News Syndicate