As Deadline Passes, World Still Awaits Nuclear Agreement with Iran

April 1, 2015 The midnight deadline for reaching a preliminary accord with Iran on its nuclear program was given a one-day extension last night after negotiators failed to resolve stubborn disputes. The White House warned that the Obama administration was ready to step back if it concluded an accord could not be reached.

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Turkey Restores Great Synagogue of Edirne

April 1, 2015 Even as relations between Turkey and Israel continue to cool, and Turkey's Jewish population fades due to anti-Semitism, Turkey has restored and re-opened the Great Synagogue of Edirne.

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Israeli Medics Save Christian Iraqi Child, “Adopt” Syrian Amputee

April 1, 2015 Israelis continue to reach out to help people with medical aid, whether they are from friendly or enemy states. Christian Iraqi toddler 18-month-old Maryam Mansour is in stable condition in Jerusalem following a complex eight-hour operation that included moving main arteries and creating a path through her heart to bring it to the level of normal functioning.

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Boehner Criticizes Obama’s Treatment of Netanyahu

March 31, 2015 House Speaker John Boehner had harsh words for US President Barack Obama’s treatment of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: “I think the animosity exhibited by our administration toward the prime minister of Israel is reprehensible,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash on “State of the Union.”

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Netanyahu Election Tactics Spark Apology and Rebuke

March 25, 2015 Comments made by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during his election campaign this March have drawn criticism from internationals insisting on a two-state solution—a Palestinian state alongside Jewish state. Netanyahu, whose party won the most seats in Israel’s March 17 elections, has been accused of backtracking on support for a "two-state" approach to peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority after revealing his misgivings that it is possible to form a Palestinian state today.

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Khamenei: “Death to America” as Nuclear Deadline Nears

March 24, 2015 In Iran on Saturday, despite earlier announcements by United States Secretary of State John Kerry that "substantial progress" has been made in nuclear talks with the Persian state, "Death to America" chants resounded during a speech by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

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UN Names Only Israel as “Abuser of Women’s Rights”

March 24, 2015 Out of the United Nations' 193 members, this year's Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) report named Israel alone as an infringer on women's rights, but not of Israel's own women—of the women across the green line.

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Strategies Emerge to Address Growing Anti-Semitism

March 23, 2015 Recent events in Toronto and London show heightening anti-Semitism while worldwide a spectrum of strategies has emerged to counteract Jew hatred—including the idea to develop a counter-anti-Semitism taskforce proposed by a top European Union official.

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Bibi Will Lead Israel Again As We Come into These Last Days

March 23, 2015 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went into yesterday’s election trailing his Zionist Union rival Isaac Herzog by four seats, last night’s exit polls showed them neck-and-neck.

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Supermoon and Rare Solar Eclipse Ring in First Day of Jewish Calendar

March 17, 2015 This Friday, March 20, a rare solar eclipse will be visible over the North Pole. Its timing seems to be remarkably "coincidental": it occurs on the Spring Equinox, which is the first day of Spring. It is also the beginning of the Hebrew month of Nissan, the first month in the Biblical calendar year.

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