IsraAID Helps the Philippines After Typhoon Ruby

December 29, 2014 After Typhoon Hagupit (known locally as Ruby) smashed into the Philippines on December 22, an emergency response team from IsraAID rushed to the islands to provide medical care, food, and other services to those devastated by the storm.

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Palestinian Authority Seeks UN Vote on Statehood

December 21, 2014 The Palestinian Authority has submitted a draft of a UN Security Council resolution through member nation Jordan, setting a one-year deadline for reaching a peace deal with Israel, and the end of 2017 as the deadline for total Israeli withdrawal from Judea and Samaria, Israel's ancient heartland, which includes east Jerusalem. The move comes amid growing international pressure to recognize a Palestinian statehood, with a series of European parliaments asking their governments to recognize a Palestinian state.

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Relations Between US and Cuba Shift after the Release of American Jew

December 21, 2014 The release of American Jew Alan Gross from a Cuban prison has heralded a major shift in relations between the US and Cuba. The release of American Jew Alan Gross from a Cuban prison has heralded a major shift in relations between the US and Cuba. Gross, who is now 65, was arrested in December of 2009 for importing banned technology. The US Agency for International Development (USAID) subcontractor was trying to set up Internet service for the Cuban Jewish community.

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EU Court Removes Hamas from List of Terrorist Organizations

December 21, 2014 Last Wednesday, the General Court of the European Union, the EU’s second highest court, ruled on a technicality that it is illegal to keep Hamas on a list of terrorist organizations. The Court argued that the original decision that ruled Hamas is a terrorist organization was not based on the opinion of competent authorities, but on Internet and media reports.

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Autopsy to Determine Ziad Abu Ein Cause of Death

December 15, 2014 After an altercation with Israel Defense Forces soldiers north of Ramallah during a protest, 55-year-old Palestinian official Ziad Abu Ein, who headed the Palestinian Liberation Authority's Commission Against the Separation Wall and Settlements, died on Wednesday.

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Israeli PM Welcomes Nuclear Talks Extension

November 26, 2014 On Monday, the Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, welcomed the decision between world powers and Iran to extend the nuclear talks until next summer. “I think that an important thing happened today. We have always said that no agreement is preferable to a bad agreement and the agreement that Iran signed is a very bad and dangerous agreement for Israel, for the region and in my opinion for the future of the entire world,” Netanyahu said.

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Southern Israel Tenses After Hamas Fires Rocket Into Israel

November 5, 2014 On Friday night, a rocket was launched from the Gaza Strip into Eshkol, Israel. In response, Eshkol Regional Council Chairman Haim Yellin expressed concern saying, “The military achievement of [Operation] Protective Edge is slipping away, without a political strategy to give real quiet to southern residents and all the citizens of Israel."

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Rivlin Visits Poland for Opening of New Jewish History Museum

October 31, 2014 Israeli President Reuven Rivlin flew to Poland this week for the opening of a Jewish museum in Warsaw, amid meetings with Polish heads of state to whom he stressed the need for a strong Polish-Israeli relationship. The museum is built on the site of the former Warsaw Ghetto. It is the first museum to showcase the 1,000-year history of Polish Jews, who made an indelible impression on the identity of Europe.

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Netanyahu: Iran Is a Bigger Threat Than ISIS

October 26, 2014 As the world turns its attention to the fighting in Syria and the Islamic State (ISIS), the November 24th final agreement between world powers and Iran regarding its nuclear energy program is fast approaching. Last Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stressed the urgency of ensuring that a proper decision is made regarding Iran's nuclear capacity, calling the Iranian nuclear threat greater than that posed by ISIS.

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Abbas and Hamas Call to Ban Jews from Temple Mount

October 19, 2014 In its latest bout of warmongering against Israel, Hamas launched a rally in Gaza City on Friday shouting for the "defense" of the al-Aqsa mosque on the Temple Mount, while Fatah's Mahmoud Abbas urged for a ban of Jews from the holy mountain. "This is our sacred place, al-Aqsa is ours, this Noble Sanctuary (the Temple Mount) is ours … they have no right to go there and desecrate it," said Abbas of the Jews, stating that Jews should be stopped from entering the Temple Mount "by any means."

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