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• Landau Backs Down on “Kosher Power”

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  Over the weekend, the proposal to place Kashruth supervisors in Israel Electric Company (IEC) stations to avoid violations of Shabbat faced a massive backlash and Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau has retracted the law from the Knesset Docket.

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• Jerusalem Municipality Closes Mughrabi Gate

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  The Mughrabi Gate that is used to access the Temple Mount was closed this week because it poses an “immediate danger to the users”.

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• Gingrich: Palestinians are “Invented”; Bias Towards Pollard Clemency

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 11, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  In an interview with the Jewish Channel conducted earlier this week, former Speaker of the House and current Republican Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich referred to Palestinians as “an invented people,” based on the fact that the State of Palestine has never, in fact, existed.

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• Netanyahu vs. Feiglin, Round IV, January 31

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on December 05, 2011 | 1 Comments

  

  Today, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that along with internal Likud party elections scheduled on January 31, the chairmanship of the ruling Likud Party itself will be up for grabs as well.

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• Hamas Demands Rest of 1,027 Terrorists before December 19

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  On Sunday, Hamas demanded that Israel release the remaining 550 terrorists that were part of the swap for Gilad Shalit before December 19.

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• Israel to Return Envoy to Turkey

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  This morning, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced it would return a diplomatic envoy to Turkey regardless of the current state of affairs between Turkey and Israel.

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• Son of West Bank Hamas Leader is Pro-Israel

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  Mos’ab Hassan Yousef Khalil, son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef Khalil – the Hamas leader in the West Bank, is one of the most important Shin Bet agents in Israel’s history.

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• St Augustine Was Likely Home to Jews before New York

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 07, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  This week, The St. Augustine Jewish Historical Society announced that the city was likely home to the first Jews who arrived in the US, having arrived in 1565 from Spain.

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• Israel vs. Turkey, Round Three: Natural Gas

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on November 03, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  This week, Israel signed an agreement with Italy regarding the construction of a gas line in order to prevent a shortage of natural gas amid threats from Turkey and Lebanon.

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• Germany Halted Submarine Sale to Force Israel to Accept Settlement Freeze

  Posted By Mike Rosenthal on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment

  

  Last week, Germany threatened to halt the sale of a submarine to Israel in order to convince the country to accept yet another building freeze.

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