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November 19 Lytle, TX Night To Honor Israel
Hoops in the Holy Land: African-American basketball players embrace Israel
If you're a Raptors fan, you may remember a 2005 exhibition game in which Toronto became the first NBA team in 27 years to lose to Israeli powerhouse Maccabi Tel Aviv.
Star guard Anthony Parker nailed the go-ahead jumper with less than a second remaining, and the two-time EuroLeague MVP later parlayed that performance into a multi-year contract...
‘You Will Always Be in My Heart’: Friends Remember IDF Soldier Killed in Stabbing Attack
Friends of IDF soldier Ron Kokia, 19, who was killed on Thursday night in an apparent terrorist attack, expressed their pain and mourning in a series of emotional statements, remembering Kokia as a special and loving person who they will miss forever.
Kokia was stabbed to death while waiting for a ride in the southern city of Arad. The terrorists...
Trump will recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital in Wednesday speech — report
WASHINGTON — Defying longstanding American policy, US President Donald Trump will give a speech Wednesday recognizing Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, according to an Axios report on Friday.
A White House spokesman, contacted by The Times of Israel on Friday afternoon, would not confirm the story. “The president has always said it is a matter of...
Jewish leaders back Education Department nominee, pro-Palestinian groups slam him
WASHINGTON—Leaders of major American Jewish organizations are rallying around Kenneth L. Marcus, the nominee for assistant secretary of education for civil rights, as pro-Palestinian groups denounce him for opposing the BDS movement.
Marcus, an attorney, served in the Department of Education’s civil rights division and then was staff director of...
Pence to travel to Israel, address Knesset
Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday that he will travel to Israel next month and address its legislative body, the Knesset.
Pence spoke in New York to mark the 70th anniversary of the United Nations vote that established Israel as a sovereign state. He delivered his remarks at the Queens Museum, the site of the UN vote, and was introduced by...
Youth stabbed to death in apparent terror attack was IDF soldier
The 19-year-old Israeli stabbed to death at a bus station in the southern city of Arad on Thursday night was an IDF soldier, the Israeli army said late Thursday.
His family has been notified, the IDF said.
The soldier, who was not named, was killed in what police say appears to have been a terror attack.
Police said officers were searching the...
Trump has plan to declare Jerusalem Israel’s ‘undivided’ capital: report
The Trump White House has developed a plan to declare Jerusalem as Israel's "undivided" capital and has began notifying its missions abroad to lay the ground for its announcement, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.
Citing American officials, the newspaper reported that the plan was not final, but that if legal and policy considerations...
Young man stabbed to death at Arad bus stop in apparent terror attack
At approximately 9:30 p.m., medics received a call about a young man who was stabbed and seriously wounded at a bus stop near Arad’s shopping mall.
When medics arrived at the scene, the 19-year-old was unconscious and didn’t have a pulse. Medics performed CPR, but eventually were forced to pronounce him dead at the scene, according to the Magen...
Holocaust survivor: I’m giving $1 million to help wounded American veterans, to express my thanks
At 83 years old, I am one of the few remaining Holocaust survivors – thanks to the American troops who rescued me in what seems like a lifetime ago.
Since World War II, I’ve felt a deep connection to American troops for saving my life – a feeling that resurfaces every year on Veterans Day and throughout the holiday giving season.
And so this...
IsraAID helps set up science and tech center in South Sudan
The University of Juba, in South Sudan, has joined IsraAID, an Israel-based humanitarian non-governmental organization, and other partners to set up a first center for the studies of science and technology in the East-Central African state.
The Center for Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) will train South Sudanese youth to...
US-Israel Relationship
Pence: Trump ‘actively considering’ moving US embassy to Jerusalem
US President Donald Trump is “actively considering” moving the US embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, his vice president said Tuesday, evoking a campaign promise that the administration had sidelined.
Mike Pence made the remarks in a keynote address at an event in New York commemorating the 70th anniversary of the UN vote for partition...
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Exclusive: 3 Syrian Casulties Of Chemical Warfare Being Treated In Israel
Three Syrian rebels wounded last week in an alleged chemical weapons attack by the Syrian regime of President Bashar Assad were sent for treatment in Israel, The Jerusalem Post has learned.
If Syrians hurt in the attack entered Israel for treatment, it would be the first confirmed case.
“The forces shelled a strategic site controlled by the...
