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Israel Summons Argentina’s Ambassador

As it had indicated it would do, Israel’s foreign ministry on Tuesday protested to Argentina’s ambassador over his country’s agreement with Iran to create an independent commission to investigate the deadly 1994 attack on a Jewish center in Buenos Aires, a spokesman said.“The ambassador of Argentina in Israel was summoned today to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem for ...

Israel – Study: Judges ‘Looking Down’ on Jewish Law

According to a new study by Dr. Aviad Hacohen, Dean of the Shaarei Mishpat College, despite the talk by officials in Israel’s judicial system about the importance of Jewish law and its integration into the Israeli legal system, in practice no use is made of it and those who use it are looked down upon.Justice Minister Yaakov Ne’eman has called ...

Israel spreading lies about Mubarak’s health

Cairo is upset over reports on Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak’s poor health, and is placing the blame with Israel. In an editorial published in state-run al-Gumhuriyya newspaper, piercing criticism was leveled at the Israeli media’s coverage of Mubarak’s medical condition. “There has never been an Egyptian president as honest with his people about his medical condition as President Mubarak, but ...

Israel ‘Shocked, Insulted’ as EU Calls Jerusalem a Settlement

Israel is shocked by international criticism of the demolition of a Jewish-owned property in Jerusalem.“Calling Jerusalem a settlement is a misinterpretation, an insult to the history of the city,” Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor told the French news agency AFP. “It is incomprehensible that they are mixing questions of private rights, international law and politics,” he added.Read More: @ israelnationalnews.comReaders found ...

Israel set to stop Jewish ship en route to Gaza

The navy went on high alert Sunday as a ship carrying Jewish activists set sail from northern Cyprus with the declared goal of breaking Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Called Irene, the boat is carrying a symbolic cargo of aid for the people of Gaza under a British flag.Organizers from Jews for Justice for Palestinians said that all of ...

Israel refuses to pay medical bills for American-Jewish protester who lost eye

The Israeli government is refusing to pay the cost of medical care for an American-Jewish activist who lost an eye when Border Police officers fired a tear gas canister at her during a demonstration. Emily Henochowicz, who studying at the Bezalel Academy of Art in Jerusalem and also holds Israeli citizenship, took part in a protest on May 31, shortly ...

Israel refuses citizenship for gay man married to Jewish immigrant

The Interior Ministry is refusing citizenship and new immigrant status to a homosexual married to a Jewish new immigrant, despite the law’s stipulation that the child, grandchild and partner of a Jew are entitled to Jewish immigrant rights.Joshua Goldberg and Bayardo Alvarez, both American citizens, immigrated to Israel two weeks ago. Goldberg, who is Jewish, received an Israeli identity card ...

Israel recoils as US backs nuclear move

Washington’s unprecedented backing for a UN resolution for a nuclear-free Middle East that singles out Israel has both angered and deeply worried the Jewish state although officials are cagey about openly criticising their biggest ally. The resolution adopted by the United Nations on Friday calls on Israel to join the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and urges it to open its facilities ...

Israel putting money on a relationship between science and Jewish law

The Science and Technology Ministry is this year investing NIS 1.2 million in research and education on the relationship between science and halakha (Jewish religious law). Half the sum will be allocated to promoting enrichment courses on the subject, and the rest will be used to fund applied research on scientific and technological solutions to problems posed by halakha.The ministry ...

Israel Plays Down Report Of Border Deal

An Israeli official is distancing the government from a report that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has agreed to negotiate the borders of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 lines with the West Bank.Both Israeli and Palestinian officials acknowledged Tuesday they remain far from a breakthrough in efforts to revive peace talks, despite a frantic U.S. push.An Israeli TV station ...

Israel on way to kashrut overhaul?

The Chief Rabbinate on Thursday removed its objection to the establishment of a national authority operating kosher supervisors, instead of the supervisors currently employed by the local rabbinates.A bill on the matter is slated to be brought before the Ministerial Committee at the beginning of the winter session, and is meant to prevent financial irregularities, nepotism and inadequate supervision – ...

Israel Now Has 6 Million Jews

The number of Israeli Jews passed the emotional 6 million mark in November, and the total population will pass 8 million in February, according to the Central Bureau of Statistics.The Jewish population represents 75.4 percent of the total, of which Arabs are 20.6 percent, representing a continuing trend of a higher Jewish birth rate and a lower Arab birth rate.The ...