http://www.jewpi.com Jewish Press International Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:18:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.jewpi.com/libyans-protest-in-benghazi-against-new-leaders/ http://www.jewpi.com/libyans-protest-in-benghazi-against-new-leaders/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:48:24 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/libyans-protest-in-benghazi-against-new-leaders/ TRIPOLI – Tens of thousands of protesters gathered in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Monday to show their frustration with leaders who came to power after Muammar Gaddafi was overthrown. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/canada-bans-face-coverings-for-citizenship-oath/ http://www.jewpi.com/canada-bans-face-coverings-for-citizenship-oath/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:44:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/canada-bans-face-coverings-for-citizenship-oath/ Jason Kenney CC/Tavis Ford New Canadians will have to remove garments that cover their faces when undergoing an oath of citizenship, Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said Monday. The minister told a news conference in Montreal that the ban includes the Islamic niqab or burqa. It takes effect immediately. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/yad-vashem-israel-holocaust-museum-to-honor-righteous-among-the-nations/ http://www.jewpi.com/yad-vashem-israel-holocaust-museum-to-honor-righteous-among-the-nations/#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2011 15:01:00 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/yad-vashem-israel-holocaust-museum-to-honor-righteous-among-the-nations/ The following was communicated by Yad Vashem to the Israel News Agency. On Sunday, December 11, 2011, the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Israel will hold a ceremony posthumously honoring Jerzy Ponczynski, as Righteous Among the Nations from … Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-economy-minister-charged-with-embezzlement-insider-trading/ http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-economy-minister-charged-with-embezzlement-insider-trading/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:42:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/palestinian-economy-minister-charged-with-embezzlement-insider-trading/ First hearing in court case of Hassan Abu Lindeh will take place December 12; charges of financial wrongdoing relate to acts alleged to have taken place before the minister took office in 2009. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/greek-pm-wont-lead-new-cabinet-unity-deal-not-reached/ http://www.jewpi.com/greek-pm-wont-lead-new-cabinet-unity-deal-not-reached/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 20:32:13 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/greek-pm-wont-lead-new-cabinet-unity-deal-not-reached/ ATHENS/PARIS – The EU gave Greece 24 hours on Sunday to explain how it will form a unity government to enact a bailout agreement, and Prime Minister George Papandreou said he did not want to lead it, the closest he has come to meeting opposition calls to go. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-delegation-arrives-in-egypt-to-finalize-prisoner-swap-with-israel/ http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-delegation-arrives-in-egypt-to-finalize-prisoner-swap-with-israel/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 19:20:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-delegation-arrives-in-egypt-to-finalize-prisoner-swap-with-israel/ Delegation headed by Khaled Meshaal, chief of Hamas’ political bureau, who says first stage of deal would take place within one week. A delegation from the Palestinian Islamist Hamas movement, led by Khaled Meshaal, the chief of its political bureau, arrived in Cairo Wednesday evening to finalize a prisoners’ swap deal with Israel. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/bibi-netanyahu-signs-deal-for-gilad-shalit-and-submit-for-the-al-gilad-shalit-and-submit-the/ http://www.jewpi.com/bibi-netanyahu-signs-deal-for-gilad-shalit-and-submit-for-the-al-gilad-shalit-and-submit-the/#comments Wed, 12 Oct 2011 05:56:22 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/bibi-netanyahu-signs-deal-for-gilad-shalit-and-submit-for-the-al-gilad-shalit-and-submit-the/ Gilad Shalit – 05 years (image of Gilad Shalit from captivity) (AFP, ArutzSheva, BBC, CNN, …) This Tuesday, October 11th, was noticed at all over the world the news of the Negotiations for Gilad Shalit. The deal would have done Been through intense Negotiations with Hamas, and the mediators HAVING Germany and Egypt. Read More [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-life-over-cheering-death/ http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-life-over-cheering-death/#comments Sun, 02 Oct 2011 17:16:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/choosing-life-over-cheering-death/ We are not predisposed to choosing life, for loving, listening, and connecting can leave us fragile and exposed; choosing life is choosing to be vulnerable. Earlier last month, Republican presidential candidates held a debate in California, touching on the much-contested practice of the death penalty in the United States. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hundreds-gather-at-gaza-border-for-schalits-birthday/ http://www.jewpi.com/hundreds-gather-at-gaza-border-for-schalits-birthday/#comments Sun, 28 Aug 2011 16:54:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hundreds-gather-at-gaza-border-for-schalits-birthday/ Hundreds of protesters gathered at the Erez crossing on the Israel-Gaza border Sunday to commemorate the 6th birthday kidnapped soldier Gilad Schalit has been forced to have in captivity since he was taken by terrorists in 2006. 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Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/as-mubarak-trial-set-to-begin-arab-leaders-take-note/ http://www.jewpi.com/as-mubarak-trial-set-to-begin-arab-leaders-take-note/#comments Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:30:43 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/as-mubarak-trial-set-to-begin-arab-leaders-take-note/ Deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak goes on trial Wednesday over his role in killing protesters, in a stark message to Arab rulers elsewhere that they too may one day be held to account. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/senior-idf-officer-iron-dome-averted-israeli-offensive-on-gaza/ http://www.jewpi.com/senior-idf-officer-iron-dome-averted-israeli-offensive-on-gaza/#comments Mon, 25 Jul 2011 18:02:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/senior-idf-officer-iron-dome-averted-israeli-offensive-on-gaza/ IAF colonel says deployment of the missile defense system this year allowed Israeli leaders to have more options when dealing with the cross-border escalation with Gaza in April. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/second-graders-learn-the-bible-with-the-land-of-israel/ http://www.jewpi.com/second-graders-learn-the-bible-with-the-land-of-israel/#comments Sun, 17 Jul 2011 11:30:19 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/second-graders-learn-the-bible-with-the-land-of-israel/ No one can learn the Bible better than being in Israel, as second graders from Samaria learned by experiencing the uniqueness of living in Israel and learning the Bible through a visit to the traditional grave of Joshua. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jesus-for-jews/ http://www.jewpi.com/jesus-for-jews/#comments Sun, 19 Jun 2011 21:22:07 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jesus-for-jews/ The writer is a College Fellow in Harvard’s department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations. This article was first published by Jewish Ideas Daily ( www.jewishideasdaily.com ) and is reprinted with permission.  That Jesus lived and died as a Jew would hardly be regarded as news by most educated Jews and educated Christians today. Read [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/al-qaida-publishes-hit-list-of-influential-americans/ http://www.jewpi.com/al-qaida-publishes-hit-list-of-influential-americans/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 16:23:09 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/al-qaida-publishes-hit-list-of-influential-americans/ An al-Qaida website has posted a hit-list of American businessmen, diplomats, think tank executives, and military officials, according to a report by NBC New York.  Along with the hit-list is an invitation for jihadists worldwide to take matters into their own hands and target the named individuals. 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Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/watching-the-web/ http://www.jewpi.com/watching-the-web/#comments Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:20:31 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/watching-the-web/ … a political umbrella organization for Argentinian Jewish groups, in the framework of a class action suit brought on behalf of the entire Jewish community, which argued that these searches lead users to anti-Semitic and Holocaust denial sites. … Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/rank-and-file-25/ http://www.jewpi.com/rank-and-file-25/#comments Fri, 10 Jun 2011 00:40:28 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/rank-and-file-25/ A portrait of Isaac Ochberg has been hanging in the offices of South African Zionist Federation (Israel ) since 1948, but the group says few people know why. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-egypt-limiting-movement-through-rafah-crossing/ http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-egypt-limiting-movement-through-rafah-crossing/#comments Wed, 01 Jun 2011 15:44:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/hamas-egypt-limiting-movement-through-rafah-crossing/ Gaza’s Hamas rulers said on Wednesday that Egypt was limiting the number of people allowed to enter from Gaza, undermining a move announced last week to ease the blockade of the enclave imposed by Israel. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/study-religious-zionist-world-is-changing/ http://www.jewpi.com/study-religious-zionist-world-is-changing/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 11:44:15 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/study-religious-zionist-world-is-changing/ A new study on the religious-Zionist community in Israel has found growing ideological diversity as the community grows, and has named three groups in particular as central to the movement as a whole. The study was conducted by Dr. Yitzchak Geiger, an expert in the field. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/letters-to-the-editor-126/ http://www.jewpi.com/letters-to-the-editor-126/#comments Fri, 20 May 2011 10:22:16 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/letters-to-the-editor-126/ Hamas charter Tel Aviv, May 2011 Photo by: Alex Levac Regarding “Nothing to give a whoop about,” May 13 Gideon Levy interviewed a Hamas member, presenting him as a moderate, peace-loving person, opposed to violence. It is no surprise that Levy did not ask him about the Hamas charter. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahus-former-top-aide-leaked-secret-information-to-media/ http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahus-former-top-aide-leaked-secret-information-to-media/#comments Tue, 17 May 2011 20:24:30 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/netanyahus-former-top-aide-leaked-secret-information-to-media/ Uzi Arad, who was previously thought to have resigned, was fired from his post as national security adviser after he was found to have inadvertently leaked confidential security information. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/jnf-trees-to-protect-gaza-belt-towns/ http://www.jewpi.com/jnf-trees-to-protect-gaza-belt-towns/#comments Thu, 12 May 2011 15:50:21 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/jnf-trees-to-protect-gaza-belt-towns/ The Jewish National Fund (Keren Kayemet L’Yisrael – KKL) plans to help protect Negev towns in the Gaza Belt region by planting trees. The leafy branches, officials believe, will help block the view of the towns from terrorists’ eyes. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/victorious-conservatives-face-new-opposition/ http://www.jewpi.com/victorious-conservatives-face-new-opposition/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 12:10:55 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/victorious-conservatives-face-new-opposition/   The Conservatives and their openly pro-Israel  leader Stephen Harper have done it. They have ended reliance on the minority governments that they had to work with since 2006 by capturing an outright majority of 166, as opposed to 143, going in to the Canadian elections on Monday. The opposition will be led by New Democratic [...]]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/yemen-power-transition-deal-faces-last-minute-snag/ http://www.jewpi.com/yemen-power-transition-deal-faces-last-minute-snag/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 17:02:17 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/yemen-power-transition-deal-faces-last-minute-snag/ Government official says talks under way on whether Saleh must personally sign; two security men and two protesters killed, 50 wounded in Aden. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-spy-rings-busted-in-kuwait-bahrain/ http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-spy-rings-busted-in-kuwait-bahrain/#comments Wed, 13 Apr 2011 17:50:35 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/iranian-spy-rings-busted-in-kuwait-bahrain/ A Bahraini criminal court will try a Bahraini and two Iranians on charges of spying for Iran’s Revolutionary Guard on April 20, Gulf News reports. Read More »]]> 0 http://www.jewpi.com/intl-criminal-court-at-the-hague-to-probe-libya-war-crimes/ http://www.jewpi.com/intl-criminal-court-at-the-hague-to-probe-libya-war-crimes/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2011 20:30:49 +0000 admin http://www.jewpi.com/intl-criminal-court-at-the-hague-to-probe-libya-war-crimes/ The International Criminal Court at The Hague is opening an investigation into alleged war crimes in Libya. According to a statement issued by the office of ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, an overview of the alleged crimes committed in Libya was to be presented to the court Thursday. Read More »]]> 0