Israel

Netanyahu: Set 'Clear Red Lines' About Iran

JERUSALEM (JTA) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called on the international community to set a "clear red line" for Iran. Netanyahu, in remarks to the Cabinet at its regular Sunday meeting, did not say what the red line should be. "The Iranians are using the talks with the major powers to gain time in order to advance their nuclear...

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Polish Jews Connect to Israel

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Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Jerusalem After Jerzy heard about frequent vandalism at an old Jewish cemetery in his home city of Gdansk, Poland, he decided to visit the graveyard. It had fallen into such disrepair that "people would go there to drink beer," said Jerzy, who gave only his middle name due to fears of anti-Semitism. He made a few trips to the cemetery,...

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Monastery Is Set Ablaze

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A Christian monastery was vandalized and set alight in what appears to be a “price tag” attack. The door of the Latrun Monastery was set on fire early Tuesday morning and the names of West Bank outposts were spray-painted on the walls, as was the epithet “Jesus is a monkey.” No one was injured in the attack,...

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Haredi Take Spirit to the Battlefield

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Ben Sales, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

For decades, haredi men in Israel have received exemptions from otherwise mandatory service in the Israel Defense Forces to study in yeshivas instead. But one army division has accommodated several thousand haredi draftees who require stringent kosher certification and eschew any contact with women.

Israel

Parsing the Increased Chatter on Iran

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Ron Kampeas, Jewish Telegraphic Agency

WASHINGTON How much noise does Israel's leadership have to make to get the Obama administration to say what it wants to hear about Iran? It's a question now preoccupying Israel, along with its corollary: How much noise is too much and risks precipitating a crisis between Jerusalem and its closest ally? Some Israeli analysts say that pronounced signals from their...