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Jordan wants to boot Israeli ambassador

editor 18 May 2013

Jordan’s parliament on Wednesday voted unanimously to eject Israeli Ambassador Daniel Nevo over this week’s arrest of Jerusalem Mufti Sheikh Muhammed Hussein. Jordan technically exercises religious control over the Temple Mount, though Palestinian Authority-appointed officials have been effectively been running the show for over a decade.

Jordanian Interior Minister Hussein Mahalia summoned Nevo to express his country’s severe condemnation of the mufti’s detention.

Israel arrested the mufti on Tuesday for his role in inciting violence against Israeli police stationed at the holy site. The police officers were attacked because they had tried to quiet a Muslim youth who was loudly hurling insults at Jewish visitors.

Israeli President Shimon Peres sent a message to Jordan stressing Israel’s commitment to the peace treaty between the two nations and to freedom of religion in Jerusalem.

The Jordanian outburst over what amounted to Israel slapping the mufti on the wrist is par for the course. At the same time, these self-declared defenders of religious freedom think it perfectly acceptable to deny Jews and Christians the right to pray at the Temple Mount, the most holy site in the world for Jews and many Christians.

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Jews attacked for praying on Temple Mount

editor 18 May 2013

By Ryan Jones.. Five Jewish men were arrested on Wednesday (May 8, 2013) for quietly praying atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, an expression of faith that caused the many Muslims around them to explode in fury. Police stationed at the sensitive holy site said a mob of Muslims gathered around the Jewish men, hurling insults and nearly coming to blows before Islamic officials stepped in to restore calm on the condition the Jewish worshipers be arrested. (more…)

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Israel celebrates reunification of Jerusalem

editor 18 May 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. Israelis on Wednesday (May 8, 2013) marked Jerusalem Day, the 46th anniversary of the reunification of the city during the Six Day War. Israel never intended to reunite Jerusalem when it launched a preemptive strike on the gathering armies of Egypt and Syria in 1967. But when Jordan’s King Hussein succumbed to Egyptian pressure and opened a third front against the Jewish state, the opportunity to fulfill the hopes of generations presented itself. (more…)

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Egypt’s New Anti-Muslim Brotherhood Militia

editor 17 May 2013

By Ashraf Ramela.. Egypt’s Black Bloc grew out of a struggle for liberation from an authoritarian system, only after non-violent civil efforts had failed. Not to be confused with America’s Black Bloc, which is friend to likes of the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt’s Black Bloc is an enemy to their country’s new Islamist rulers and fights for democracy and legitimate government. (more…)

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Senior PA officials praise violence against Israel

editor 16 May 2013

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik.. Two senior Palestinian Authority officials praised the use of violence against Israel last week. Senior PA official praises murderer and another official swears: “If we had a nuke, we’d have used it this very morning” Senior PA official Sultan Abu Al-Einein about murderer who stabbed Israeli to death last week: “We salute the heroic fighter…[who] went against the settler and killed him. Blessings to the breast that nursed [him]” Senior PA official Jibril Rajoub: “I swear that if we had a nuke, we’d have used it this very morning.” (more…)

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Israel to join defense pact with Saudi Arabia?

editor 16 May 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. There might be something of a silver lining to Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons, as a British newspaper reports that Israel could soon join a defensive alliance with Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. Savvy readers will recognize the last two nations in that list as not currently having diplomatic ties with the Jewish state. The forging of such a pact could drastically alter Israel’s position among its Arab neighbors. (more…)

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UNRWA representative poses with map that presents all of Israel as “Palestine”

editor 15 May 2013

By Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik.. UNRWA representative poses with map that presents all of Israel as “Palestine” at event in Lebanon. At the official launch of two German-funded UNRWA projects in southern Lebanon, Director of UNRWA Affairs in Lebanon, Ann Dismorr, posed with a map that erases the State of Israel and presents all of it as “Palestine.” (more…)

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Letter from Jerusalem. Jerusalem Day, Stephen Hawkings and Syria.

editor 15 May 2013
By Sheila Raviv.. Shabbat Shalom lovely people! Shabbat Shalom. Yesterday (May 8, 2013) was Yom Yerushalayim – Jerusalem Day, so I will try to get through the news as quickly as possible to tell you all about the incredible sight of thousands of young people singing dancing and marching with flags from all corners of the city to the Old City. (more…)
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Palestinian family defends murder of Jewish man

editor 13 May 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. The family of 24-year-old Salam al-Zaghal is openly admitting to and defending his brutal murder of an Israeli Jew in Samaria last week. ”What he has done is the duty of all Palestinians who suffer from the aggression of the army and the settlers,” stated al-Zaghal’s father, Ali al-Zaghal. It should come as little wonder that average Palestinians think this way about their Jewish neighbors when their own leaders in the Palestinian Authority are setting such a terrible example. (more…)

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Israel predicts mega drought in 2015

editor 12 May 2013

By Israel Today Staff.. Israel has just overcome a seven-year drought, and the country’s natural water reservoirs are finally relatively stable following years of severe depletion. But Israel shouldn’t get too content, as experts with the Water Authority’s Hydrological Services predict that the next drought will hit already in 2015, and will make the previous dry spell seem like a picnic by comparison. (more…)

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