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Facing serious blowback for a report questioning the “widespread assumption” that the Bible supports a Jewish state, the Church of Scotland has agreed to reword the document to make clear that it does not challenge Israel’s right to exist.

This is a cross-post by Marc Goldberg
I didn’t know Stephen Hawking was coming until I heard that he wasn’t.
As soon as I heard that he wasn’t I was upset about it. To pretend otherwise is ludicrous and the more people shout about how little they care the more clear it becomes that the opposite is [...]

It’s still not clear exactly which Syrian military facilities Israel struck on Mt. Qasioun near Damascus Sunday morning, or how much damage was done. But it is clear that whatever debate there was in Israeli government circles about whether a victory in the civil war for Bashar al-Assad or for the rebels would be better [...]

This is a cross-post by Marc Goldberg
Yesterday in the Times of Israel I read about a paper written by the Church of Scotland entitled The Inheritance of Abraham. This paper rejected the idea that “scripture offers any peoples a privileged claim for possession of a particular territory”. In other words, just cos you’re Jewish doesn’t mean that [...]

When I first read that a documentary, ‘Jerusalem: An Archaeological Mystery Story’, questioning some aspects of Jewish history, in particular the issue of Jewish exile from Jerusalem in 70AD, had been dropped from the BBC schedules at the last minute, I was reminded of the controversy surrounding Tom Holland’s Islam: the Untold Story.
According to a report [...]

Susan Rice, US ambassador to the United Nations, has responded to UN Human Rights Council official Richard Falk’s effort to blame the Boston Marathon bombings on “Tel Aviv.”
Outraged by Richard Falk’s highly offensive Boston comments. Someone who spews such vitriol has no place at the UN. Past time for him to go.
— Susan Rice [...]

This is a cross-post from Marc Goldberg
The importance of the new arms deal between Israel and the United States cannot be overstated.
The arrival of an as yet undisclosed number of KC-135 aerial refuelling aircraft will give the Israeli Air Force (IAF) the range to attack any target in Iran that it deems necessary in order to suppress the [...]

This is a guest post by Stephen Hoffman
On Tuesday night, 6,000 people from across the UK were treated to a great night to celebrate Israel’s continued existence and achievements on its 65th birthday at the ZF’s Israel 65 Gala Concert. A wide array of talent was on show ranging from comedy, to music, to dancing and much, [...]

Shimon Peres travelled to Paris’s Gare du Nord on March 8 for discussions relating to the Middle East peace process.  It is claimed that black and North African workers were discriminated against in efforts to ensure that “no Muslim employees … welcome the Head of the State of Israel”.
The SUD-Rail statement called on SNCF to [...]

This is a cross-post from Marc Goldberg
I can feel it descending upon me now, the shutters are coming down on the shops and restaurants, the few places still open are preparing to close and the city streets are emptying. People are at home watching television programmes dedicated to the six million lost, spending time with [...]