ISRAEL NEWS - Last Generation Network News - TUESDAY MAY 2 2017

ISRAEL NEWS - Last Generation Network News - TUESDAY MAY 2 2017

Hamas drops call for Israel's destruction, but old goals remain

Fox News - ‎2 hours ago‎
The Islamic militant group Hamas unveiled a new political program Monday that aims to end the group's international isolation while refusing to recognize Israel as a state. While the new manifesto does not deliberately call for the destruction of ...

Italy first EU country to publicly reject UNESCO's anti-Israel resolution

Jerusalem Post Israel News - ‎1 hour ago‎
Italy, which abstained from last years anti-Israel resolution at UNESCO, had promised Israel that in the future it would change its stance, including during a March speech of Italian Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano.

A UN birthday slap at Israel

New York Post - ‎12 hours ago‎
On Tuesday, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization marks Israel's 69th Independence Day with a resolution challenging Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. The measure, pushed by Arab nations, declares “null” anything Israel ...

A revised Hamas charter will moderate its stance toward Israel — slightly

Los Angeles Times - ‎21 hours ago‎
Hamas, the Palestinian group that rules the Gaza Strip, is set to unveil a new manifesto Monday moderating its position toward Israel and distancing itself from Islamist groups in the Middle East, in a bid to reverse its rising isolation. The new ...

Japan, Rodrigo Duterte, Israel: Your Morning Briefing

New York Times - ‎14 hours ago‎
Hamas, the militant group that has long engaged in violent resistance against Israel, is toning down its anti-Semitic language days before the rival Palestinian Authority's leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is scheduled to meet President Trump.

Why Israel Got Into a Dust-Up With Germany

Bloomberg - ‎6 hours ago‎
Last Monday was Holocaust Memorial Day in Israel. It is a quiet, painful, introspective day, on which even highway traffic comes to a complete halt for two minutes.

Why this Filipina is fighting for Israel

Jewish Telegraphic Agency - ‎22 hours ago‎
Sgt. Joana Chris Arpon isn't Israeli, or even Jewish. Her service in the Israel Defense Forces is personal. Arpon, 20, is the daughter of Filipino parents who came to the Israel to find work. She said she enlisted as a combat soldier because an Israeli ...

Hamas Drops Call for Israel's Destruction

Wall Street Journal (subscription) - ‎16 hours ago‎
The Palestinian militant group Hamas dropped its explicit call for Israel's destruction on Monday, a bid to overhaul its image as the Trump White House explores reviving Middle East peace efforts.

Israel Security Agency is looking for cyber ninjas

Fox News - ‎16 hours ago‎
The Israel Security Agency (otherwise known by the Hebrew abbreviation - Shin Bet) has launched a new interactive website with a highly complex riddle designed to recruit potential new employees.

India, Israel Celebrate Past, Future Relations

Atlanta Jewish Times - ‎8 hours ago‎
“The connection between India and Israel is based on shared values and democracy between two ancient countries who also share a mutual interest in security and globalization within their societies and communities,” Indian Consul General Nagesh Singh ...

Celebrate modern Israel at annual Bet Haverim festival

Davis Enterprise - ‎18 hours ago‎
Israel Independence Day, an annual celebration presented by Congregation Bet Haverim's Israel Matters Committee, takes place Sunday, May 7, from noon to 1:30 p.m.

North Korea Targets Israel: Countries Threatened By Kim Jong Un's Regime

Newsweek - ‎18 hours ago‎
Add Israel to the list of countries North Korea and Kim Jong Un appears to have a major problem with. The authoritarian's regime responded Sunday to Israel's defense minister's recent comments by threatening and warning the state while calling Israel's ...

Controversial Philippines President Says 'Supposed To Go To Israel' — Not U.S.

Forward - ‎30 minutes ago‎
(JTA) - The president of the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte, told President Donald Trump that he may not be able to visit the White House because he is “supposed to go to” Israel and Russia. Responding to Trump's invitation on Saturday to visit the ...

Unusual Honor for US Jews on Israeli Independence Day Fires Up Local Twittersphere

Haaretz - ‎15 hours ago‎
Unusual Honor for U.S. Jews on Israeli Independence Day Fires Up Local Twittersphere. Moments after Billionaire philanthropist Michael Steinhardt and Rabbi Marvin Hier lit a torch on Mount Herzl, Israelis took to Twitter to vent their frustration.

Israel Folau not bothered by former Wallabies coach Alan Jones' criticism

Stuff.co.nz - ‎3 hours ago‎
Waratahs star Israel Folau says he couldn't care less that Alan Jones thinks he's overrated but acknowledges he isn't guaranteed a Wallabies jersey following the auspicious performances of Karmichael Hunt.

Fuchs Mizrachi School honors fallen soliders, celebrates Israel

Cleveland Jewish News - ‎8 hours ago‎
Fuchs Mizrachi School observed Yom Hazikaron and Yom Ha'atzmaut on May 1, honoring Jews who have given their lives in service to the Israel Defense Force in a solemn ceremony before joyously ringing in Israel's Independence Day in a festive ...

Fake History: UNESCO to Vote on Israel's Sovereign Right to Jerusalem - on Israel's Independence Day [video]

The Jewish Press - JewishPress.com - ‎14 hours ago‎
On Tuesday - Israel's 69th Independence Day - the Executive Board of United Nations Education, Science and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is set to vote on a motion to disavow Israel's sovereignty over her own eternal capital, the holy city of ...

Apartheid references in Israel

Open Democracy - ‎4 hours ago‎
lead lead lead Two students from occupied East Jerusalem passing daily through Qalandia checkpoint to reach Birzeit University, 2014.

Rutgers fraternity honors legacy of teen slain in Israel

USA TODAY - ‎16 hours ago‎
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J - With tears filling his eyes, Ari Schwartz said Sunday's event at Alpha Epsilon Pi honoring his slain son was "different" from all the others.

Pro-Palestine Protesters Disrupt Celebration of Israel Independence Day

Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun - ‎5 hours ago‎
Cornell Students for Justice in Palestine protested and held a die-in at an Israeli Independence Day celebration in Anabel Taylor Hall on Monday, angering many of the event's student hosts and leading to arguments with Cornell Police who provided ...

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