With UNESCO vote, Palestinian bid for attention backfires
By Cnaan Liphshiz (JTA) — If the latest draft resolution at UNESCO on “Occupied Palestine” succeeded in the Palestinians’ aims to reclaim the world’s attention, then…
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Muslim and Jewish religious leaders denounce violence in historic Israeli Palestinian meeting
(Jerusalem, October 13) — In the first event of its kind, top Israeli Jewish and Palestinian Muslim religious leaders – including one of Israel’s chief…
Biden, remembering Peres, pleads for triumph of tolerance over bigotry
By Ron Kampeas WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice President Joe Biden said Shimon Peres’ legacy should be one of tolerance at a time of rising bigotry….
Saying goodbye to Shimon Peres, world leaders talk peace and love
By Andrew Tobin JERUSALEM (JTA) – Israeli and world leaders gathered atop Mount Herzl on Friday to say goodbye to Shimon Peres, Israel’s last founding…
Shimon Peres, last of Israel’s founders, dies
By Ben Sales TEL AVIV (JTA) — Shimon Peres, the former defense hawk turned Nobel Peace Prize winner and the last of Israel’s founders, has died….