The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank.
Egypt\’s military is deploying light armored vehicles in Sinai to replace some heavy tanks whose presence at the border area had raised concerns in Israel, security sources said on Tuesday.A source said last week the army had begun withdrawing some of the tanks, after they had been deployed as part of an operation against militants who attacked and killed 16 border guards on August 5.
A group of some 20 African migrants is trapped between Israel\’s border fence with Egypt and Israeli soldiers who have been ordered not to let them in.
Israel\’s ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, \”categorically denied\” that he specified the Republican Party when he described as harmful making Israel a partisan issue.
“The Possession” is off to a devilishly good start at the box office, grossing $21.3 million — making it the second best opening for a movie on Labor Day weekend after “Halloween” in 2007, which brought in $30.6 million.
On Friday night, Aug. 3 JewishJournal.com will live stream Nashuva\’s Shabbat services from The Brentwood Presbyterian Church. Join Rabbi Naomi Levy for high-energy service combining charismatic preaching, traditional prayer and meditation, along with a heavy infusion of musical styles, from reggae to klezmer, performed by the Nashuva band.
The Western Wall checked out fine in a test of its stability by engineers.
Many Gazans have long lamented that there’s not much to do in the Gaza Strip. There are no movie theaters, pool halls or bowling alleys — all of which are seen as “un-Islamic.” And it’s not getting any better. In fact, now, curbs are being extended further – to the Internet.
A second anti-Semitic attack in Berlin within a week has prompted the launch of a state police investigation.
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