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Pentagon Considers Keeping Paratroopers in Middle East Amid Iranian Threat
(JNS) The Pentagon is looking into keeping a reaction force of roughly 3,500 U.S. troops sent to the Middle East in January in response to Iranian-backed riots at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad.
The Daily Beast reported this week
Syria Claims It Shot Down Missiles Fired From Israeli Warplanes
(JNS) Syrian air defenses shot at missiles this week fired from Israeli warplanes and shot down some of them, Syrian state media said.
The jets fired missiles while flying in Lebanese airspace and targeted a Syrian army position, the outlet said according to a report by the Associated Press
The Marcos Katz Prize Will Be Awarded for the 45th Year
(Courtesy of Marcos Katz Prize) The Marcos Katz Prize will be awarded for the 45th year since the initiative by the late Marcos Katz and his wife, Adina, to award a prize seeking to encourage personalities and institutions working to implement and integrate Halacha into modern life. A few days ago, the period from which
Congrats to the Jewish Link Purim Contest Winners!
Congratulations to the winners of The Jewish Link’s annual Purim costume contest:
1st place ($150 gift certificate to local restaurant): Moshe Parver.
2nd Place: ($100 gift certificate to local restaurant): Dr. Felix
WZC US Elections Reveal ‘Tectonic Shift’
Based on initial reports released this week, groups promoting observant religious practices in Israel will have a much larger role in the American delegation to the 2020 World Zionist Congress. This indicates a profound shift from five years ago, when liberal groups won a supermajority of delegates.
Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein Resigns Over Supreme Court Ruling
(JNS) Longtime Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein resigned his post this week rather than implement a ruling by Israel’s High Court that the parliament must hold a vote to appoint a new speaker.
Addressing the Knesset in announcing his resignation, the Likud party member stated, “The Supreme Court of
FIDF Delivers Emergency Packages To Israeli Soldiers in Quarantine
(JNS) In light of the coronavirus pandemic, thousands of IDF soldiers are being ordered to remain on base for an indefinite period of time to minimize their exposure. The IDF is taking such measures to remain vigilant against COVID-19 and maintain operational preparedness.
FIDF has implemented programs
24 American Olim Arrive on Nefesh B’Nefesh Group Aliyah Flight
While much of the country comes to a halt, olim continue to arrive in Israel amidst global uncertainty.
(Courtesy of Nefesh B’Nefesh) Twenty-four new olim recently landed at Ben Gurion airport through a Nefesh B’Nefesh group aliyah flight in cooperation with the
US to Designate New ISIS Leader as a ‘Specially Designated Global Terrorist’
(JNS) The U.S. State Department has announced that it intends to designate new Islamic State leader Amir Muhammad Sa’id Abdal-Rahman al-Mawla as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist, or SDGT.
Al-Mawla succeeds
Amazon Bans Selling of Most Editions of ‘Mein Kampf,’ Books on Nazi Propaganda
(JNS) The online retail giant Amazon has banned the sale of most editions of Adolf Hitler’s “Mein Kampf” and other Nazi propaganda books after being pushed to do so for decades by leading Holocaust-education charities and Jewish groups, The Guardian reported on Monday.
Amazon informed
Will Gantz and Lieberman Form Minority Government With Israeli-Arab Support?
(JNS) With no clear path towards a government coalition for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu following the third round of elections on March 2, Israel’s political scene has entered a state of chaos that could produce an unlikely alliance of parties seeking to oust the longtime leader.
Earlier
Report: US Sanctions Have Strangled at Least One-Fourth of Iranian Oil Rigs
(JNS) U.S. sanctions have caused at least one-quarter of Iran’s oil rigs to be inactive, according to a Reuters report.
“At least 40 of about 160 oil rigs in Iran remain idle or under repair,” reported the outlet,
