Trump Family Has 50-Year History of Donating to Jewish, Israeli Causes - JNI Media BREAKING ISRAEL NEWS

Trump Family Has 50-Year History of Donating to Jewish, Israeli Causes

“Thou shalt surely open thy hand unto him, and shalt surely lend him sufficient for his need in that which he wanteth.” Deuteronomy 15:8 (The Israel Bible™)

Israeli media have reported several important donations made in years past by both the late Fred Trump and his son, now President Elect Donald Trump.

Some 50 years ago, real estate developer Fredrick Trump donated the land for the Talmud Torah of the Beach Haven Jewish Center at 723 Ave. Z in Flatbush, NY, as can be seen from a promotional image released by that institution. The center is open and active to this day, offering programs for youth and the elderly, as well as an active synagogue.

And Fred’s son, as reported by Yediot Ahronot, donated heavily on both occasions when Israelis who had been expelled from their homes by their own government needed assistance to resettle.

Donald Trump donated in the 1980s to help build new infrastructure for the Israelis removed from the northern Sinai by the Begin government, which returned the peninsula to Egypt as part of the peace agreement. Then, in 2005, Trump gave again, to help resettle the Jews of Gush Katif in the Gaza Strip, exiled by the Ariel Sharon government.

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Foreign Journalist (Italian) Gets Real About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict | Aviel Schneider ISRAEL TODAY.

Foreign Journalist (Italian) Gets Real About Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

Wednesday, December 16, 2015 |  Aviel Schneider  ISRAEL TODAY.

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“The Palestinians feel the rising threat of ISIS and understand that despite the [negative feelings toward] the Israeli occupation they are more secure under Israeli rule than anywhere else in the region.”

That was one of the conclusions drawn in the new book “Jihad” by Italian journalist Mourizio Molinari, who for the past 15 years served as a Middle East correspondent. Most recently, Molinari was offered the prestigious position of editor-in-chief for one of the largest circulation Italian newspapers, La Stampa.

In an interview with Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot, Molinari explained how Western understanding of the situation in Israel had become increasingly distorted.

For example, “in the Arab village of Duma, following the tragedy of the Dawabshe family, cries for revenge [against the Israelis] were widely published. But villagers told me that while the Jews were indeed their enemies, they had only killed on average three Palestinians a day, while 100 a day were dying in Syria,” Molinari recounted.

Molinari further noted that in the de facto Palestinian capital of Ramallah, local Palestinian entrepreneurs are eager to find Israeli partners.

Similarly, “Palestinians in Ramallah are trying to get their family members living in Jordan to come to Israel, because they understand that only Israel can guarantee their safety,” said the Italian.

For years, Molinari worked twice a week in Ramallah, and recalled some of the many conversations he had with Palestinians over a meal. “I’ve listened as Palestinians sitting next to me at the table called their grandparents or other relatives in Amman, urging them to come to Ramallah.”

But Molinari spent most of his time in Jerusalem, and described life in Israel as both fascinating and challenging. “The average Israeli you meet on the street is very intelligent,” he said. “And you can sit on a bus alone and speak to a grandma and hear the most exciting life story.”

According to Molinari, a majority of Palestinians would be willing to lay down their arms and live in peace with Israel, “but, just as in Israel, they don’t currently see a way forward toward that goal.”

He believes the threat posed by ISIS is an opportunity for Israelis and Palestinians. “ISIS is a threat to both peoples,” he pointed out. “Before it struck Israel and the Jews, ISIS would first annihilate the Palestinians.”

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Poll: Most Israelis Own a Bible, Revere the Word of God

Monday, August 10, 2015 |  Israel Today Staff

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A survey conducted late last month revealed that nearly all Israeli Jews own a Bible, that most revere it as the holy Word of God, and that nearly half the Jewish population still reads from the Scriptures at least on occasion.

The poll was conducted in the run-up to the “Opening the Tanakh” conference at the Herzog Academic College, which was attended by 7,000 Israelis and foreign visitors who were treated to a wide range of lectures and workshops dealing with the Bible and its place in modern society, especially Israeli Jewish society.

The results, originally published in Israel’s largest daily newspaper Yediot Ahronot, showed that no fewer than 95 percent of all Israeli Jews have a Bible in their home.

A full 68 percent of respondents said they revere the Bible as a “holy book,” and nearly half (42 percent) said they read the Scriptures at least infrequently.

Only 15 percent of Israeli Jews said they never read the Bible, and just 9 percent said they have no connection to the Word of God.

PHOTO: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosting a Bible study at his official residence in Jerusalem last year. (Flash90)

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Israel Today - UN Bias Shows in Israel's African Migrant Crisis

UN Bias Shows in Israel's African Migrant Crisis

Wednesday, January 08, 2014 |  Israel Today Staff  

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Israel Today reported yesterday on the ongoing demonstrations by thousands of illegal African migrants seeking refugee status in the Jewish state. Though they claim to be asylum seekers, most are in fact looking for jobs and better economic conditions.

In that story, we pointed out how the UN had made itself wholly unhelpful by criticizing Israel even as the latter tried desperately to figure out a solution.

On Wednesday, Israel's leading newspaper, Yediot Ahronot, published a brief expose demonstrating that Israel is by far one of the more humane Western developed nations when it comes to handling illegal migrants.

Britain

Hundreds of thousands of migrants from Italy, Spain, Portugal and Poland have made their way to the UK over the past four years, trying to escape collapsing economies in their home nations.

The UK lets many of these people in, and even allows them to find work. But it refuses to provide any welfare benefits, even though the migrants are paying taxes.

Australia

Australia goes further than many and does grant the label "asylum seeker" to the thousands of migrants who arrive by boat from Indonesia every year. But, that doesn't mean they are allowed in. Australia essentially gives these people two choices: turn around and go home, or be sent to a detention facility on Christmas Island.

Spain

Spain has been begging the European Union for years to help it combat illegal immigration from Africa. Ceuta and Melilla, two Spanish cities on the northern tip of Morocco, have been surrounded by a giant fortified and heavily guarded fence to deter those who would try to come by land.

But many still manage to sneak into Spain-proper via the sea. When they are caught, those migrants are immediately expelled with no right to appeal the decision.

Italy

Those caught sneaking into Italy, usually by sea, are taken to detention facilities where Yediot discovered they are physically sanitized using pesticides. Illegal migrants are kept in these facilities until a court can decide if they were truly fleeing oppression, and therefore deserving of asylum, or if they were just seeking jobs. The latter are asked to leave the country.

And that brings us back to Israel's situation.

Crises involving illegal migrants have been plaguing a great many Western nations in recent years. And yet, where is the public UN criticism of the way those nations are handling the matter?

As usual, only when Israel is involved, does the UN view a situation as needing its (typically ineffective) interference.

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Israel Basks in French Embrace - Israel Today

Israel Basks in French Embrace

Monday, November 18, 2013 |  Ryan Jones, Israel Today  

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A week after reportedly helping to scuttle a deal that would have left Iran able to build nuclear weapons, French President Francois Hollande visited Israel this week as local analysts hailed a return to the days when France was the Jewish state's closest ally.

One of Hollande's first public remarks after landing at Ben Gurion Airport was that he would "do everything possible to prevent Iran from attaining a nuclear weapon."

"France will not make concessions on nuclear proliferation," Hollande said just minutes after disembarking his plane. "France will maintain all its measures and sanctions until we are certain that Iran has renounced nuclear weapons."

Contrasting US Secretary of State John Kerry's recent instruction to Congress to ignore Israel's concerns over Iran's nuclear program, Hollande stated that his government takes very seriously Jerusalem's reservations over a nuclear deal that would leave the Islamic Republic's nuclear facilities intact.

Switching to Hebrew, the French leader declared, "I will always remains a friend of Israel."

In meetings with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President Shimon Peres on Sunday, Hollande also pressed Israel to further facilitate the Middle East peace process, but he also insisted that in order for negotiations to advance, the Palestinians, too, must make gestures of goodwill.

Israel's daily newspapers welcomed what they called the "French Embrace." Many Israelis remember well the 1960s, when, beset on all sides by enemies determined to annihilate her, Israel found only one world power ready to sell her the weapons she desperately needed: France.

While comparisons with those heady days of warm Israeli-French relations are a nice distraction, some, like Yediot Ahronot columnist Shimon Sheifer caution that "what many see as a renewed 'honey moon' could end up bringing disappointment."

Fellow columnist Alex Fishman seemed to agree that the display of affinity between Israel and France "could be compared to an innocent attempt to arouse the jealousy of [Israel's] legal husband in Washington."

However, Fishman noted that there is also more to it than than. "This is about cold [mutual] interests," he explained, noting that both Israel and France have an opportunity to get what they want and need by "exploiting the continuing weakness of the US in the Middle East."

While Hollande's flowery rhetoric might in the end be little more than a political tactic, with their traditional best friends in Washington being so standoff-ish of late, Israelis are happy for a friendly smile and a supportive tone regardless.

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