Washington: ‘The entire Middle East should look like Israel and all the middle eastern countries should progress like Israel,’ was the expectation expressed by Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo. The entire Middle East should have democracy and prosperity, said Pompeo. While praising Israel, the Secretary of State referred to Iran as the main villain in […]
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‘Next year in Jerusalem….’ Over the years and in fact for the last many centuries, these are the words with which the Jews (of the ‘Jewish diaspora’) in any corner of the world end the prayers that they say on the occasions of the ‘Passover’ and ‘Yom Kippur’. The Jews never tire of expressing these […]
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New York: Palestinian President Mahmood Abbas has rejected the proposal for peace talks. ‘Jerusalem is not for sale and Palestinian rights are non-negotiable,’ were the vitriolic words used by Abbas while dismissing the proposal from US President Donald Trump. At the same time, the Abbas government declared that not even a single step of an […]
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Among the various Jewish sects that got created among the Jews viz., the Sadducees, the Pharisees, the Essenes, the Zealots, etc., the Sadducees, the Essenes and the Zealots were almost eradicated in the aftermath of the First Jewish-Roman War and only the Pharisees who were the moderates among them survived. Later, ‘Rabbinic Judaism’ (that recognized […]
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In 37 BC, the Romans approved of Herod as the king of Judea. He reigned unchallenged and secure until his death in 4 BC i.e.all through the 33 years that followed. Also the Romans never interfered with the working of Herod, though the ownership of Judea continued to rest with them. Herod had performed the […]
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The fight against the Seleucid Empire that Mattathias had begun to protest against the stifling of the religious freedom of the Jews was led to a victorious end by Judas, Mattathias’s son. Later, the brothers and a nephew of Judas continued the fight against the Seleucids and the Hellenistic Jews both aiming for the political […]
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In the intervening period, the strong empire built by Cyrus II was further expanded by his son, Cambyses II. Egypt too was made part of the Persian Empire. Darius, the son of Cambyses II, expanded the boundaries of their empire even further. All the Persian emperors favoured the land of Judah. They had not only […]
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Having been made to bite the dust at the hands of the Babylonians, the ‘kingdom of Judah’ had now on, to lend itself to their sway. But that was in no way, the end of their misfortune…….. ……..which dealt a worse blow this time? The Babylonians did not stop at plundering ‘the Holy Temple’ unlike […]
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Geneva: ‘The Nation-State Bill passed by the Israeli parliament is discriminatory against the original residents of East Jerusalem. This decision will raise the tension in this region.’ criticised the UN human rights commission. The commission also lashed out at Israel’s decision regarding the people in East Jerusalem. Meanwhile, the United States has criticised the UN […]
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Jerusalem: ‘Hatred against Jews is not tolerated at all in Hungary. The Hungarian government provides protection to Jews. But the situation is not the same in the western European countries. There is an anti-Jewish sentiment in these countries and their safety is becoming an important issue’, Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orban expressed his concern. Prime […]
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