7/9/12 Round Up AM Edition
By Jspace Staff on 7/9/2012 at 10:38 AM
Categories: Israel, World, Round Up
Thousands of protesters rallied for mandatory military and national service for all citizens in front of the Tel Aviv Museum on Saturday night. [Israel Hayom]
How will Netanyahu respond to Saturday’s rally? [Israel Hayom]
Auschwitz survivor David Mermelstein believes that Jewish organizations must stop interfering with Holocaust survivors’ rights. [The Algemeiner]
Actress Maureen Lipman, one of England’s most outspoken Israel supporters, will receive an honorary doctoral degree from Tel Aviv University. [The Jerusalem Post]
The United Nations group UN Watch expresses concern over a Geneva-based Human Rights Council’s panel set to probe Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria. [Arutz Sheva 7]
Jewish and Christian community leaders in England express concern that the Church of England is set to discuss formally deepening links with a politicized anti-Israel group. [The Jerusalem Post]
Pitcher Max Fried makes Jewish sports history. [Los Angeles Times]
A government-appointed committee proposed granting official status to dozens of unauthorized settler outposts in the West Bank on Monday. [Reuters]
Israel’s Cabinet approves plans to bring in the last of Ethiopia’s Jews by 2014. [The Washington Post]
Rob Eshman estimates that it would take about $18 million for Woody Allen to shoot his next movie in Israel. [The Times of Israel]










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