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From: JNS News <editor®jns.org> To: Subject: Former Israeli security chiefs debate PA terror payments; UNESCO's Cave of Patriarchs resolution; India's Modi arrives for historic visit Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2017 19:55:44 +0000 SUBSCRIBE TO JNS NEWSLETTER FORWARD THIS EMAIL TO A FRIEND yr Former Israeli security officials duel over Palestinian Authority terror payments Waking up to a world where political allies are enemies of the Jews UNESCO's Cave of the Patriarchs measure is latest 'narrative warfare' against Israel India's Modi arrives in Israel for historic visit that fetes burgeoning ties A goodbye ceremony at Ben Gunon Avert for Taylor Force, a U.S. Army veteran killed in a Palestinian terror attack in Jaffa, before his body was sent back to America for burial in March 2016. Former Israeli security officials duel over Palestinian Authority terror payments By Adam AbramsONS.org An organization comprised of former Israeli generals and security officials has spurred confusion regarding the Jewish state's policy on Palestinian Authority (PA) payments to terrorists and their families. "Commanders for Israel's Security" (CIS) asserted that passing the Taylor Force Act in the U.S. would pose the risk of undermining the PA's security cooperation with Israel. The American legislation would cut U.S. economic aid to the PA if it continues to issue the terror payments. Soon after CIS issued its statement, 13 retired Israeli security officials responded in an op-ed that called opposition to the Taylor Force Act "fundamentally mistaken." Read more. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX EFTA00627313 Waking up to a world where political allies are enemies of the Jews By Jonathan Tobin/JNS.org It isn't easy for some Jewish liberals, but many of them are waking up to a world that doesn't neatly conform to their existing prejudices. That doesn't obligate them to abandon their political principles, but they need to understand the world is a complicated place where Jewish safety can be endangered by solidarity with the left, writes JNS.org Opinion Editor Jonathan S. Tobin. Read more. Iii Palestinian activist Linda Sarsour (pictured) has said Jews must choose between their support of Israel and feminism. E,A.CK A,MCLE INDEX UNESCO's Cave of the Patriarchs measure is latest 'narrative warfare' against Israel By Alex Traiman/JNS.org An upcoming vote by UNESCO on whether to declare liebron's Cave of the Patriarchs as an endangered Palestinian heritage site is the latest example of "narrative warfare" against Israel and Jews, legal experts say. "It is particularly ironic that the ff .'s economic, science and culture organization is taking as anti-science a measure as one can get, because there is no debate amongst historians about the Jewish connection to the Cave of the Patriarchs," said Eugene Kontorovich, a professor of law at Northwestern University. Read more. EFTA00627314 A Jewish man prays at the tomb of the biblical matriarch Sarah in Hebron's Cave of the Patriarchs. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX India's Modi arrives in Israel for historic visit that fetes burgeoning ties By Adam Abrams/JNS.org India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi touched down at Ben Gurion Airport Tuesday, kicking off the first-ever visit to Israel by a sitting Indian head of state. "Modts visit marks 25 years of ties between Israel and India. This is no small feat for both countries, given the complex politics of the Indian subcontinent and the Middle East," Jonathan Schanzer, senior vice president of research at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies think tank, told JNS.org. Read more. ;11 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) greets Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi upon Modi's arrival in Israel Tuesday. BACK TO ARTICLE INDEX 'IJNS NEWS: A wide-ranging weekly update on the Middle East and the Jewish world!' Unsubscribe I Update your profile I Forward to a friend Copyright '120161' All rights reserved. JNS 214 Lincoln St. Suite 418 Allston. MA 02134 Add us to your address book EFTA00627315 EFTA00627316