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August 19, 2011| 19 Av 5771
China’s Top General Visits Israel
Vol. 7, Iss. 30
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104 New IDF Volunteers Break Record for Aliyah
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AMERICAN JEW ABDUCTED IN PAKISTAN WARREN WEINSTEIN CAPTURED BY TERRORISTS AS HE WAS GETTING READY TO RETURN TO U.S.
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Daniel Pipes Decries ‘White House Mischief’
Pakistani militants (like those pictured above) have kidnapped Warren Weinstein, a U.S. Jew working as a development contractor in Pakistan.
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BY GAVRIEL QUEENANN
Congressmen Visit Israel; Fox Pundit Skews Facts Representatives from Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency wish a bon voyage to some of the 104 olim who, after arriving in Israel, plan to enlist in the IDF. PHOTO BY DAVID KARP
A 747 jumbo charter flight departed Monday from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, carrying 360 North Americans who are making aliyah—moving to Israel.
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he flight, which was organized by Nefesh B’Nefesh and the Jewish Agency in cooperation with Israel’s
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Ministry of Immigrant Absorption, was sponsored by Friends of the IDF (FIDF). Among the 132 singles on board the flight were 104 young men and women who will be joining the IDF in the coming months, many through the Tzofim Garin Tzabar program. More than 450 soldier-olim (immigrants to Israel) are
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An American Jew was abducted by gunmen who broke into his house in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Saturday, the Associated Press reports. he US Embassy identified the victim as Warren Weinstein. According to reports Weinstein serves as the Pakistan director for J.E. Austin Associates, a development contractor that works with the aid arm of the American government. Weinstein’s LinkedIn website profile says he is based in Lahore and has been in Pakistan for seven years. Calls to the com-
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