October 2010

U.S. congratulates Bahrain on elections, while expressing concern over restrictions

WASHINGTON, D.C.  (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following  statement about the elections in Bahrain: The United States congratulates the people and government of Bahrain on the success of its parliamentary and municipal elections. Voter turn-out was robust at approximately 67% and we understand that the voting procedures were peaceful. With […]

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Travel and Food

Photos show links between Gaza flotilla ‘peace activists’ and IHH terrorists

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–The New York Times–you know, it’s sort of like National Public Radio but with printed letters on murdered trees–keeps saying it can’t find any connections between IHH, the Turkish Islamist group that organized the Gaza flotilla, and terrorism. From time to time, I’ve published helpful hints to assist them in making these

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International, Middle East, USA

San Diego book tells of sadistic exploitation of homeless and one man’s redemption

A Bum Deal: An Unlikely Journey from Hopeless to Humanitarian, by Rufus Hannah & Barry Soper, Source Books, ISBN -13: 97801-4022-4471-1; 2010, 238 pages, $24.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – For people in this city, one of the most startling things about this book is that its events occurred, in great measure, in

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, San Diego County

Europe’s history of warfare, treachery, and peace offers lessons to Israel

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel–The Punic Wars, the Roman Empire; the migrations and conquests of the Germanic tribes; the Visigoths, the Ostrogoths, the Barbarians; the split between the Roman and the Byzantine churches; the Islamic conquest of Spain; Charlemagne; the Wars of the Three Brothers, which ended with the treaty of Verdun in 843;  the

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson

Retired Mossad chief Danny Yatom again calls for joint military action against Iran

          By Donald H. Harrison   LA JOLLA, California – Before a Friends of the Israel Defense Forces audience that included four members of the U.S. Congress, Israel’s former Mossad chief, retired Maj. Gen. Danny Yatom, renewed his call Saturday evening, October 30,  for joint military action by the U.S., Israel

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Middle East

Sharansky: Final mass Ethiopian aliyah in the works; will Marranos be next?

-second in a series– By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – – Even as a program is pending to complete massive immigration to Israel from Ethiopia, Natan Sharansky, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Israel, is pondering how Israel will react if other communities around the world that were forced to convert from Judaism to

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East

Their anti-Semitic rants are too damn high-strung

 By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA–Rick Sanchez is a bungler when it comes to anti-Semitic rantings, as compared to a New York gubernatorial hopeful, a Boston archbishop and a suburban Philadelphia English professor. After the Cuban-American CNN anchor was fired over offensive comments, these professional anti-Semites shamed him with their anti-Jewish slurs. One blamed the Jews

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USA

How has U.S. policy toward Hamas and the Gaza Strip turned around 360 degrees?

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — A reader asks what I meant when I wrote: “Should I mention the total reversal of U.S. policy on Hamas from trying to undermine that radical Islamist group’s rule in the Gaza Strip to believing Hamas will fall if Gaza becomes prosperous?” Here’s my answer: From the time Hamas

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Middle East, USA

U.S. to participate in conference on diamonds in Tel Aviv

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Department of State issued the following announcement on Friday, Oct. 29: Assistant Secretary for Economic, Energy, and Business Affairs Jose Fernandez will travel to Tel Aviv and Jerusalem from October 31 to November 6, 2010. The Assistant Secretary will participate in the Plenary Meeting of the Kimberley Process (KP). The KP

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Middle East

Obama orders additional screening of cargo in wake of terrorist package bomb threat

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– President Barack Obama made the following statement on Friday, Oct. 29, about packages with explosives overseas terrorists are believed to be mailing to the United States: THE PRESIDENT:  Good afternoon, everybody.  I want to briefly update the American people on a credible terrorist threat against our country, and the actions that

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USA

Muslim cleric’s interview tells of radical’s frustration with other Muslims

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — An Egyptian Islamist cleric named Ibrahim al-Khouli is interviewed on television, with translation by MEMRI. What can we learn from his words? A lot. “What is the nature of our relations with [the West]? They are relations of Crusader aggression against the land of Islam–in Afghanistan, in Iraq, which

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Middle East

Union for Reform Judaism comes to aid of Haiti’s cholera victims

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Union for Reform Judaism (URJ), in partnership with the World Union for Progressive Judaism (WUPJ), has announced an emergency grant to Partners In Health to address the cholera epidemic in Haiti. “Prevention and treatment for thousands will be accelerated as a result of this grant,” said Partners in Health’s Vice

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Travel and Food

ADL sends condolences on death of former Argentine president Nestor Kirchner

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) expressed its deepest condolences to the president and people of Argentina on the death of Nestor Kirchner, the country’s former president and a great Argentinean leader. “Nestor Kirchner’s distinguished service to Argentina and Latin America leaves an enduring legacy,” said Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair, and Abraham

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