By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — While the media is going wild over the ridiculous “Palestine Papers” deception, Hizballah is taking over Lebanon. Fareed Zakaria, the wildly overrated American pundit, has invented a new term, referring to Hizballah as “a quasi-terrorist group.” What does this mean? It means that Hizballah runs in elections but then […]
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Middle East, USADeputy PM Silvan Shalom Relates to Events in Lebanon Lebanon’s parliament has approved the appointment of billionaire businessman Najib Mikati, the Hezbollah-backed candidate, as the country’s new prime minister. The vote follows the ouster of Western-back Prime Minister Saad Hariri and confirms the Iranian-backed Shiite movement as the most powerful force in Lebanon. In less
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Travel and FoodANAHEIM, California (WJC)– Jason Bailey, a professional US ice hockey player, is suing the NHL team Anaheim Ducks in court, claiming that coaches of one of its affiliate teams subjected him to harassment and anti-Semitic remarks. The 23-year-old is seeking damages in court from the Ducks, the Bakersfield Condors and the two coaches, Martin Raymond
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Travel and FoodTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The most common connective tissue cell in animals is the fibroblast, which plays an important role in healing wounds. But Dr. Neta Erez of Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine has now demonstrated that fibroblasts can also do a body great harm, helping to ”recruit“ immune cells for tumor growth.
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Science, Medicine, & EducationYad Vashem Presents Holocaust Videos for the Iranian Audience
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By Rabbi Dow MarmurJERUSALEM–Ron Ben-Ishai is a distinguished Israeli journalist specializing in defense issues. His recent op-ed piece on Ynet about the leaks around Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Abu Mazen, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and his crew when Ehud Olmert was prime minister of Israel is noteworthy. Alluding to the biblical story about Balaam
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Viewing TV coverage of terrorist events causes deterioration of psychological resources, such as commitment and a sense of success, and to feeling threatened, which in turn can also lead to loss of resources and other negative effects. This has been found in a new study at the University of Haifa. “Mass media
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– In the aftermath of the shooting of Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Judge John Rule and others in Tucson, the Congressional Research Service has compiled and published a list of laws already on the books punishing violence against federal officials. * Preceding based on material provided by Congressional Research Service
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–President Barack Obama delivered his State of the Union message on Tuesday evening, before a packed joint session of Congress in which Republicans and Democrats sat interspersed rather than across the aisle. Here is the text of the President’s remarks: Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, Members of Congress, distinguished guests, and fellow
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USATEL AVIV (Press Release)–Nominated for Best Documentary (Short Subject), Strangers No More tells the amazing story of the Bialik Rogozin School in Tel Aviv. Bialik Rogozin brings together children from 48 different nationalities and diverse – and often difficult – backgrounds to learn in an open, humanistic and peaceful environment. Strangers No More follows several
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Travel and FoodBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –In an interesting juxtaposition, right after Monday’s JINSA Report about the importance of temperate and truthful words, al Jazeera and The Guardian (UK) announced that leaked documents prove Abu Mazen and Saeb Erekat made far reaching peace proposals to Israel during the left-wing government of Ehud Olmert including Jewish sovereignty over
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Travel and FoodHAIFA (Press Release)–People diagnosed as psychopathic have difficulty showing empathy, just like patients who have suffered frontal head injury. This has been shown in a new study from the University of Haifa. “Our findings show that people who have psychopathic symptoms behave as though they are suffering frontal brain damage,” said Dr. Simone Shamay-Tsoory, who
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