Donald H. Harrison

Saudi FM: Arab Peace Initiative is the best solution

Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister, Adel al-Jubeir, on Friday said the Arab Peace Initiative is the best solution for the Israel-Palestinian Authority (PA) conflict, and rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s demand that the initiative be “updated” to reflect the changes that have occurred in the Middle East over the past several years. The initiative, unveiled in […]

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Middle East

A Fair time finding Jewish stories

By Donald H. Harrison DEL MAR, California – At the San Diego County Fair, there is always an exhibition of interesting collections – a collection of collections, you might say.  Here people exhibit concert passes; autographs; Comic-Con paraphernalia from over the years; crafts; matchbooks; and almost anything else that might catch someone’s fancy.  As for

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food

A British- raised Christian portrays Golda Meir

By Eva Trieger CARLSBAD, California — In conjunction with the 23rd Lipinsky Family Annual  San Diego Jewish Arts Festival, Rosina Reynolds becomes Golda Meir under the direction of Todd Salovey.   William Gibson has been celebrated for writing the longest running one-woman Broadway show in history.  The magnitude of this story of the Russian immigrant who

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Eva Trieger, San Diego County, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

Netanyahu follows dangerous Temple Mount course

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — After years of demands from archaeologists and others concerned with the Temple Mount, the Prime Minister has instructed officials to begin judicial proceedings against Muslim religious authorities for destructive activities. Currently the activity concerns the construction of toilets and showers for Muslims who come to pray. Over the years there

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Khamenei slams ‘damned and cancerous Zionist regime’

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashed out Friday at the United States, Britain and Israel as the Islamic republic’s “main enemies,” accusing Washington of procrastinating over the controversial nuclear deal. “It’s the US, the evil Britain, and the damned and cancerous Zionist regime. These are the main enemies,” Khamenei said in a televised speech

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International, Middle East

France seeks to revive commitments to Middle East peace process

Paris (dpa) – Diplomats from nearly 30 countries and organizations agreed Friday that “the status quo is not sustainable” in the Middle East, but could do little more than clear a path to possible peace talks given Israeli and Palestinian boycotts of the meeting. Without the participation of the two main parties in the conflict,

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International, Middle East

30 countries gather in Paris for Middle East peace confab

June 3, 2016. President Francois Hollande of France Representatives from 30 countries were on Friday meeting in Paris to begin talks on pursuing peace in the Middle East, without the Israelis and Palestinians in attendance. French Foreign Ministry said the goal was simply to begin a process that would bring everyone back to the table

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International, Middle East

BDS Movement Accuses Israel of Series of Cyber Attacks

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement on Thursday accused Israel of being responsible for a series of cyber attacks against the campaign’s website in February and March. The movement, a global campaign that advocates applying economic and political pressure on Israel to achieve equal rights for Palestinians and calls for an end to the

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International, Middle East

Professors at Canadian university condemn BDS

More than 150 professors from McGill University in Montreal have signed a declaration condemning the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and praising the university”s director denunciation of it. “Boycotts and intellectual bullying have no place at McGill or at any other institution of higher learning,” the professors wrote, noting there is a disproportionate

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education