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Mitchell: Israel and Palestinians plan to meet every two weeks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of a briefing by U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell on the new Middle East peace talks between Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: MR. PHILIP CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. Today, we have successfully re-launched direct negotiations between […]

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Travel and Food

Comments by Obama, Netanyahu, Mubarak, Abdullah and Abbas at start of peace talks

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Following is the text of comments made Wednesday evening by U.S.  President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II to inaugurate the new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Good evening, everyone. 

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Middle East

The proposed Muslim community center may be fanatics’ Trojan horse

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California–   My “Open Letter to Fareed Zakaria” has elicited many pertinent comments and questions. Rather than respond individually, I thought it better to tackle them in the aggregate and to publish this comprehensive response. The “Mosque Affair” has assumed national, even international, proportions. Since my “open letter,” more information

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Middle East

Lizards, like canaries in a coal mine, may be early warning systems for ecological change

TEL AVIV (Press Release)― Lizards are an important indicator species for understanding the condition of specific ecosystems. Their body weight is a crucial index for evaluating species health, but lizards are seldom weighed, perhaps due in part to the recurring problem of spontaneous tail loss when lizards are in stress. Now ecological researchers have a

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Science, Medicine, & Education

Obama: U.S. will 'push back' against Hamas terrorists

WASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release)– Following is a transcript of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Ministr Binyamin Netanyahu following their meting on Wednesday, September 1,  at the White House. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Hello, everybody.  Prime Minister Netanyahu and I just had a very productive discussion about our shared efforts to advance the

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Middle East

Strategic and tactical questions abound at start of peace talks

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Will they or won’t they? Who is “they?” There are several possibilities. The couple killed last night were well embedded in the religious settler community. Six kids, another one on the way, and related to one of the leading activists in the settler movement. While the crazies are trying to find olive

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Travel and Food

Netanyahu: Israel will punish those responsible for killing four Israelis

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a transcript of comments made on Tuesday, August 31, by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State prior to their formal meeting together in advance of the new Mideast Peace Talks: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: We witnessed today a savage murder of four innocent Israelis. There are seven new

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Travel and Food

Decision to cut Brooklyn College out of will causes a stir

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Since last Friday, when I wrote Why I Just Disinherited My Alma Mater,  the post has had “legs” about what I and others say is politicized indoctrination as official college policy. Brooklyn College requires incoming freshmen and transfer students to read an absurdly slanted book that Arab-Americans are routinely

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Travel and Food

Q & A with George Mitchell on upcoming peace talks

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The White House released the following transcript of a news briefing Tuesday by Special Envoy George Mitchell on the upcoming Middle East Peace process: SENATOR MITCHELL: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.        Last week Secretary of State Clinton invited President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington on September

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Travel and Food

Lecture series will cover documentary hypothesis of Bible authorship

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)–The Agency for Jewish Education announces a 2-part lecture series with Noah Hadas beginning on September 14th. The title of the class is “Who Wrote The Bible?” Why do there appear to be two creation stories in Genesis? Why did Abraham ask Sarah to pretend to be his sister two different times?

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