By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My most recent column, asking if Israel and the United States are friends, brought forth some of the nasty stuff that is known to exist, but is disturbing when it comes to light. Among the comments sent to the Jerusalem Post blog section “WE ARE NOT FRIENDS. Get it through […]
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Before the pundits start telling you the Romney campaign stepped into a time-warp on the subject of Russia, it’s worth considering what adviser Rich Williamson said and what it means. “They’re trampling civil rights,” and “they’re our foe,” and “they’ve chosen a path of confrontations, not cooperation.” Pierre-Richard Prosper,
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank. Speaking at an event to celebrate
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Middle EastMoody’s credit rating agency compliments Israel’s financial conduct (JNS.org) International credit ratings corporation Moody’s presented a positive evaluation of Israel’s economy in its latest report, issued Monday, according to Israel Hayom. The agency says Israel is economically strong, institutionally and fiscally, and has the capability to weather tough global economic crises, as it did in
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InternationalBy Maxine Dovere/JNS.org WASHINGTON—Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is no longer simply a responder to questions about faith or relationships raised by the rich and famous, or merely a recipient of national and international attention for his 27 books or his “Shalom in the Home” broadcasts. These days, Boteach is a political contender in a serious
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USABy Raymond Ibrahim NEW YORK — Several reports appearing in July indicate that Christian minorities all around the Muslim world—especially women and children—are being abducted, tortured, raped, forced to convert to Islam, and/or enslaved. In Egypt, at least 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years, and have only increased since the
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InternationalReport: U.S. says it won’t support Israeli strike if Iran stays away from American assets (JNS.org) The U.S. has indirectly told Iran that it won’t support Israeli military action on its nuclear program if the Islamic Republic agrees to “steer clear of strategic American assets in the Persian Gulf,” the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth
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InternationalIn an exclusive interview with JNS.org, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Stuart Eizenstat, who had senior positions for the Carter and Clinton administrations, shares his views on the future of U.S.-Israel relationship within the context of the Asia-Pacific region’s increasing influence. By Ronen Shnidman/JNS.org Much ink has been spilled over the past 12
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — How bad are the relations between Israel and the United States? It’s a question in our headlines, reflecting the latest blips in the ongoing disagreement between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations about the need to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Things have not been all that good between Israel and Barack
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The Haifa court’s decision about Rachel Corrie, and the California court decision on Apple vs Samsung provoke me to think again about my former homeland. The Corrie decision received considerable attention in American media, at least for a day or two. Numerous Americans echoed the Corrie family litany of injustice, official cover-up,
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO—Editor Don Harrison of this publication asked me to write an article about why I signed up with Rabbis for Obama. I’ve wanted to contemplate it for a while so that any attempt to respond would be based purely on positives. The national campaign underway is already contaminated with enough negativity
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — How much recent events have eroded U.S. security interests in Egypt depends on how deeply rooted those interests were in the first place. Although the Mubarak government did some things we wanted it to do, it did other things that were anathema. Mubarak, with U.S. complicity and Israeli acquiescence,
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryenwww.jns.org/news-briefs Romney, at GOP convention, slams Obama’s diplomatic Iran approach (JNS.org) Presidential candidate Mitt Romney, addressing the Republica National Convention on Aug. 30, said “every American is less secure today because [Obama] has failed to slow Iran’s nuclear threat,” slamming a current White House approach that maintains there is still time for diplomacy and sanctions to
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InternationalKhamenei blasts ‘ferocious Zionist wolves’ at Iran-hosted NAM summit (JNS.org) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, speaking Thursday at the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) summit host by his country, called Israelis “ferocious Zionist wolves who digest the Palestinian people.” United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, who controversially decided to attend the summit amid the Islamic Republic’s growing
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