International

Lebanese tribunal may set off new round of civil strife

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Years of waiting–though leaks have been plentiful–have just about ended with the word from the international tribunal that four Hizballah officials, including the group’s deputy military commander Mustafa Badreddine were involved in killing Lebanon’s former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in February 2005. Yet Hizballah is now the leading force […]

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Middle East

StandWithUs urges cancellation of Gaza Flotilla

LOS ANGELES (Press Release) — Thirty-four Americans and four crew members are in Athens set to sail on the American-flagged ship The Audacity of Hope. The ship is part  of the “Freedom Flotilla II,” an international flotilla organized to violate  Israel’s naval blockade of the Gaza Strip, allegedly to deliver humanitarian  aid. StandWithUs, an international 

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Middle East

Split deepens between Egypt’s religious establishment and Muslim Brotherhood

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA , Israel — In a major new development an Islamic force has arisen to challenge the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood and support a more moderate regime in that country. This is a surprising opponent but the only one that could be of significance: al-Azhar University. Why is Egypt’s Islamic establishment taking on

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International, Middle East

July 4th a time to celebrate ideals

By Senator Barbara Boxer WASHINGTON, D.C. –On the Fourth of July, we celebrate not only America’s birthday but also the birth of our nation’s founding ideals as set forth in the Declaration of Independence. On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress met to approve Thomas Jefferson’s revolutionary statement “that all men are created equal,

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USA

OPIC announces $500 million financing for small businesses in Egypt and Jordan

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Relesse) – Making significant progress  toward fulfilling Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s pledge of U.S.  investment support for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), the  Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) approved $500 million in financing to support lending to small businesses in Egypt and Jordan. The project

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International

3 GOP congressman criticize U.S. contacts with Muslim Brotherhood

WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) –Following remarks made by Secretary of State Hilary Clinton that the Obama Administration is now pursuing a policy of “limited contacts” with Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood, Rep. Trent Franks (AZ-02), a member of the House Committee on Armed Services, Friday denounced this policy of engaging an “extremely violent Islamic fundamentalist group” saying:

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Middle East

4th of July no time to draw close to groups that restrict rights of minorities

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Muslim Brotherhood, The Fourth of July: compare and contrast. The Declaration of Independence reflects our founders’ understanding of man, State  and God. The rights that come to man from God are unalienable – life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness – and drawn broadly enough to encompass all

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Many tenets of U.S. government drawn from Hebrew Scriptures

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO — The founding parents of this nation—the greatest experiment in democracy ever known in human history—were motivated by egalitarian values and aspirations first noted in the Hebrew Bible.   When Moses looked Pharaoh in the eye and proclaimed, “Let my people go,” he foretold the visceral objections of Franklin, Jefferson,

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USA

Gaza flotilla seeks to demonize Israel, not to help Gaza

SAN DIEGO  (Press Release)– The American-flagged ship, The Audacity of Hope, is part of an international flotilla organized to violate Israel’s legal blockade of the Gaza Strip, allegedly to deliver humanitarian aid.   StandWithUs condemns the flotilla as a hypocritical  and dangerous publicity stunt, and joins international leaders who have urged the flotilla organizers to send goods

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Middle East