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Obama’s speech sounded like it was written by committee

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Responses are all over the map to Barack Obama’s highly touted speech on the Middle East and North Africa. Take your pick: from indifference to despair, excitement and anger.  There was enough in it for everyone.  The mention of 1967 borders brought one of Benyamin Netanyahu’s instant responses, described as “icy” by

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Congress members seek extension of refugee program for Iranian minorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Representatives Howard L. Berman (D-CA), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Henry A. Waxman (D-CA) and Robert J. Dold (R-IL) on Monday led a bi-partisan letter signed by 64 Members of Congress urging the House Judiciary Committee to swiftly reauthorize the “Lautenberg Amendment,” which is a lifeline for historically persecuted minorities escaping to seek refuge

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Assad used Nakba demonstration to keep grasp on power — Lowey

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Congresswoman Nita Lowey (D-NY), ranking Democrat on the Appropriations State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee, Monday  issued the following statement about this weekend’s events in the Middle East: “This weekend’s events in the Middle East illustrate once again the existential threats Israel faces.  As protesters rebel against authoritarian regimes throughout the Middle East, the

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U.S. Senators sponsor resolution opposing unilateral Palestinian statehood

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) and Susan Collins, (R-Maine) on Monday introduced a resolution in the Senate that expresses opposition to Palestinian efforts to seek unilateral recognition at the United Nations and states its firm belief that any Palestinian unity government must publicly and formally forswear terrorism, accept Israel’s right to exist, and reaffirm

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‘Nakba’ border incidents have both sides preparing for more

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–On Nakba Day, thousands of Palestinians from Syria and Lebanon, as well as Gaza, marched toward Israel. On the border between the Golan Heights and Syria, the IDF was expecting the focus to be somewhere else, and by the time a handful of soldiers came to confront the marchers, some 150 of

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Israel advocate debunks ‘apartheid state’ and other BDS myths

(SDJW Editor’s Note: The following interview of J.J. Surbeck, executive director of T.E.A.M. was conducted by The California Review, a conservative student publication at the University of California at San Diego.  It is reprinted with the permission of that publication. ) J.J. Surbeck is a San Diego peace activist who serves as the Executive Director of

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The high cost of global policing

“We are only 6% of the world population. We cannot impose our will on the other 94%. We cannot right every wrong, reverse each adversity…We cannot be the American solution to every world problem.” —John F. Kennedy “We have no commission from God to police the world.”—Benjamin Harrison By Isaac Yetiv LA JOLLA, California — “In foreign affairs,” De

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