International

San Diego celebrates Israel’s 63rd birthday

Story and Photos by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The Jewish Federation and scores of affiliated communal organizations celebrated Israel’s Independence Day on Sunday, May 15, at a new, more public, location than in past years, seeking to draw the general public’s attention both to Israel’s cause and to the variety of interests represented within the […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County

George Mitchell resigns as Middle East envoy; David Hale named as interim envoy

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–President Barack Obama issued the following statement on the resignation of U.S. Middle East Envoy George Mitchell: “Over the past two and a half years, George Mitchell has worked as a tireless advocate for peace as the U.S. Special Envoy for the Middle East.  His deep commitment to resolving conflict and advancing

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Rebel Libyan government should bar al-Qaeda participation–Sherman

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman, the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, handed Dr. Mahmoud Jibril, the Interim “Prime Minister” of the Transitional National Council of Libya, during a meeting at the Capitol. Congressman Sherman urged Dr. Jibril to identify all persons who have supported al-Qaeda

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Bin Laden death photos should be released eventually — Nelson

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson on Thursday reviewed the still-classified photographs of Usama bin Laden that showed the deadly wounds inflicted by Navy SEALs during their mission 11 days ago. The Florida Democrat, a senior member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said he saw a number of photographs at the Central Intelligence Agency headquarters in

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Make it harder for known terror suspect to purchase guns —Lautenberg

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Following Wednesday night’s arrest of two men plotting a terrorist attack in New York City, U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) pointed to the continued trend of terrorists arming themselves with readily-available weapons to carry out commando-style attacks in the United States.  Lautenberg is the author of two bills aimed at closing

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Obama may further tip toward Palestinians in upcoming Mideast plan

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The word is that Barack Obama is about to lay on the table an updated plan for Israel and Palestine. According to one of Israel’s most widely read newspapers, the President will deliver a “speech of greater closeness” to Muslims.Will this be another learning experience for the American president at

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Syria’s Assad has lost legitimacy — U.S. Senate coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) ­– A bipartisan coalition of Senators introduced a resolution today strongly condemning the escalating crackdown in Syria, warning that President Bashar Al Assad has lost legitimacy and urging President Obama to ratchet up the pressure on his regime. The resolution, introduced by Senator Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), is

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Cut off U.S. aid to Pakistan– Rohrabacher

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-California) on Tuesday, May 10, introduced H.R. 1790, the “Defund United States Assistance to Pakistan Act of 2011,” after last week’s successful raid to Kill Osama Bin Laden made it clear that Pakistan’s leadership concealed, protected and enabled the al-Qaeda leader for many years. Pakistan has received over $18

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Oil and anti-Semitism do mix

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Israel is celebrating its 63rd Day of Independence according to the Hebrew calendar; the secular date of the UN-sanctioned declaration of a Jewish state was May 14, 1948.  Just three years after the death camps of Europe were liberated by the Allies, Israel became—and remains—the greatest response to genocide in

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