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Bill would declare ‘no-gun zone’ in 100-foot perimeter around members of Congress

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Laura Richardson (D-California)  introduced legislation on Tuesday to protect Members of Congress and their constituents from potentially violent situations at scheduled events where an elected representative is engaging in official acts, representational duties, or campaign activity.  Specifically, the “Freedom to Serve Without Fear” Act, would make it unlawful for any person to knowingly […]

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USA

Senators ask Clinton to oppose Palestininan resolution at U.N. on negotiations

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, on Tuesday  wrote to U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urging the administration to oppose a U.N. resolution that is being drafted by the Palestinian Authority (PA) in an effort to unilaterally dictate terms to Israel, enabling the PA to

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Middle East

Court holds U.S. cannot prosecute cases of sexual abuse that occur in other countries, without some connection to the U.S.

NEW YORK — The 2nd Circuit U.S. Appeals Court has set aside the conviction on one count of a  father who sexually abused his teenage daughter before and after a flight between Belgium and Israel, saying that the United States had no jurisdiction over the case.  However,  other convictions on counts in which the father was charged with sexual

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U.S. health care system staggers along without proper analysis

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The New York Times has published yet another item that describes confusion in the highest American government circles dealing with health care.  The story is one of hope and guesswork by competing experts.   You’ve heard of a pass and a prayer, or a Hail Mary. The image carries over from football

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

How Palestinian Authority manipulates Western news media to carry its propaganda

  By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel  (Press Release)–How incredibly bad is media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues and of the Middle East in general? Here’s an example. CNN has just run a report on how wonderfully moderate the Palestinian Authority (PA) is. They are firing imams of West Bank mosques who are spewing out incitement against

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Middle East, USA

ZOA endorses economic sanctions against Palestinian Authority

Boycott Israel Ad On Palestinian TV Backed By Spain * NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) is supporting the call of Israel’s Minister of National Infrastructure, Uzi Landau, for a review of past Israeli agreements signed with Mahmoud Abbas’ Palestinian Authority (PA) as a result of recent PA efforts promoting foreign economic

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Middle East

Two plead guilty in desecration of Modesto synagogue and churches

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Brian Lewis, 23, of Modesto, Calif., and Abel Mark Gonzalez, 23, of Morgan Hill, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill to conspiring to violate the civil rights of congregants of Congregation Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Modesto, Calif. According to court documents, on or about Feb.

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USA

Remembering the Exodus and the American Civil Rights struggle

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO–Wednesday night Judy, Margalit, and I watched The Secret Life of Bees. The movie, produced in 2008, is based on the book by the same name by Sue Monk Kidd. The story takes place in Southern Carolina in 1964 in the midst of racial turmoil. The Civil Rights Act had

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Americans United for Separation of Church and State sue Tennessee county over Ten Commandments display

MOUNTAIN CITY, Tennessee (Press Release)–A Tennessee county’s preference for Christianity in its courthouse displays violates the U.S. Constitution, according to a federal lawsuit filed Thursday by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. Americans United, a Washington, D.C.-based watchdog group, is challenging the Johnson County Commission’s decision to display the Ten Commandments and Christian

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