By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Moshe Katsav served for almost seven years as the president of the State of Israel. He resigned a short time before his term was up due to bad behaviour: the rape and related charges for which he was convicted some time ago and sentenced on Tuesday, March 22.. The sentence is […]
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — A correspondent wrote to ask if of late there have been any rockets coming from Gaza to Sderot and other places in Israel’s south. He was astounded that only on one day last week some fifty fell and there have been attacks every day since. Why this flare-up? As I’m
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — So constant are the lies told in mass media coverage of Israel-Palestinian issues that it is hardly worthwhile to critique individual articles any more. Following the horrendous murder of the Fogel family, a number of Internet—but not print—writers have pointed out that various mass media institutions have either not
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International, Middle East, USABy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel–When Muhamad ElBaradei tried to vote March 19 in the referendum on Egypt’s constitutional changes, he was attacked by hundreds of Islamists with stones, at least one of which hit him, and shoes. “We don’t want you,” the mob shouted. “He lives in the United States and wants to rule us.
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Barry Shaw, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– The weekly Israeli TV program, “Meet the Press” was devoted today to an extended interview with the Chairman of the Palestinian Authority in which Abu Mazen spoke persuasively about making peace with Israel. Recently, Prime Minister Netanyahu has repeatedly expressed similar sentiments. So why is the peace process deadlocked? To start
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Middle EastBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel00For a comprehensive statement of current U.S. Middle East policy you can’t do better than the testimony of Undersecretary of State for Political Affairs William J. Burns at the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on March 17, 2011. It’s horrifying. Here’s my summary of the key point: The United States will
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Miriam Maya and Doug White LAS VEGAS, Nevada–San Diego’s delegation of 49 young adults at the first annual TribeFest, hosted by The Jewish Federations of North America, was like no other. Our first indication of such was how we chose to identify ourselves. Imagine a large banquet hall in a cavernous hotel convention center with
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)—The Israel Action Network (IAN), an initiative launched by The Jewish Federations of North America, in partnership with the Jewish Council for Public Affairs (JCPA) to combat the assault on the legitimacy of the State of Israel, announced Friday the hiring of Geri D. Palast as Managing Director. Palast brings extensive experience organizing
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – J Street welcomed a congressional letter on Friday to President Obama, led by Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09) and Anna Eshoo (CA-14) and signed by 116 members of Congress, in support of the Administration’s efforts to maintain current levels of foreign aid to Israel and the Palestinian Authority. The letter is signed by nearly
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHNGTON, D.C. — It appears that members of the American-trained Palestinian Security Force on the West Bank abetted the Itamar terrorists, prompting outrage over the fact that American military personnel are training Palestinian Security Forces in the first place. The outrage looks through the back end of the microscope – minimizing and
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Despite dramatic events in this region that directly affect Israel, the situation in Japan continues to dominate the media here. Journalists and experts repeatedly point to the implications for this country: oil will be even more expensive; the stock exchange will report further losses; the economy will suffer; the danger of
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Middle EastBy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Who’d possibly have thought it? Answer: Anybody who understands the Middle East. You see, the Obama Administration rushed to get rid of the Mubarak government in the belief that this action would make Egyptians see that they are simply wonderful people. This would assure that Egypt and America remained good
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Shmully Hecht NEW HAVEN, Connecticut –Following is an open letter to the Fogel letter of Itamar, Israel Dear Tamar, Roi, and Yishai, We have never met but I write to you with tears in my eyes, and a sad and heavy heart that is shared by our people, Am Yisroel. Like your parents, I too long to settle
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