WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) – Michael P.S. Scanlon, 40, a business partner of former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, was sentenced Friday in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., to 20 months in prison for his role in a wide-ranging public corruption and fraud conspiracy, announced the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and the FBI. Scanlon also was ordered […]
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — In a move that simultaneously caught the world by surprise and yet indicated the regime’s strategy, Egyptian President Husni Mubarak announced his resignation the day after refusing to resign. It is impossible to believe that the military, to whom Mubarak handed power, changed its mind and plan in the
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- As Congress prepares to consider final funding levels for this year’s budget, and with rising uncertainty about the future stability of Egypt, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers are fighting to ensure that America’s support for the State of Israel remains strong. Earlier this week, Representatives Robert Dold (R- Illinois) and Gary Peters
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Rep. Ted Deutch released the following statement regarding widespread reporting regarding Deutsche Boerse’s posible merger with the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE Euronext) and the possibility that the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) name could be changed now or at any point in the future. “The ultimate merits of this potential merger
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Congressional Research Service has issued a 10-page report on Israel’s recent offshore natural gas discoveries and their positive impact on Israel’ economy.
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A federal jury in the District of Columbia on Thursday convicted a former staff member in the U.S. House of Representatives on corruption charges relating to his acceptance of an all-expenses paid trip to Game One of the 2003 World Series , announced the Criminal Division and the FBI. Fraser C. Verrusio, 41,
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USATEL AVIV (WJC)–A new demographic study says that Israel’s Jewish population now stands at over 6.1 million and predicts that this growth trend would continue in the coming years. According to the survey by the end of 2010 the Jewish population in Israel totaled 6,122,000. At the same time, the country’s Arab population was 1,573,000.
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California) announced his selection as the top Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation and Trade to be chaired by Congressman Ed Royce (R-California). “I am honored to be selected by my colleagues to once again serve as the lead Democrat on the House Foreign
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Jane Harman (D-California) announced on Tuesday that she plans to resign her congressional seat to become the head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,Washington, D.C. President Barack Obama responded: “Through nearly two decades in Congress, Jane Harman has been a champion of our national security, from standing up for
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USABy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — Those who don’t know history are doomed to repeat it. And those who don’t know history also smugly say things that have more holes than substance. Recently, someone responding to an article of mine said it’s a pity I couldn’t share the world’s joy at the uprising in Egypt.
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) praises the Office of the District Attorney in Orange County, Californai, for criminally charging the 11 students who deliberately and repeatedly disrupted a speech by Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) on February 8, 2010. The 11 students – eight from UCI,
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Major events in Lebanon,Tunis and Egypt, along with lesser noises from Yemen and Jordan have excited the Israeli and international peace camps to insist on greater efforts by Israel, the United States and others. If not, Israel will pay a heavy price in inevitable violence, and the rest of the world will
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastALEPPO, Syria (Press Release)–Turkey’s Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has said that “Israel must under no circumstance interfere” in what is happening in Egypt. He told the Turkish newspaper ‘Hürriyet’ that the US and Greece should intervene to stop Israel should it be “inclined to meddle in Egypt in a last-ditch effort to try and
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Shimon Peres has held prominent positions in Israeli politics in general and (especially early in his career) in the defense establishment in particular since the inception of the state, even though the electorate has never liked him. Until the Knesset finally chose him to be Israel’s current president, he could
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