International

Rep. Raul Grijalva calls for review of aid to authoritarian governments

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), and Rep. Mike Honda, chair of the CPC Afghanistan-Pakistan Task Force, Tuesdayy released the following statement on the political situation in Egypt: “We urge President Obama to show the international community that America will be a leading supporter of peaceful, […]

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USA

Six Democratic senators seek GOP assurances they’ll reject Rand Paul’s anti-Israel proposal

WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)— U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-Pennsylvania), Chairman of the Near Eastern and South and Central Asian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a group of senators Tuesday in sending a letter calling on the top Republicans on the House appropriations and budget committees to reject a call to eliminate foreign

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USA

B’nai B’rith International calls for U.N. rejection of Palestinians’ resolution

NEW YORK (Press Release)–B’nai B’rith International strongly urges the United Nations Security Council to reject the biased resolution recently proposed by the Palestinian Authority that would single out Israeli settlements as a focus of condemnation. If necessary, the United States should employ its veto power to defeat this harmful resolution. In previous remarks, U.S. Secretary

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Middle East

Squabbling in the IDF may distract Israel from dangers beyond the borders

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM–People with long memories remind us that Yoav Galant isn’t the only Israeli war hero to cut legal corners; the comings and goings of Moshe Dayan and Ariel Sharon are often cited in this context. But Galant is the first to be punished for it. His appointment as the next IDF Chief

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Middle East

Another guilty plea in Modesto synagogue and church vandalism

FRESNO, California (Press Release) – Andrew Kerber, 22, of Chico, Calif., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Lawrence J. O’Neill in Fresno, Calif., to violating the civil rights of congregants of Congregation Beth Shalom, a synagogue in Modesto, Calif. According to court documents, on or about Feb. 2, 2006, Kerber and two other men, Abel Mark

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USA

Peres on Egypt: Elections are only the first step toward democracy

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– What Shimon Peres said to Angela Merkel on Tuesday, I heard from Jim Lederman the night before. The German Chancellor was paying a visit to Israel’s President as part of her brief stay in the country. She brought many members of her cabinet to Jerusalem for another joint session with her

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Middle East

Commentary: Brooklyn College reinstates pro-Gaza professor as Mideast seminar leader

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California –Brooklyn College President Karen Gould today announced the re-hire of Kristofer Petersen. His appointment to teach a graduate course on the Politics of the Middle East had been rescinded last week, after a furor over his avid pro-Gaza writings, activism and slanted syllabus was brought to light. In her patently ridiculous

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USA

Gov. Haley Barbour to be escorted to Israel by Republican Jewish Coalition

WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 1, 2011) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) announced on Tuesday that it will host the upcoming visit of Governor and Mrs. Haley Barbour of Mississippi to Israel, February 5-9, 2011. This will be the second time that the RJC hasescorted Governor Barbour to Israel. The organization also hosted him in 1994, when

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Middle East

Video: GOP Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee tours Israel for 13th time

Mike Huckabee Visits Israeli Knesset JERUSALEM (WJC) — World Jewish Congress Secretary General-Designate Dan Diker has called on Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and one of the candidates who in 2008 sought the Republican Party’s nomination for the US presidency, to lend his support to an international campaign for the referral of the

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Middle East

El Baredei’s coalition with Islamic Brotherhood will make him a pawn

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — As I’ve been warning, Mohamed ElBaradei (also spelled Mohammed al-Baradei), seen as the leading “moderate, pro-democratic” leader in Egypt is negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood to form a national unity government. That doesn’t mean the negotiations will succeed but it gives a clear glimpse of what a post-Mubarak regime Egypt

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Middle East

Gen. Dan Halutz tells Yom Limmud of Israel’s military pragmatism

By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California—Israeli Lt. General (ret.) Dan Halutz  at Sunday’s Yom Limmud, San Diego’s Jewish  Community Day of Learning, quipped about his decision to join the Kadima Party in Israel:  “In politics, you can be killed many times; in the military, only once.” This veteran and long-time member of the Israel’s Defense

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