By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM—1714. That’s the number of days On Saturday, March 5, that Gilad Shalit, the kidnapped IDF soldier, has been in Hamas captivity and there’s no sign that his release is imminent or, for that matter, that he’s still alive. For all the precise intelligence that Israel is reported to have in […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has called upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the de facto freeze that has applied to Jewish construction in Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem since the end of the official 10-month freeze last September. The existence of this unofficial freeze has been widely suspected
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Ehud Barak isn’t a good politician. He almost admitted it in a lengthy television interview last Thursday. It’s difficult to imagine that history will ever forgive him for his role in breaking up the Labor Party that he was elected to lead. But when he justifies his continued presence in the
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Every so often we do this – last time was March 27, 2006. In 1979, JINSA published a “quick reference guide” to the capabilities Israel brings to U.S.-Israel security cooperation. We review it periodically, revise it slightly and republish it when some people – including occasional Congressmen – seem
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By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — This is of gigantic importance (see if anyone else covers it). MEMRI has pointed out the opening of a Muslim Brotherhood campaign to replace Egypt’s current clerical hierarchy with its own people. If that happens…you can imagine. Once Islamists are in place making the “official” decisions on what constitutes
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Since the establishment of a Palestinian governing authority in 2003, the United States has provided it with more than $3.5 billion in aid, more than $2 billion since 2007 to “strengthen” Abu Mazen after the ouster of Fatah from Gaza. The 2010 figure was $500 million. The intrepid investigators
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It’s happened again. Within a day of the Prime Minister Netanyahu talking about pursuing a temporary solution for Israel and Palestine, the leader of the Palestine Authority has rejected the idea. So much for negotiations. The history of rejection goes back a long way, with a prominent landmark being the Khartoum Declaration
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By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California–In my previous articles, I wrote about the “structural endemic obstacles” that plague our system of government and lead to immobilism and, even, to paralysis. In this analysis I concentrate on a very disturbing flaw in our political discourse that makes the decision-making process a herculean task. I am
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USABy Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — There is a very simple answer to an apparent contradiction about evaluating the current “Arab revolt.” If we look at the situation as a whole, there are reasons to think that many events of the last two months have been positive. Clearly, the resurgence of active opposition in Iran
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Middle EastBET SHEMESH, Israel (Press Release)– ‘United with Israel’, a grass-roots pro-Israel organization started by American Jewish families living in Israel, has become the fastest-growing pro-Israel Facebook page on the web. In less than 3 months it has experienced explosive, viral growth, increasing its fan base by over 100,000 people. Israel supporters from all over the world have been joining
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) said Tuesday that anti-Semitism was “front and center” at the Nation of Islam’s annual meeting near Chicago, and that the organization and its longtime leader, Louis Farrakhan, continue to engage in a targeted campaign against Jews. Minister Farrakhan’s February 27 keynote address featured a range of conspiratorial
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USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israel is exciting for many reasons. One of them is that at any given moment and in the most unlikely situations you can find the worst and the best strangely coexisting. The Bialik-Rogozin School in south Tel Aviv is an example. Because of the Oscar two American film makers
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Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)– “Israel Apartheid Week” (IAW) campaigners will be in for a surprise when they mount their seventh annual hate fest this spring. Pro-Israel students on campuses are ready for them. Over the past year, StandWithUs campus coordinators have worked closely with students to brainstorm about the responses that would be most effective
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USALONDON (Press Release)–Foreign Affairs Shadow Minister Stephen Twigg joined OneVoice on Monday for an event at the House of Commons to explore whether people power has been the missing element in delivering a two-state solution for Israelis and Palestinians. Parliamentarians and concerned citizens alike packed the Wilson Room, at Portcullis House, to firsthand witness the
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