By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The strongest country in the Middle East is in a squeeze. On the southern border, Hamas is using a bunch of excitable kids to send up homemade kites and cheap balloons, with small explosives and burning bottles of gasoline attached. The prevailing wind brings them over Israeli fields, parks, and towns. […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — From the beginning, Donald Trump’s administration has been marred by corruption and outright contempt for the rule of law – with the president’s firing of FBI Director James Comey “because of the whole Russia thing” and persistent efforts to undermine Robert Mueller’s Russia probe; with his refusal to divest
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir, USA
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)— Marking its 25th anniversary year, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has on display a special exhibition, “Americans and the Holocaust,” which examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and the persecution and murder of Jews in Europe during the 1930s and ‘40s. Based on
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International, Jewish History, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Washington Post headline blared, “Trump is bent on wrecking NATO. Prepare for catastrophe.” The Post fears that President Trump’s diplomacy will benefit Vladimir Putin to the detriment of American and European interests. European Council president Donald Tusk sniped, “Dear America, appreciate your allies. After all, you don’t have that many.” The NATO
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International, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — I have been disappointed for quite a while about the indecorous way that our United States government goes about deciding who should serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. I don’t lay exclusive blame either on the Republican party or the Democratic party; I blame the spirit of partisanship
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Donald H. Harrison, USA
Israel Defense Prize goes to man who discovered a way to detect Hamas tunnels Col. Yaniv Avitan, a graduate of the Jerusalem College of Technology’s (JCT) electro-optics engineering department, received the 2018 Israel Defense Prize from the Israeli Ministry of Defense for his role heading a team that works to detect the Hamas terror group’s
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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, The World We Share, USA
Measure for Israel’s defense moves through U.S. Senate committee AIPAC applauds the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for adopting the U.S.-Israel Security Assistance Authorization Act of 2018 (S. 2497), which seeks to ensure that Israel has the means to defend itself, by itself, against growing and emerging threats—including Iran’s presence close to Israel’s northern border. This
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Any protracted conflict can come to an end under certain circumstances that either evolve over a period of time or are precipitated by one side or the other of the conflicting parties, including: when both sides conclude they can no longer benefit from the continuation of the conflict; when
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle EastABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo outlined America’s strategy for opposing Iranian expansionism in the Middle East during an interview Tuesday with Mohannad Al Khatib of Sky News Arabia. The U.S. State Department issued the following transcript of the interview which was conducted at the Fairmont Hotel
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International, Middle East, USABy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — Perplexed and more than a little peeved, President Trump was on a tear about the responses he’d been receiving from rabbis and other Jewish leaders he’d invited to a gala White House event the coming weekend of July 21-22. “Almost every RSVP for the kosher extravaganza has been along
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Jewish Religion, Joel H. Cohen, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA
WASHINGTON D.C. (Press Release) — Julius Berman, President of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany (Claims Conference), announced on Tuesday the outcomes from the organization’s negotiations on behalf of Jewish Holocaust survivors with the German government. “The significant increase for social welfare services secured by our negotiating team will lead to more home care,
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International, Jewish History, USA
Mixed reactions to Trump’s nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court Stosh Cotler, CEO of Bend the Arc: Jewish Action, released the following statement: “President Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court, Brett Kavanaugh, is an affront to the values and priorities of a vast majority of the American Jewish community. From workers’ rights
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International, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA
Jewish Libya: Memory & Identity in Text & Image, edited by Jacque Roumani, David Meghnagi & Judith Roumani; © 2018, Syracuse University Press, ISBN 9780815-635628; 280 pages plus bibliography, appendices, and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish Libya is an anthology about a place that no longer exists. Since Israel’s successful 1967
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, Middle East
By Oliver B. Pollak RICHMOND, California — Salute, an Italian restaurant in Marina Bay, lost its lease under parlous circumstances and closed. On the last two days they prepared hundreds of free last suppers. It was crowded. The valet parking area was overwhelmed. Our table seated five Jews and one son of a Nazi. All
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International, Jewish History, Middle East, Oliver Pollak, Travel and Food, USA