THE HAGUE, Netherlands (Press Release)–The Shurat Hadin Israel Law Center is seeking International Criminal Court action against Hamas over the terrorist group’s use of children as human shields in the riots that have taken place over the past month on the Israel-Gaza Strip border. The lawsuit is based on a clause in the Rome Statute, the […]
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International, Middle EastBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — President Trump’s characterization of the US attack on specific Syrian chemical storage and research facilities as “mission accomplished” is technically accurate, as the intended targets were in fact destroyed. But declaring mission accomplished in the context of the continuing unfolding tragedy being inflicted on the Syrian people is cynical
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Alon Ben-Meir, International, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Britain’s Jewish leadership met with Jeremy Corbyn, the man who is leading a Labour Party that is drenched in unbridled anti-Semitism, on April 24th and came away “disappointed,” calling the two hour meeting a “missed opportunity.” Their requests were straightforward. They wanted a fixed timetable to deal with the numerous anti-Semitism cases within the
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “The Dangers of Failing Middle East States,” by Kobi Michael and Yoel Guzansky is an insightful item that describes the spread of failed states, especially among Muslim-majority countries, and applies the lesson to what much of the world aspires to create for Palestinians. You can read it here. A failed state
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)–StandWithUs, an Israeli advocacy group headquartered here, is protesting actions at New York University and George Washington University, respectively in New York and Washington, as both anti-Israel and anti-Semitic. Fifty-one NYU student organizations on April 9 co-signed a joint statement pledging to boycott Israeli goods, Israeli academic institutions and conferences, and numerous pro-Israel outside
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Press Release)—The United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in Trump v. Hawaii, the case challenging the most recent iteration of the administration’s travel ban. The September 2017 executive order restricts the entry into the United States for nationals of a specific list of mostly Muslim-majority countries. While HIAS is not a
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HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — Sigalit, 40, and Nathan Drassinover, 53, married in 2016, were told they could never have a child together. Sigalit was diagnosed with a chronic gynecological condition in her 20’s, “premature ovarian failure” that typically causes loss of normal ovarian function before age 40 resulting in infertility. Sigalit had suffered for
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Ro Khanna (CA-17) and Congressman David N. Cicilline (RI-01) are leading more than 50 House Republicans and Democrats in pushing for the U.S. Department of State to exert diplomatic pressure on Ukraine and Poland for recent in incidents of state-sponsored Holocaust denial and anti-Semitism. “We urge you to join
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International, USABEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – A new method for early and accurate breast cancer screening has been developed by researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev and Soroka University Medical Center, using commercially available technology. The researchers were able to isolate relevant data to more accurately identify breast cancer biomarkers using two different electronic nose
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Rep. Susan Davis (CA-53) plans to enlist the Navy in dealing with the border sewage spills and what kind of impact spills will have on national security. The Navy will build a $1 billion Navy SEAL training center, known as the coastal campus, down the strand near Imperial Beach. Davis
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International, USANEW YORK (Press Release) ─As thousands of people from across the world celebrate the 70th anniversary of Israel’s independence, Jewish National Fund-USA–the organization whose hundreds of millions of trees created the lush green terrain and forests of the Jewish nation and today is developing its north and south–is proud to announce that over 600,000 donors
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — This contentious little country could not get through its Memorial Day and its 70th Anniversary Independence Day without political squabbles that qualify for the label of noisome, i.e., stinky. The media of Memorial Day were marked, as is usual, by stories about young people cut down before they could demonstrate
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Lemonade and chalk are two tools that the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs (SWU) utilizes on college campuses across the U.S. and Canada to combat aggressive anti-Israel campaigns launched by such groups as Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) Sarah Tagger, a campus strategist for the 17-year-old StandWithUs, briefed members
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Reps. Nita Lowey (D-NY), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Albio Sires (D-NJ), and Michael McCaul (R-TX) on Wednesday introduced H. Res. 835, a resolution supporting robust bilateral relations with the State of Israel globally and fairness in its treatment in multilateral fora upon seventy years of statehood. The resolution highlights Israel’s recent advances
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