By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – I find myself wondering why San Diego Gas & Electric decided to name its giant fire-fighting helicopter “Goliath.” Sure, it’s big, and Goliath of biblical infamy was big, but there the similarity ends. Goliath, a Philistine who stood between 12 and 13 feet tall, was a bully. He […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, San Diego County, USAHamas claims it is making use of crashed Israeli drone (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Hamas terrorist group’s “military wing” on Wednesday claimed that it has rebuilt and is making use of an Israeli Skylark drone that crashed in the Gaza Strip last month. “The Zionist enemy must know we are lying in wait and
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–17th in a series– Exit 6, Texas Street, San Diego ~ District Office of U.S. Rep. Susan Davis By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –The distance between this city and Washington D.C. is approximately 2,690 miles, or a five-hour jet plane ride. Impractical to go back and forth every day between work in Washington and constituents
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s worth pondering at some length Barack Obama’s overlooking of Winston Churchill in his comment that he does not remember a case when a foreign official involved himself as much in American politics as Benyamin Netanyahu. Churchill was intent in bringing the United States into the European war, and it is
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Constituents living in the 53rd Congressional District will have a chance to get tickets to watch Pope Francis speak to Congress on September 24, 2015 as part of his visit to the United States. As she has done in the past for tickets to presidential inaugurations, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California will
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San Diego County, USAIsraeli officials reportedly meet with Egyptian counterparts in Cairo (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A delegation of senior Israeli officials visited Cairo on Tuesday for a series of meetings and discussions with Egyptian officials, the Turkish news agency Anatolia reported. According to the report, which was based on information from senior Egyptian sources, the Israeli delegation
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International, Middle East, USA91-year-old Israeli man wins world championship in running for seniors (JNS.org) Three months after being named European champion, 91-year-old Israeli long-distance runner Semion Simkin on Monday won the world championship for senior runners in Lyon, France. Simkin finished the 6.2-mile race with a time of 1:20:01, beating the runner-up from Argentina by 21 minutes and
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Barack Obama’s latest contribution to relations between the US and Israel is the comment that he does not recall a foreign leader who has involved himself in American politics as much as Benyamin Netanyahu. That may be true or not. It is hard to conceive of a metric that would measure
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM –Saudi Arabia’s Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir stated in Berlin on Monday, August 10, that Iran has been blatantly interfering in the internal affairs of several Arab countries. Al-Jubeir commented that Iran was continuing to interfere with Iraq, Syria, Lebanon and Yemen during a joint press conference held with German foreign minister,
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Middle East, USABy Stephen Bryen and Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The long U.S. military presence in the Persian Gulf, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt is likely drawing to a close. What once worked to assure stability in the region and keep the oil flowing will not work in the face of Iranian nuclear capability, and the administration
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USAIsraeli man wounded in Palestinian stabbing attack on highway to Jerusalem (JNS.org) An Israeli man was moderately wounded on Sunday evening when he was stabbed by a Palestinian terrorist at a gas station on a main highway near Jerusalem. The assailant was shot and killed by IDF troops as he tried to flee the scene
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The epidemic suffered by black folks, usually unarmed, mostly men, being assaulted and killed by uniformed peace officers was not ventilated during the recent Republican primary debate. It is rarely addressed by the nation’s first African American president except in the aftermath of yet another smoldering incident—when he
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a great deal swirling around us concerned with Iran and the US. It is impossible to know anything for sure, but these appear to be points more or less clear. Barack Obama believes strongly in diplomacy. He’s willing to use a bit of military power against the ugliest
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is hardly a city or town in Israel’s Jewish sector without a street named for Shaul Tchernichovsky, and his picture is on the 50 shekel bill. Currently we hear several times a day that this is the 140th anniversary of his birth, with frequent renderings of his poetry in
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