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Imagine what hypocrites would do without Israel to condemn

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Sometimes one wonders what the media, the pundits, the leftists, the Presbyterians, and most of Europe would all do if they did have not the Jews to examine and excoriate.  Certainly it’s a collective straight line away from their own inexhaustible layers of racial hypocrisies, inquisitions, crusades, slave-trading, and discarding-all-principles-for-oil […]

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Middle East, USA

Can there be a fair Gaza Flotilla inquiry?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The current mantra is, “Israel cannot investigate itself.” That is, an Israeli investigation will not satisfy those who sign on to one or another of what antagonists call the “Flotilla fiasco,” “State terror,” “Attack on a Turkish ship in international waters,” or “Israeli murder.” The contrary mantra is, “The international community cannot

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Middle East, USA

U.S. funding contributes to 'unsustainable' situation in Palestinian Territories

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON–President Obama described the situation in Gaza as “unsustainable,” and a White House statement said the administration “demands a significant change in strategy” while agreeing that “Israelis have the right to prevent arms from entering into Gaza that can be used to launch attacks into Israeli territory.” Standing with Abu Mazen, the

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Olmert says Gaza flotilla inquiry unnecessary; tells details of peace offer he made as P.M. to Palestinians

 HAIFA (Press Release)–“It’s about time that Israel rid itself of its inquiry committee regime. I hope the prime minister opposes such a commission, which would only cause dispute between Israel’s government system and public discourse that awaits the ‘who will be probed’, ‘who will be fired’, and ‘who will pay the price’. There is no

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Middle East, USA

Ambassador Rice tells meaning of UN sanction vote against Iran

NEW YORK (Press Release)–U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice made the following comments Wednesday upon the vote of the U.N. Security Council to impose sanctions on Iran: Thank you, Mr. President. Today the Security Council has responded decisively to the grave threat to international peace and security posed by Iran’s failure to live up

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Hizballah destabilizing force throughout Middle East, State Department testifies

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Jeffrey Feltman, acting assistant Secretary of State for the bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, on Tuesday delivered an assessment of the threat posed by Hizballah to other Lebanese parties, Israel, and to the wider Middle East.  He spoke to the Senate Foreign Affair’s subcommittee on  Near Eastern and South and Central Asian

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Middle East, USA

ADL seeks terrorist designation for two groups that organized Gaza flotilla

NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday called on the U.S. Department of State to designate two of the principal organizers and funders of the “Free Gaza” flotilla as Foreign Terrorist Organizations. Long before Insani Yardim Vakfi (Humanitarian Relief Fund, or IHH in Turkish) and The Union of Good (UG) raised their profiles as the

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Middle East, USA

U.S. bungles relationships with Turkey and Honduras

By Shoshana Bryen Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Turkey and Honduras, in different ways, highlight the lack of effective leadership the United States currently is able to exercise in the world.    Turkey: Turkish government support for the IHH ship in the Gaza flotilla is now well understood and the anti-Semitic ravings of both official Turks

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

California’s election dominated by loud, nasty voices

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Here it is, the day before the California primary election, and I seriously would like to see a new third party formed, one which would adopt the motto “Let’s lower our voices.” It has been almost impossible to avoid watching on television the primary battles among Republicans for the California

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA