Middle East

‘Shadow Strike’: Reason for pause for anti- Iran hawks

(c) By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. —Jerusalem Post editor Yaakov Katz probably had no way of knowing that this would be a perfect time to release his briskly-selling Shadow Strike—Inside Israel’s Secret Mission to Eliminate Syrian Nuclear Power (St. Martin’s Press). Or did he? The world’s attention is once again and inevitably riveted to the […]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Edwin Black, International, Middle East, USA

Washington Post columnist Milbank misreads Omar

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Just a week after writing critically about an article by a well-known journalist in an influential publication, I again feel the necessity to respond to the utter nonsense that these prominent “experts” espouse to their large readerships. Both Dana Milbank and Peter Beinart are Jewish. What “liberal” attitudes

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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USA

Juvenile detainees learn new skills in Morocco

  By Anya Karaman FES, Morocco — At a juvenile detention center in Fes, it feels like summer camp all year round. There, “maximum security” is an open, white building complex; “delinquents” are watering plants and planting seeds; and the only guard in sight, if you’re lucky, is a wild peacock patrolling the grounds. For

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

What’s in a name? Plenty in Arab- Israeli context!

By H. Applebaum SAN DIEGO — “What’s in a name?  Shakespeare said, “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”   Modern day propagandists understand the power of names.  They would like to re-name Israel, “Palestine,” and Judea and Samaria, “the occupied territories.” But facts are facts. The city of Hebron is in the

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Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Israel’s election maneuvers take focus off other issues

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We’re getting closer to August 1, when the parties will have to finalize their candidates for the September 17th election. Currently, the leader of the Labor Party has aligned himself toward the right with Orli Levy-Abekakis, the attractive daughter of Likudnik David Levy. Amir Peretz has provided her with the second

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

How U.S. benefits with Israel as its strategic partner

By Shoshana Bryen inFOCUS Quarterly WASHINGTON, D.C. —One of the few points of unbounded bipartisan agreement in Washington has for decades been that U.S.-Israel security cooperation is right, good, mutually beneficial and worth every nickel spent on it. It is well–grounded in facts and acknowledged benefits to both sides. Today, however, support for Israel is

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA