Middle East

How prejudice against Israel hurts its young citizens

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Two Israeli college students personally have felt the sting of the world’s prejudice against the citizens of the Jewish State.  Under the auspices of StandWithUs, they currently are touring the southwestern United States speaking on high school and college campuses, and telling about their experiences. Because one is […]

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Sports & Competitions, USA

No, wait, it was the Jews!

By Steve Kramer KFAR SAVA, Israel — Of course, Israel should be governed by its indigenous people. Isn’t every country? Not really. In the Merriam-Webster dictionary, indigenous means produced, growing, living, or occurring naturally in a particular region or environment. According to http://www.indigenouspeople.net, indigenous people are people defined in international or national legislation as having a

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Steve Kramer

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 18, 2018

Israeli Supreme Court permits Lara Alqasem to study at Hebrew University Capping a two-week legal battle, during which U.S. student Lara Alqasem was confined to Ben Gurion Airport while she appealed an expulsion order from Israel’s Ministry of Interior, Israel’s Supreme Court decreed she should be permitted to study for her master’s degree at Hebrew

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Europeans, Arabs deny Israel’s biblical heritage

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), regarding international interest in preserving historic sites in Israel, is a sham. Its work consists mainly of denying a Jewish connection to the land and its history. In a 2016 vote, UNESCO denied any connection between Israel and its historic Temple Mount

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International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

U.S. to combine embassy and consulate in Jerusalem

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made the following announcement on Thursday: I am pleased to announce that following the May 14 opening of the U.S. Embassy to Israel in Jerusalem, we plan to achieve significant efficiencies and increase our effectiveness by merging U.S. Embassy Jerusalem and U.S. Consulate General

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Middle East, USA

Six ways American Jews disagree about Israel

By David Bernstein, JCPA President NEW YORK — In recent months, American Jews have become even more polarized around Israel. One of the biggest challenges in conducting constructive conversations about and reducing conflict around Israel — or any contentious issue, conflict resolution theory holds — is pinpointing the exact nature of the dispute. Here are six

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Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 17, 2018 (6 items)

Poll says large majority of American Jews will vote for Democratic candidates A new poll released Wednesday, Oct. 17,  by the Jewish Electorate Institute found that an overwhelming majority of Jewish voters plan to vote for Democrats in November. Jewish voters also see the Democratic Party as pro-Israel and prioritize a wide range of domestic

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 16, 2018 (7 items)

Legislation would create fund for Palestinian-Israeli people-to-people partnerships Congresswoman Nita Lowey (NY-17) and Congressman Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1) introduced the Palestinian Partnership Fund Act of 2018 (HR7060). This legislation would help create the conditions on the ground necessary for an eventual end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The bill would establish a Palestinian Partnership Fund to facilitate and finance

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

2-State solution still the only one practicable

By Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — I maintain that regardless of the political, strategic, demographic, and regional vicissitudes, the two-state option remains the only viably sustainable solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; the one-state solution is simply a non-starter. I also maintain that successive Israeli governments, irrespective of their political leanings, perpetuated the occupation. They created

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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 15, 2018 (3 items)

New device to monitor critical patients’ blood flow Researchers at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO) and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCH) have developed a new lifesaving monitoring technology called VitalMiner that predicts hemodynamic instability episodes in intensive care patients. Hemodynamic instability in blood pressure, particularly hypotension, is considered one

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Diversity of Israel’s support showcased at SWU gala

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – An Egyptian-born Muslim who today calls himself a proud Zionist, an Ethiopian-Israeli who taught herself to sing as a way to relieve the stress of rocket attacks on her hometown of Sderot, and an 11-year-old girl whose answer to anti-Semitism was to become a strong supporter of Israel,

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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Editor’s E-Mail Box: October 14, 2018 (3 items)

Jewish TV commentator’s speech ‘postponed’ by Rutgers Lisa Daftari, a Jewish American of Iranian descent, had been invited by Rutgers University to give a speech on Tuesday, but now the appearance is “postponed”–and according to Daftari “cancelled”–by the university after Muslim students charged Daftari with Islamophobia. Daftari, who frequently appears as a commentator on Fox

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA