WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – On the recent attacks by Hamas against Israel, the Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Wednesday released the following statement from National Chairman Senator Norm Coleman: “Today we call on all Americans, regardless of political party, to rally in support of Israel after it suffered a new, extended round of terrorist […]
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Middle East, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Farhud means violent dispossession.
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish Religion, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — The California Republican Party and the Republican Jewish Coalition issued the following statements Tuesday regarding the congressional race in CA-11: California Republican Party Chairman Jim Brulte said:“Tonight, the California Republican Party’s Board of Directors took swift and decisive action to eliminate any support for John Fitzgerald due to anti-Semitic comments he
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — As part of a comprehensive report on religious freedom around the world, the U.S. State Department on Wednesday issued its report and analysis of religious freedom issues in Israel and the Golan Heights as well as in the Palestinian Authority and Gaza.. ISRAEL AND THE GOLAN HEIGHTS Executive Summary A report on
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Jewish History, Middle East, USABy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK –In early April, Trump stated that the US should withdraw its military forces from Syria. Secretary of Defense Mattis seems to have persuaded Trump to postpone this plan for at least six months, citing strategic necessity, with which I fully agree. Beyond that, however, US forces must not only remain
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — On May 16, about 50 Jewish activists gathered in London’s Parliament Square and, in a public display of phony grief, davened Kaddish. This gathering was less about a genuine empathy for dead Palestinians. It was more an exhibition of Jew hatred for the Jewish state. How do we know
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastBy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israeli singer Netta won this year’s Eurovision contest singing the song Toy. Though the song was primarily written by Israeli composer Doron Medalie, Netta added some lyrics including a Pokémon reference (according to Medalie, “that’s more her generation than mine”). Netta has spoken about Pokémon characters and what they
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In the aftermath of a messy afternoon when some 40,000 Gazans were sent to do havoc on, and if possible over the border into Israel, and IDF personnel killed some 60 and wounded a thousand or two, we’ve been flooded with commentary all over the intellectual map. My Israeli perspective,
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
BNEI BRAK, Israel (Press Release) — A few months ago, United Hatzalah volunteer EMT Raphael Elihav Nachshoni was involved in a motor vehicle accident on Hashomer Street in Bnei Brak while he was on his way to respond to a medical emergency. Elihav was critically injured and came very close to death. The doctors who received
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Want to know why Israelis have little patience for Jewish Democrats? First, none of their leaders accepted the invitation to attend the opening of the US Embassy in Jerusalem, Israel’s capital. Second, Bernie Sanders just agreed with Hamas that they have the right to return to Israel, which would spell
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –When Ronald Reagan proposed the “Zero-Zero Option” for no intermediate-range nuclear weapons in Europe, the pundits – and the Europeans – said, “The Russians will never agree to that.” They demanded that Reagan put forward what the Russians could accept – or not aggravate the Russians by putting U.S. Pershing missiles
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BALA CYNWYD, Pennsylvania (Press Release) — Scholars for Peace in the Middle East has issued a statement mourning the passing of Professor Bernard Lewis who died on May 19th in Voorhees, New Jersey at 101. Lewis was born in London, and served in the British army in World War II. He devoted his entire career to
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Middle East, Obituaries & memorials, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) has applauded the U.S. House of Representatives for authorizing a total of $500 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense cooperation and continued authorization of up to $50 million for U.S.-Israel counter-tunnel cooperation in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).
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Middle East, USA
JERUSALEM (Press Release) – Alan Dershowitz was in Israel last week to attend the opening of the United States Embassy in Jerusalem. As part of his trip, he visited the United Hatzalah headquarters in Jerusalem, an organization whose international board he sits on. Dershowitz isn’t the type of person who typically rides motorcycles. Yet, on
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA