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Gray areas of Black, White and Blue disputes

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The pictures are fuzzy. Overt, explicit, and legally enforced racism is no more in the United States. Individual Blacks, Asians, Jews, and other minorities–and women–can reach as high as the White House, senior governmental and corporate positions, and marry who they choose. Integration, human relations, political correctness, busing, and affirmative […]

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Middle East, USA

‘The truth about human rights NGOs will now be revealed’

MK Robert Ilatov of Yisrael Beytenu expressed satisfaction at the passage late Monday of the NGO “transparency law”, which he authored together with Jewish Home MK Betzalel Smotrich and Justice Minister Ayelet Shaked, also of Jewish Home. “Organizations that present themselves as objective but are funded by foreign countries are unacceptable in a democratic country,”

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BDS activists lie to enter Israel, authorities can’t stop them

The Christian Recruitment Forum and the Zionist Foundation for Israel have revealed that a leading BDS organization is acting freely in Israel, despite violating Israeli laws. Israel Hayom reports that the World Council of Churches (WCC), one of the world’s leading proponents of BDS, founded the Ecumenical Accompaniment Programme in Palestine and Israel (EAPPI) in

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Middle East, USA

Obama admin. sent taxpayer money to campaign to oust Netanyahu

The State Department paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in taxpayers grants to an Israeli group that used the money to build a campaign to oust Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in last year’s Israeli parliamentary elections, a congressional investigation concluded Tuesday. Some $350,000 was sent to OneVoice, ostensibly to support the group’s efforts to back

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Middle East, USA

Editor’s Mailbag: July 12, 2016

Here are some news articles and press releases of interest received at the offices of San Diego Jewish World: Legislation adopted to combat terror financing WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Congressman Scott Peters (D-San Diego) helped pass on Monday night a series of smart, targeted proposals to combat the illicit financing of terrorist groups, arms and

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Middle East Roundup: July 12, 2016

Israeli official urges UNESCO to reject ‘effort to distort’ Jerusalem’s history (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Ministry Director-General Dore Gold sent a scathing letter to the head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization on Monday (UNESCO), criticizing a draft UNESCO resolution that calls for a return to the “historic status quo” on the Temple

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In memory of a fallen hero from Exodus-47

  By Jerry Klinger July 18, 1947, in international waters off the coast of Sinai, a shadowing British battle fleet attacked an unarmed American Chesapeake Bay steamer, the President Warfield. They had been shadowing the lumbering vessel since she left Sete in France. A warning to stop and submit to boarding came from the light cruiser

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File of Lebanese Exiled in Israel Makes Comeback, Maronite League Requests ‘Offering them a Chance’

Beirut-The case of the Lebanese who fled to Israel in 2000 returned lately to the forefront after the Maronite League reopened their case by describing it as “a bleeding wound that should be treated for good.” However, there are several legal, political and even popular obstacles that prevent concerned parties from reaching a compromise to

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Family asks gov’t: Urge Egypt to help return Hadar Goldin’s body

Hadar Goldin’s family members have sent a letter to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and the Cabinet ministers, following the meeting between Netanyahu and Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry. Goldin was killed in 2014’s Operation Protective Edge, and his body is still being held by Hamas, along with that of fellow soldier Oron Shaul, who was

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Foreign Min. blasts ‘offensive’ UNESCO Temple Mount resolution

Dore Gold, Director General of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, blasted a draft resolution being considered by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization committee (UNESCO) recognizing the Old City of Jerusalem’s unique place in history – as a “Muslim site”. In a letter publicized on Monday, a day ahead of the UNESCO vote on the

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