By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — At a special ceremony in Jerusalem to mark the unification of the city 49 years ago during the Six Day War, Prime Minister Netanyahu declared: “The idea of a divided, split, wounded city is one we will never return to.” That statement mirrors the Israeli consensus on the […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Alon Ben-Meir NEW YORK — Following the 2016 US presidential elections, the next administration must adopt a new and realistically balanced policy toward Israel and the Palestinians to bring an end to their conflict in the context of a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace based on the Arab Peace Initiative. Throughout the primary campaign, only
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Alon Ben-Meir, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Aviva Paley of San Diego, who helped launch Kitchen for Good, which uses unused kitchen produce to feed the hungry, has been selected to participate in the 2016 ROI Global Summit in Jerusalem, an exclusive, high-profile gathering of young global innovators taking place June 26-30. (ROI is a bilingual play on words
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Middle East, San Diego CountyBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Every city has its pluses and minuses. They are part of what makes a city, i.e., a mixture of different peoples and their perspectives, along with whatever lays heavily on the current generation due to the history of what happened before them and the precedents created. Jerusalem must be somewhere
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsrael reportedly strikes Syria for first time under new defense minister (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli Air Force carried out an airstrike over the weekend against a military installation south of Homs, according to a report on Tuesday by the Syrian website Zaman Al Wasl, which identifies with the regime of Syrian President Bashar
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – President Obama’s national security advisor, Ambassador Susan Rice, delivered a major address to the AJC Global Forum. “Our commitment to Israel, as always, transcends partisanship,” Rice declared. “Israel’s security isn’t a Democratic interest or a Republican interest—it’s an enduring American interest.” Rice spoke to more than 2,700 people at the AJC
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Middle East, USAMoscow (dpa) – Russian President Vladimir Putin gave his backing to Turkish and Israeli efforts to reconcile after nearly six years of frosty relations, as Moscow appeared to be warming its own ties to the Israelis despite being a staunch ally of Iran and Syria. “The fewer problems between governments, the better,” Putin said after
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International, Middle East“What happens when idealism becomes power?” –Todd Salovey By Eric George Tauber CARLSBAD, California–When we look at history with the benefit of hindsight, it’s easy to dismiss how dire a situation really was. After all, we won. But the storyteller’s art is to bring us back to that moment when all was nearly lost and
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Eric George Tauber, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC) presented its inaugural Campus Courage Award to Winston Shi of Stanford University and Milan Chatterjee of UCLA. The award honors students who have demonstrated unusual courage and moral clarity in standing up to anti-Semitism and the BDS movement. “Winston Shi and Milan Chatterjee are shining examples
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAThe Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem – the basilica built over the site where it is believed Jesus died, was buried and resurrected – began its first major renovation in over 200 years Monday. The project will primarily restore the Edicule of the Tomb, a shrine believed to house the tomb where Jesus
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Middle EastWASHINGTON – Israel is facing a “unique opportunity” for negotiations on a regional framework, opposition leader MK Isaac Herzog told attendees at the American Jewish Committee’s Global Forum Monday in the US capital. “Today there is a golden opportunity, which the United States should lead and which the international community should support with no reservations,”
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Middle EastRussian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were all smiles when they shook hands for the fourth time in a year Tuesday. Netanyahu is in Moscow for the third time since fall 2015 to mark the 25th anniversary of Russia and Israel’s diplomatic relationship. It is therefore all the more surprising that
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International, Middle EastA Federal Judge on Monday ruled that the US government can hand in a classified ex parte submission to the court, not allowing Jonathan Pollard’s lawyers to see the state’s evidence in arguing for his strict parole limitations. The case relates to the harsh parole conditions imposed on Pollard, who was released last November after
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Middle East, USAMembers of the American Anthropological Association (AAA) seeking to boycott the Jewish state as part of the discriminative BDS movement failed on Tuesday, as a boycott resolution was narrowly shot down by the organization. The resolution banning collaborations with all Israeli universities and research institutions was defeated by 2,423 votes against as opposed to 2,384
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