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Katz’s book on Israel’s war against terror is outstanding

February 26, 2016

The Ghost Warriors: Inside Israel’s Undercover War Against Suicide Terrorism by Samuel Katz; Berkley (2016) ISBN: 1592409016; $18; Rated: 5* By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — There is hardly a day when we don’t read another story about a terrorist attack. For the most part, Radical Islam has demonstrated an almost uncanny ability to raise […]

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Israel should decrease dependence on U.S.

February 26, 2016

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Israel and the US are currently negotiating a 10-year foreign aid package, which is 99% military related. There are many benefits from US-Israeli collaboration, but the aid comes with strings attached and it may be that the negatives outweighs the positives. Reality dictates that no country should expect

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Middle East Roundup: February 26, 2016

February 26, 2016

Security guard critically wounded in ax attack near Jerusalem (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A security guard in a Maaleh Adumim shopping center near Jerusalem was critically injured overnight Thursday in an apparent terrorist attack. Israeli media reported that a knife and an ax were found at the scene. According to a preliminary investigation, the security

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Middle East Roundup: February 25, 2016

February 25, 2016

Florida passes bill requiring state board to vet Israel-boycotting companies (JNS.org) Florida’s state legislature on Wednesday overwhelmingly passed “SB 86: Scrutinized Companies,” which requires a state board to identify all publicly funded companies that are involved with boycotts of Israel. The bill, which now heads to Florida Governor Rick Scott for signature into law

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The claims made for camel’s milk

February 24, 2016

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson TARABIN, Israel — Tucked away on the edge of this village, named for the Bedouin tribe that inhabits it in southern Israel, is a farm whose sole objective is to produce camel’s milk. For that purpose some fifty female camels are kept in pens to be ‘serviced’ by a single lucky male

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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle East, The World We Share

Hard to tell ‘who’s on first’ in Syria

February 24, 2016

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — When I used to think that baseball was important, I knew that you couldn’t tell the players without a scorecard. There isn’t a scorecard for Syria. There are experts who can say who are the key players, and what drives them. What they cannot tell us is what will emerge

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Are Israeli soldiers too quick on the trigger?

February 24, 2016

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Jewish law states explicitly and, as far as I know, other legal systems are of the same opinion that if someone is about to kill you, you’re entitled to kill the would-be assailant. That’s, of course, why many of the terrorists who’ve attacked Israelis in recent months have been

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U.S. – Israeli students find program ‘of our own’

February 24, 2016

By Sarah Katularu SAN DIEGO — Like most college freshmen, I spent my weekends going to themed parties and sleeping in all day. But as the year progressed and my friends were finding their callings on campus, I was still stuck trying to figure out who I was and where I belonged. Then one day,

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Middle East Roundup: February 24, 2016

February 24, 2016

Dead Sea Scrolls to be digitized in new German-funded Israeli project (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli scientists and scholars are set to embark on a new collaborative research partnership to create a dynamic virtual work environment for the study of one of the most important discoveries of the 20th century–the Dead Sea Scrolls. The conservation

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Middle East Roundup: February 23, 2016

February 23, 2016

Bank of Israel keeps interest rate at 0.1% (JNS.org) Israel’s benchmark interest rate for March will be left unchanged at 0.1 percent, the Bank of Israel announced Monday. Bank of Israel Governor Karnit Flug said the Israeli central bank’s quantitative easing and low interest rate will continue for “an extended period.” The bank explained that

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Abbas can’t control stabbing intifada

February 22, 2016

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The stabbing intifada began in September, some 32 Israelis have been killed, along with perhaps 150 Palestinians or Israeli Arabs who attacked, with about a third of the attackers young teenagers or pre-teens. What has not happened is any escalation to planned, large scale incidents of terror of the kind that

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

U.S. cedes the lead to Russia in Syrian Civil War

February 22, 2016

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The shelling of Syrian soldiers by the Turkish military is one more step back into Great Power politics — historic Turkish-Russian enmity played out over Kurds and Syrians. The U.S. appears to believe 21st century wars cannot be won by military force and that battling parties can be induced to set aside

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Middle East Roundup: February 22, 2016

February 22, 2016

Israel intercepts Gaza-bound drone shipment disguised as toys (JNS.org) A shipment of drones disguised as toys that was bound for the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip was recently intercepted by Israeli security personnel at the Kerem Shalom border crossing, the Israeli Defense Ministry announced Sunday. The drones were discovered during a search of a truck carrying

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Politicians who put their fingers in their ears

February 21, 2016

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – In the matter of replacing the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, we have been witnessing a tactic perhaps best described as Republican senators putting fingers in their ears and saying to President Obama “we know we won’t like what you are going to tell us, so

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA

Katz’s book on Israel’s war against terror is outstanding

Israel should decrease dependence on U.S.

Middle East Roundup: February 26, 2016

Middle East Roundup: February 25, 2016

The claims made for camel’s milk

Hard to tell ‘who’s on first’ in Syria

Are Israeli soldiers too quick on the trigger?

U.S. – Israeli students find program ‘of our own’

Middle East Roundup: February 24, 2016

Middle East Roundup: February 23, 2016

Abbas can’t control stabbing intifada

U.S. cedes the lead to Russia in Syrian Civil War

Middle East Roundup: February 22, 2016

Politicians who put their fingers in their ears

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