By Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, New York — Many provisions of the proposed nuclear agreement with Iran are not satisfactory, which leads to the conclusion that the agreement itself is unacceptable. The most important issue is totally intolerable – namely, the proposed 10- to 15-year duration of the agreement. For some reason, opponents of the […]
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Arkady Mamaysky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s time for another round of that hoary folk song about disaster just about everywhere, i.e., “They’re rioting in Africa, they’re starving in Spain . . . ” The ugliest story concerns more than 70 bodies, decomposed to a smelly lump making counts difficult and identification impossible, found in a
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAReport: Hezbollah enlisting Palestinian operatives to carry out attacks (JNS.org) Hezbollah is working to enlist Palestinian operatives from Fatah’s Al Aksa Brigades to carry out attacks against Israeli targets in Judea and Samaria as well as inside of Israel proper, a Palestinian security source said. A Palestinian security source told the Saudi daily newspaper
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –The proposal by Gilad Erdan, Minister of Internal Security to appoint Gal Hirsch to head the police provides us with some insight into the workings of Israeli society and politics, as well as some general lessons about difficult decisions. The appointment is one of the most important that can made in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIAEA says Iran may have expanded Parchin nuclear facility (JNS.org) The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the United Nations nuclear watchdog, said in a report that Iran may have built an extension to part of its Parchin nuclear site since May. “Since (our) previous report (in May), at a particular location at the Parchin site,
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International, Middle EastWWII-era Jewish café reopens in Shanghai (JNS.org) A café that was a popular spot for Jewish refugees in Shanghai during World War II has been rebuilt and reopened in the city’s Hongkou district. The Zum Weissen Rossi’l café, better known as the White Horse Café, first opened in 1939. On hand for the reopening
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — If there was a measure that compared a place’s contribution to the noise of the world to its size, Israel would be somewhere close to the top . Over the years we’ve seen claims that Israel leads in the number of foreign correspondents per capita, the media space and time
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In an editorial for the San Diego Union-Tribune, Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego), announced her support for the Iran nuclear agreement. Excerpts from the editorial are below. You can read the full editorial here. “…I am convinced that after an extensive number of discussions and reviewing materials, the Iran nuclear agreement
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Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — When I return to Israel from overseas trips I always marvel how fresh and exciting the discoveries and innovations that I collect from the Israeli news are. But last week, even I couldn’t anticipate the vast number of astonishing stories recently reported in the Jewish State. In the operating
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationVatican demands removal from Palestinian flag bid at U.N.(BreakingIsraelNews.com/JNS.org) Despite its recognition of a “State of Palestine,” the Vatican has requested it be removed from a Palestinian-prepared United Nations General Assembly draft resolution that calls for the flags of “Palestine” and the Holy See to be flown at U.N. headquarters in New York City. The
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish Religion, Middle East, USA
By R. Amy Elman/JNS.org KALAMAZOO, Michigan — As the 10-campus University of California system considers the adoption of the U.S. State Department’s definition of anti-Semitism, there are critics who seek to discredit the entire definition with three fictions presented as fact. Groups like Palestine Legal and Jewish Voice for Peace, who actively support campus activities the
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –The timing of Ehud Barak’s revelations is baffling about discussions, when he was minister of defense, whether or not to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Nobody is surprised that such discussions took place. The option must still be high on someone’s agenda. But why the tapes of Barak’s musings to his
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Middle EastBook drawing parallels between Holocaust and Palestinian Nakba sparks outrage (JNS.org) A new book that draws parallels between the Holocaust and the Palestinian Nakba (the Arabic term for the displacement of Palestinian refugees during Israel’s War of Independence) has sparked outrage ahead of an official book launch, to be hosted by the Van Leer Jerusalem
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re currently going through one of the periodic events of Israeli politics, like those of other democracies, where players past and present are sniping at one another while claiming the high ground for themselves. The occasion is an interview in which Ehud Barak (former head of the IDF, Prime Minister,
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