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The Jonathan Pollard case in review

August 6, 2015

Editor’s Note: Below, you see investigative reporter Edwin Black’s original Jonathan Pollard article published 13 years ago in 2002. For this scoop, Black visited Pollard in prison, at that time the first journalist to do so, plus Black extensively interviewed his attorneys and reviewed their evidence, and also interviewed then ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Casper Weinberger, and many other […]

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Edwin Black, Middle East, USA

Rivlin believes Netanyahu hurts Israel

August 6, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israel’s President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin is saying the same thing that you’ve read more than once here. In an interview to be printed in Friday’s Ha’aretz he’ll explain why he thinks that Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu’s rant against United States President Barack Obama is very bad news for Israel. In

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: August 6, 2015

August 6, 2015

Israeli cabinet approves 2015-16 state budget, defense budget still pending (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli cabinet approved the 2015-16 state budget bill in the early hours of Thursday morning, after a tumultuous marathon discussion that began on Wednesday afternoon. The budget was approved with a majority vote among Israel’s 20 government ministers. Defense Minister

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International, Middle East, USA

AIPAC disserves Jewish community by closing forum

August 5, 2015

SAN DIEGO (SDJW)– You won’t see any news report on San Diego Jewish World about the Iran nuclear pact discussion at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Wednesday evening, August 5, because it was closed to the media so that attendees “could feel comfortable” discussing their views, according to a spokesman for AIPAC that sponsored the discussion. On the one

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USA

Reactions differ to the death of innocents

August 5, 2015

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It is almost ghoulish to compare the deaths of children in war. They were not responsible for the situation in which they found themselves, and they did not deserve their fate. In a healthy society, such deaths are mourned without regard for the children’s nationality, or the politics and misdeeds

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

Middle East is a Third World region

August 5, 2015

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Commentators have long noted that Israel is a western outpost in the Muslim Middle East, and suffers accordingly. This column accepts such a designation, but begins with a slightly different perspective, and seeks to learn what is relevant for the here and now. The Middle East is not only Muslim, or nearly

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Netanyahu hurts Israel with anti N- pact campaign

August 5, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Raviv Drucker, commentator on Israel’s TV Channel 10 and a columnist in Ha’aretz, seems to me to be the best informed and most incisive commentator on Israeli politics. Speaking on the eve of Netanyahu’s appeal to American Jewry to help him defeat the Iran deal, Drucker suggested that we

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: August 5, 2015

August 5, 2015

Netanyahu lobbies against Iran deal in webcast with 10,000 Jewish leaders (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told North American Jewish leaders on Tuesday that the alternative to the Iran nuclear deal is “still no deal or a better deal—not war,” and that the “claim Israel wants war is not only wrong—it is outrageous.” “We

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International, Middle East, USA

Lowey, a Jewish Democrat, will oppose Iran N- deal

August 4, 2015

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Tuesday, August 4, announced her opposition to the P5+1 agreement with Iran in the following statement: “Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is an essential national security imperative. Since the nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries, I have reviewed its

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: August 4, 2015

August 4, 2015

Poll: 57% of Americans oppose Iran deal, 28% support it (JNS.org) A new poll conducted by Quinnipiac University in Connecticut found that 57 percent of American voters oppose the Iran nuclear deal, while 28 percent support it. According to the poll, which was published Monday, 58 percent of respondents believe the nuclear pact will make

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International, Middle East

Israeli leftist calls for binational state

August 4, 2015

By Jonah Naghi JERUSALEM–Dr. Jeff Halper is an American-Israeli anthropologist who is a co-founder and the director of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). In an interview he discussed how the approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be reframed. Some of the topics he discussed were the current situation in Gaza, his experience

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Middle East, USA

Jewish news briefs: August 3, 2015

August 3, 2015

Democratic leaders believe Iran deal secure in Congress (JNS.org) Democratic leaders in Congress believe that the Iran nuclear deal is secure despite nearly unanimous Republican opposition and intense lobbying efforts to defeat it. “More and more [House Democrats] have confirmed to me that they will be there to sustain the veto,” said House of Representatives

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International, Middle East, USA

Jewish trivia: Jonathan Pollard

August 3, 2015

By Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In 1985, while Jonathan Pollard was working as a civilian analyst for the Navy, he removed classified material from his workplace. Recognizing that he might be caught, Pollard had set up a secret code with his wife Anne to signal her to remove the classified information from their home if

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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Netanyahu must combat the ayatollahs within

August 3, 2015

By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — I’m still among those who don’t know if the Iran deal is as bad as many in Israel say it is or better than its alternatives, which retired big-wigs in the Israeli defense establishment seem to suggest. But it’s becoming increasingly clear that Prime Minister Netanyahu’s campaign against the

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Middle East

The Jonathan Pollard case in review

Rivlin believes Netanyahu hurts Israel

Jewish news briefs: August 6, 2015

AIPAC disserves Jewish community by closing forum

Reactions differ to the death of innocents

Middle East is a Third World region

Netanyahu hurts Israel with anti N- pact campaign

Jewish news briefs: August 5, 2015

Lowey, a Jewish Democrat, will oppose Iran N- deal

Jewish news briefs: August 4, 2015

Israeli leftist calls for binational state

Jewish news briefs: August 3, 2015

Jewish trivia: Jonathan Pollard

Netanyahu must combat the ayatollahs within

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