By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It seems like a head to head competition, verbal and political combat, with one of the participants vastly outweighing the other in the resources that usually determine such outcomes. Nobody in the world has been more powerful than the President of the United States since the end of World War […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The current news is full of smart Israeli solutions that benefit the world. It also contains many examples of smart countries, companies and individuals that have recognized this important role of the Jewish State. Israeli biotech SynVaccine is developing smart, safe synthetic vaccines from the tissue of the recipient’s
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationIsraeli-developed cancer drug found to effectively treat autoimmune baldness (JNS.org) Researchers from Israel’s Hadassah Medical Center who gave a patient a cancer drug that is being studied as a possible treatment for rheumatoid arthritis discovered that the drug is also effective in treating alopecia areata, the autoimmune disease that causes baldness. In most cases of
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— With obesity on the rise in households across America, the demand for weight-loss treatments, personal trainers, and lifestyle coaches is amping up. But when it comes to physical fitness, the best incentive to get in shape might be the very person sitting across from you at the dinner table. New research
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Lloyd Levy LONDON, England — The Ghost of Neville Chamberlain? The situation in Yemen has not really attracted the attention it deserves in the mainstream media. However it is incredibly serious, for it’s potential strategic implications. Yemen controls the southern entrance to the entire Red Sea, and hence the traffic through the Suez Canal. It
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International, Lloyd Levy, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The fact that both Prime Minister Netanyahu and Leader of the Opposition Herzog say that they won’t sit in the same government doesn’t mean that it won’t happen. While Netanyahu’s team is negotiating with Likud’s “natural partners” – in addition to the two Orthodox parties, Bennett’s Habayit Hayehudi
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What South Korea, Japan, and Israel have in common is some considerable degree of dependence on the United States, reinforced by pledges of unfaltering loyalty. South Vietnam might also be added to the list, but with a difference. The US paid a high price for its defense, but was not
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USASen. Schumer defies Obama and backs Iran nuclear review bill (JNS.org) Senator Chuck Schumer (D-New York) has broken with President Barack Obama and says he will back a bill that will allow Congress to review the Iran nuclear framework deal announced last week. “This is a very serious issue that deserves careful consideration, and I
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International, Middle East, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — In 1998, despite the fact that Israel was called an “illegal state” and a “parasite” by Iranian president Mohammad Khatami, there was a controversy when it was reported that Israel and Iran were in fact involved in some type of business dealings. What was the controversy? (1)California pistachio growers were unhappy
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Mark D. Zimmerman, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireIran transfers tens of millions to Hamas to rebuild terror tunnels (JNS.org) Iran has transferred tens of millions of dollars to Hamas to help the Palestinian terror group rebuild its network of tunnels destroyed by Israel during last summer’s Gaza war, according to a report in the U.K.’s Telegraph on Sunday. Citing intelligence sources, The
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International, Middle East, USAHAIFA (Press Release)–In light of Anonymous’ threat to mount a massive cyber-attack and electronic Holocaust on Israel next week, a group of cyber terror researchers at the University of Haifa warn that cyber terrorism does not end with minor internet disruptions. Rather cyber terror poses an extremely serious threat. “If civilians cannot protect themselves from
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–It isn’t yet a deal, but an oral recitation of principles. That there isn’t something to be signed is potentially significant, to be tested over the next 80 days or so during which the agreement is supposed to be finalized. Among what we hear is that the Farsi version does not square
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — You cannot read about the agreement with Iran in Israel without having countless questions. Here are some: Is Lausanne 2015 like Munich 1938 and worse? It’s impossible to listen to Prime Minister Netanyahu and the clones who speak on his behalf without asking this question. And it’s equally impossible
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Twenty six American citizens have filed a war crimes complaint with the United States Attorney General, asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to prosecute senior Hamas officials for their perpetration of war crimes during the past summer’s Gaza War. The Americans allege that Palestinian terrorists intentionally launched rockets at Israel’s Ben-Gurion
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