Middle East

State Dept. provides over $1m for activism in Israel

By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — The controversial New Israel Fund and its social change and political lobbying organization known as SHATIL, have received more than $1 million from the State Department under a program designed to create political change, reform, and activism in the Middle East. The government program, Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), has […]

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Edwin Black, Middle East, USA

Knesset goes solar; Israel’s parliament ‘greenest’

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — With nearly 50 years of history behind Israel’s parliament building, the Classical stone structure has seen countless historical changes and events. But a new kind of revolution is making its way through the halls of the Israeli parliament with the “Green Knesset Project,” a unique environmentally friendly initiative spearheaded

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

A Rube Goldberg Pesach from Technion to you

HAIFA (SDJW)– Imaginative students at the Technion in Haifa found a Rube Goldberg way of retelling the Passover story, using various forms of mechanical force to illustrate the highlights that we Jews retell when we read our Haggadahs.  Our thanks to our frequent contributor and book reviewer, Dr. Fred Reiss of Winchester, California, for spotting

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Fred Reiss, EdD, Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Trivia, Humor & Satire

Israel releases revenues collected for P.A.

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Israel’s decision to release the tax revenues it had been withholding from the Palestinian Authority was greeted warmly in Congress on Friday, March 27. U.S. Rep. Nita Lowey (D-New York) commented: “I commend Prime Minister Netanyahu for his decision to release withheld Palestinian tax revenue.  This is a constructive step, and I hope

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Middle East, USA

Pro- Israel advocates develop strategies at conference

By J.J. Surbeck SAN DIEGO — This past weekend I was privileged to attend and participate in a conference organized by StandWithUs in Los Angeles. Entitled “Combating the Boycott Movement Against Israel (BDS) – Understanding the BDS Movement’s Strategies and Tactics,” it turned out to be a fantastic experience. What was unique about it (it’s

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Middle East, USA

Amnesty Int’l says Israel and Hamas guilty of war crimes

LONDON (WJC)–Palestinian armed groups committed war crimes by indiscriminately firing rockets at civilians in Israel during the conflict between Israel and Hamas last summer, the Amnesty International is alleging in a report published on Thursday, March 26. This is the first report by the London-based human rights organization that specifically focuses on Palestinian rocket fire from Gaza.

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International, Middle East

U.S. must learn from ‘hybrid’ Gaza conflict

By Lt. Gen. William Caldwell, USA (Ret.)  MILLEDGEVILLE, Georgia (JINSA)–The US military must be prepared to confront hybrid threats, best defined as non-state entities equipped with advanced weapons normally associated with conventional militaries. These non-state entities routinely co-locate command centers and other military targets in urban environments and deliberately endanger civilians to generate sympathy and support

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Middle East, USA