Middle East

Kerry praises Iran’s fatwa against nuclear weapons

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Press Release) — Meeting with reporters after his economic discussions with Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Saturday, March 14,  spoke about the “tough” and “intense” P5+1 nuclear negotiations with Iran that will resume on Sunday in Lausanne, Switzerland.  Here are excerpts from Kerry’s meeting with the […]

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Middle East, USA

Israeli Arabs, Palestinians diverge in views

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–An opinion poll published in Friday’s Yedioth Aharonoth  provides an insight into the Arab population of Israel. Along with surveys of Palestinians, it should be viewed with a bit more salt than is usually taken with survey research. Arabs are less inclined than us blabbermouth Jews and other westerners to reveal their attitudes

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Donald H. Harrison, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

The BDS movement and anti- Semitism

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org SANTA CRUZ, California — Last month, in a breathtaking display of anti-Semitism reminiscent of Nazi Germany, members of the student government at South Africa’s Durban University of Technology (DUT) called for the expulsion of all Jewish students from their campus. The very next day, halfway around the world, the student government at University of

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Jewish news briefs: March 13, 2015

IDF outlines defense of southern airport, braces for Islamic State-linked attack (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces—which is said to be preparing for the possibility of an Islamic State-linked terror attack along the Israel-Egypt border—is outlining its defense of the Timna Airport, the new international airport that is currently under construction in southern

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International, Middle East, USA

Bipartisan MC’s want terrorists off Twitter

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — This week, Members of Congress (MC’s) Rep. Ted Poe (R-Texas) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-California), senior members of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Ed Royce (R-California), Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, and Rep. Eliot Engel (D-New York), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee sent

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Middle East, USA

Greece’s PM speaks out against anti- Semitism

ATHENS (Press Release)– A senior American Jewish Committee (AJC) leadership group just concluded a two-day visit to Greece. The six-member delegation, led by AJC President Stanley Bergman and Executive Director David Harris, was joined by leaders of the Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece (KIS), an AJC partner organization, and Andrew Manatos, a prominent leader

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International, Middle East, USA

AMCHA praises student resolutions at UCLA, Berkeley

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, AMCHA Initiative co-founder and director, issued the following statement Thursday, March 12, after the UCLA student senate unanimously approved a resolution condemning antisemitism on Tuesday, and UC President Janet Napolitano and UC Regents Chair Bruce Varner publicly condemned campus antisemitism on Wednesday. The UC Berkeley student government passed a

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA