Poll: 64% of Israeli Jews say election won’t swing peace process with Palestinians (JNS.org) Almost two-thirds of Israeli Jews (64 percent) believe that the peace process with the Palestinians will not advance no matter which political party forms Israel’s next government, according to the newly released monthly Peace Index poll by the Israel Democracy Institute […]
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The latest news for those dreaming of a Palestinian state is the refusal of the United List, a group of four largely Arab parties, to sign an agreement with Meretz to provide to one of them the excess votes left over to each after the parceling out via Israel’s system of Proportional
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USABy Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California –They may not agree on much politically, especially about Israel and the Palestinians, but members of the Muslim Student Association and the Union of Jewish Students at UCSD are planning to regularly eat together in 2016 in a common dining hall that will offer both kosher and halal
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationRepublican senators warn Iran that nuclear deal with Obama can be revoked (JNS.org) A group of 47 Republican U.S. senators wrote an open letter to Iran explaining that any deal signed by President Barack Obama is merely an executive agreement if it does not include Senate approval, and that such a deal can be revoked
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International, Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— Narcoleptics suffer from bouts of sleepiness and sleep attacks, which impair their ability to function in daily life. But the precise cause of narcolepsy has long eluded scientists, and the cure for the devastating neurological disorder afflicting an estimated three million people worldwide — and one in 3,000 Americans — remains
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM– Meir Dagan – Israel’s former spy chief and now one of the prime minister’s most relentless adversaries – probably went too far when he told the 40,000 or so demonstrators in Tel Aviv last Saturday night who called for government change that Netanyahu is a greater menace to Israel than
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JERUSALEM (WJC) — An international conference addressing the question of why more was not done by the Allied Powers to save Jews during the Holocaust will be held at the in Jerusalem next week, bringing together scholars from five countries. Topics to be discussed will include ‘Could the Allies have bombed Auschwitz?’, ‘Chinese reponses to the
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department issued the following statement on March 9, the eighth anniversary of Robert Levinson’s disappearance: We ask the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran to work cooperatively with us on the investigation into Robert Levinson’s disappearance so we can ensure his safe return. Mr. Levinson went missing from
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BEER-SHEVA, Israel (Press Release) – Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) and Arizona State University (ASU) have expanded their partnership with a new joint research agreement. The expanded collaboration will establish new research initiatives as well as student exchanges. The two universities will collaborate in a number of areas, including cyber security, homeland security, nanotechnology, robotics, community
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu made the following remarks at his weekly Cabinet meeting on Sunday, March 8: Following my speech to Congress, we heard – over the weekend – several of the major powers’ foreign ministers saying that they do not see the need to reach an agreement forthwith and that they
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Emeritus Professor Moshe Sharon of the Hebrew University famously lectured on negotiations in the Middle East. He wrote: “To achieve their goal, the Arabs took to the battlefield and to bazaar diplomacy. The most important rule in the bazaar is that if the vendor knows that you desire
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I am not a great fan of looking far ahead of where we are. There are too many possibilities capable of foiling the most carefully plotted scenarios. A small country is especially vulnerable to who knows how many outside occurences, including the unexpected. That is doubly so in the chaotic
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In a country where women are conscripted into the army one would expect gender equality in all spheres of public life, but it’s not like that in Israel. In anticipation of International Women’s Day on March 8, the subject has been discussed in the media. The forthcoming election has provided something
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