By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — By all accounts, all political parties that can afford it use polls; they may publish only those that benefit their campaigns, but they study all of them very carefully. Commenting on results that appear elsewhere, often in newspapers, politicians who’re doing badly are anxious to tell us not to take […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– There are many–some of them well placed, and some of them Jews–who feel that on the short list of the most worthy causes is to create a Palestinian state and to downsize Israel, perhaps down to the size of nothing. Against them are several instances that question such grand aims, either
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)–On Monday evening, February 23, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin paid a condolence visit to the parents of Adele Biton, 4, the toddler who was critically injured by a Palestinian rock attack on her family’s car two years ago, and passed away last week from respiratory complications from a lung infection. “I
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday, Feb. 24, issued a statement in advance of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address to Congress on March 3. Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director, who plans to attend the prime minister’s speeches to both AIPAC and to members of Congress, said: While the original decision by
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JERUSALEM (SDJW) — Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu greeted Monday’s decision in a federal district court in New York City to find the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization liable for hundreds of millions of dollars in damages to the victims of bombings and other attacks during the Second Intifada with the following comment: The US
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Many Israelis and others are worried that Prime Minister Netanyahu has created a crisis in relations with the American president, and by extension, with the United States. But disagreements between Israel and its chief ally have been common ever since Israel declared its independence in 1948. It can
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)— There are no effective available treatments for sufferers of Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most aggressive and devastating form of brain tumor. The disease, always fatal, has a survival rate of only 6-18 months. Now a new Tel Aviv University study may offer hope to the tens of thousands diagnosed with gliomas
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Congressman Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee) on Tuesday issued the following statement regarding his decision not to attend Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned address to Congress next week: As a supporter of the state of Israel and a Jewish American, I have been placed in a difficult position regarding the anticipated speech of Prime
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LONDON (WJC) — The World Jewish Congress on Monday hosted a luncheon in London in honor of Qiu Yuanping, the Chinese minister in charge of Overseas Chinese Affairs. Robert Singer, the WJC’s CEO, headed the WJC’s delegation. Also in attendance were the head of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, WJC Vice-President VivianWineman, the
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International, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release) – Six Olim (immigrants) from English-speaking countries who have made a major impact on the State of Israel were awarded the 2015 Nefesh B’Nefesh Bonei Zion Prize. The honorees include: Professor Charles Sprung, Director of the General Intensive Care Unit at Hadassah Medical Organization – in the field of Science and Medicine; Jon Medved,
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International, Middle East, USAFormer Democratic senator Joe Lieberman supports Netanyahu’s Congress speech (JNS.org) Former Connecticut senator and Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Lieberman called on members of Congress to attend Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s speech about Iran’s nuclear program on March 3. Lieberman, a Shabbat-observant Jew, wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published Monday that the 23
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International, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Portrayed mainly as a tiff between President Obama and Prime Minister Netanyahu, the U.S.-Israel divide over how to deal with Iran’s nuclear program is much more serious and dates to the 1980s. It reflects the difference in each country’s margin of error. President Obama has only widened an existing divide
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)– Top U.S. Latino Media and Entertainment leaders are visiting Israel this week in a pioneering initiative to explore joint ventures, scout location sites, and share best practices with their Israeli counterparts. The group is hosted by AJC’s Project Interchange and AJC’s Belfer Institute for Latino and Latin American Affairs (BILLA), in partnership with
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Middle East, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gotten himself in a deep hole. He and his ambassador to Washington, Ron Dermer, had arranged with Speaker of the House, John Boehner, for him to address both Houses of Congress early in March. Twice before, prime ministers of Israel had the
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