By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It ain’t easy deciding about the upcoming Israel election. First one should decide if you want to influence what the next government does, or find a party (or a party leader or some other individual) who comes closest to your political ideal. If you are looking for an ideal candidate […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
NEW YORK (Press Release)–Offering Diaspora Jewry the chance to directly impact upon issues relating to Israel and the broader Jewish world, elections are now underway for the US delegation to the 37th World Zionist Congress. Members of the American Jewish community are encouraged to register and vote. “This election is a unique opportunity for American
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The debate in Congress over the overlapping issues of Iran sanctions and the invitation to Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to talk to a Joint Session of Congress have prompted two Jewish senators to offer a compromise resolution on Iran, and a Jewish member of the House to suggest that
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Middle East, USATEL AVIV (Press Release)—The night before the Israel Defense Forces’ 1976 mission rescuing over 200 hostages from hijackers in Entebbe, Uganda, Tel Aviv University’s Prof. Pinhas Alpert, then head of an Israel Air Force base forecasting unit, provided intelligence that was critical to the success of the operation — the weather conditions commandos were likely
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — For many of us who happen to be Tom Brady football fans, we read the story about Brady’s alleged deflated football. For those of you unfamiliar with what practical difference this all makes, bear in mind that an under-inflated ball, the legend goes, is easier to
What’s really deflated? Obama’s foreign policy! Read More »
International, Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USABy Yotam Rozenwald JERUSALEM (Tazpit) — Since the passing of the Governance bill legislation on March 11, 2014, new alignments have appeared in Israeli politics. The legislation raised the electoral threshold from 2% to 3.25% of the votes. By doing so, it created a strong incentive for parties and politicians to unite their efforts and combine
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — In his State of the Union address, President Obama forcefully announced he would not accept “a nuclear-armed Iran.” This reflects his view that the only objectionable element of Iran’s behavior would be acquisition and possible use of such weapons. This is conveniently narrow. While the ability to produce nuclear
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAAri Ne’eman, disability self-advocate on a national stage, awarded $100K inclusion prize (JNS.org) Disability self-advocate Ari Ne’eman, a member of the President’s National Council on Disability, on Monday was named the recipient of the second annual Morton E. Ruderman Award in Inclusion, a $100,000 prize from the Boston and Israel-based Ruderman Family Foundation (RFF) that
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International, Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The American Jewish Committee (AJC) congratulated Alexis Tsipras, head of the Syriza political party, which convincingly won Greece’s national elections on Sunday, Jan. 25. Tsipras will serve as prime minister in the next government, succeeding Prime Minister Antonis Samaras. “Greece continues to face enormous economic and social challenges that will engage the incoming
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International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — The New York Times editorialized that the recently scheduled, third speech by Prime Minister Netanyahu to Congress will harm US-Israel ties. The Times of Israel quoted a White House spokesman that “Netanyahu spat in our face.” What’s the furor about? After all, Netanyahu is not the first foreign statesman
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—The flap over House Speaker John Boehner’s invitation to Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu to speak before a Joint Session of Congress, and the latter’s acceptance, without either man checking with President Barack Obama first, was a point of discussions on the Sunday morning television news shows. On CBS’s Face
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, at the start of his weekly Cabinet meeting, explained why he has accepted the invitation from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner, to address a joint session of Congress. Here is the text of his remarks: “In the coming weeks, the major powers are liable
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–In the post-World II Poland of my childhood it was dangerous for Jews – as it had been before the Holocaust – to walk in the streets lest thugs attacked them. That’s why I wasn’t sent to a local school when we returned from the Soviet Union in 1946 but had
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The UN may do good somewhere, but the case would take some convincing. Its people are spread throughout the Third World. All told, they are probably not worse than the governments they are meant to help. We often see UN vehicles and personnel in our neighborhood. They are here to help the
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