Compiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – The rumors and “not for attribution” comments are far outdistancing what U.S. officials have put on the record concerning President Barack Obama’s alleged anger with Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu for agreeing to speak before a Joint Session of Congress, now planned March 3. So let’s go […]
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, officials from the U.S. Consulate in East Jerusalem attended a Palestinian protest over Israel’s removal of olive trees illegally planted in the West Bank. Coordinated with the Palestinian Authority [PA] but not Israel, the Consulate personnel ended up clashing with Israelis living nearby. It was, perhaps, the
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Time for the old joke again. In the early days of Israel, when the country was in dire economic straits, it was suggested that the Jewish state should declare war against the United States. The Americans would win, of course, and thus be obliged to provide for Israel. That
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Middle East, USAMossad distances itself from report that it opposes new Iran sanctions (JNS.org) Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency distanced itself from a report that it opposes new American sanctions against Iran. Bloomberg News reported Thursday that Mossad Director Tamir Pardo told U.S. representatives visiting Israel this week that applying sanctions on Iran now, when negotiations on the
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International, Middle East, USABy Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — The Hebrew word “beyachad” (together) typifies the Israeli approach to innovating a better world. Israel and the US continue to move closer together economically. The Israel-US Binational Industrial Research and Development (BIRD) Foundation recently approved $8.3 million in new funding for 11 projects where US and Israeli companies are
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Two items that seem much different have in common a capacity to teach us something about politics. Politics, and the government associated with it is a messy business, even while essential to civilization. It ain’t easy to serve numerous and contrasting purposes at the same time, and a common result is
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USACompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Jewish members of Congress are fighting vigorously in the latest abortion battle between Republicans and Democrats. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Illinois) explained the controversy this way: “House Republicans planned to vote on the ‘Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act,’ this week, which proposed a 20-week abortion ban. However, Republican
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By Donald H. Harrison LA JOLLA, California –Pulitzer Prize winning columnist Bret Stephens suggested in a public dialogue with radio commentator Dennis Prager at Congregation Beth El that Jews are appreciated in America, a country where success is admired, but are reviled in Europe and the Arab world, where success is envied. Stephens, a columnist
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)— The sound of a bag of potato chips being torn open cuts through a darkened movie theater. The noise, in an otherwise silent space, pinpoints for all moviegoers exactly where the chips are being devoured. According to a new Tel Aviv University study, bats operate in a similar fashion. Bats, hunting
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Editor’s Note: The following article responds to a previous press release from the Zionist Organization of America. By Ken Bob NEW YORK — The Zionist Organization of America’s (ZOA) publicity department is working overtime in attempts to silence the voice of the leading progressive Zionist groups in America. Deploying sensational headlines, coupled with untruths and
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Middle East, USASatellite images reveal new long-range Iranian missile and launcher (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli satellite imaging company ImageSat released images from Iran revealing a new nuclear development site. The images show what appears to be a new missile launcher that stands 89 feet tall and is capable of launching a nuclear missile to Israel
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The election campaign in Israel is going from national to regional to global. The national manifests itself in customary campaign rhetoric, often in bad taste, such as Netanyahu’s ad using children in a nursery school to denigrate his political opponents. (A judge has now banned the ad and made
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Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –I’m on the email line with Paddy Hernon in Canada, and he’s giving me a brief introductory-level tutorial on the Hebrew language. As a teenager in the early 1960s, three days a week after regular school was over, I hopped on a yellow school bus with the designatation “United
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Middle EastHAIFA, Israel (Press Release)–Parents who very closely monitor their children’s Internet use in an attempt to reduce unsafe online behavior may actually be achieving the opposite effect, according to a new study conducted by University of Haifa researchers. “It seems that during adolescence, during which teens are seeking ways to achieve autonomy, overly restrictive monitoring
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