Middle East

JNS news briefs: December 25, 2014

Iran warns Western powers against ‘illegitimate demands’ in nuclear talks (JNS.org) Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned Western countries against making “humiliating, illegitimate demands” in the ongoing negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program. “I am confident that a comprehensive agreement is within reach,” Zarif wrote in separate letters to Western counterparts, the Mehrnews agency […]

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Middle East

Analyzing Europe’s Middle East bias

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –What is Palestinianism? According to journalist Ben Cohen, anti-Semitism has become less a political phenomenon, and more a social movement, with what he calls “Palestinianism” as its key ideology: “Palestinian Arabs have assumed the status of iconic, transcendental victims, as the Jews did for a brief period after World

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International, Middle East, Steve Kramer

APN: U.S. should support French U.N. resolution

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Americans for Peace Now (APN) on Wednesday reiterated its call on the Obama administration to support French-led efforts to gain consensus around a United Nations Security Council laying out terms of reference and a timeline for Israeli-Palestinian, two-state negotiations. APN urged the Obama administration to reject efforts to delay such a resolution until

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International, Middle East, USA

Poor P-R campaign caused distrust of vaccine

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — The issue of vaccination hesitancy and refusal often makes headlines in the media and worries health authorities. However, a new study by Dr. Anat Gesser-Edelsburg, Dr. Yaffa Shir-Raz and Prof. Manfred  S. Green  from University of Haifa, School  of Public Health,  published in the Journal of Risk Research suggests that even

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

A Kuwaiti Muslim’s journey to Chanukah

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit) –When Mark Halawa lights his family’s menorah during Chanukah, it is not without recalling his unique journey as a Kuwaiti Muslim to Orthodox Judaism. The 38-year-old businessman, who lives today in Jerusalem with his wife and family, keeping Shabbat and kosher dietary laws, began his journey 12 years ago in Canada.

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Jewish Religion, Middle East

Livni, Kerry ploy backfires to Netanyahu’s benefit

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Entry to politics does not require a test of intelligence, or even political savvy. The best most recent evidence appears in reports associated with Tsipi Livni and John Kerry. Livni–along with Shimon Peres–advised John Kerry to postpone action on the Palestinians’ request of the UN Security Council to grant it statehood

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA