By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy to summarize the career and current standing of Benyamin Netanyahu. His seven years in two separate periods as Prime Minister make him the longest serving head of government except for the founding Prime Minister David ben Gurion, whose own two periods as prime minister amounted to 13 […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastReport: U.S. accuses Iran of violating nuclear sanctions (JNS.org) The U.S. informed a United Nations committee last month that Iran has been illicitly seeking to acquire components for its heavy-water reactor at Arak, Foreign Policy magazine reported Monday. According to the report, a U.S. delegation told the U.N. Security Council panel of experts monitoring sanctions
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International, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The following is the text of a joint statement issued December 8 by the United States of America and France. “Today, France and the United States have signed an agreement in Washington to establish a compensation fund for those Holocaust victims deported from France who had not been able to
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Jewish History, Middle East, USA
TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Friends of Israel Sci-Tech Schools has brought its first mission of board members and prominent supporters to survey the newest initiatives and niche institutions from the charter school network. This is the first time that a large group of donors toured the institutions, equipment, facilities and programs which they have
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USASANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Following last week’s UAW 2865 Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) vote, 22 education, civil rights and Jewish advocacy groups want to know whether University of California (UC) policies that prohibit UAW 2865 graduate student instructors from promoting BDS and anti-Israel, and often anti-Semitic, propaganda in the classroom also apply to
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
HAIFA, Israel (Press Release)– In the University of Haifa’s Community Ecology Lab, headed by Prof. Leon Blaustein, researchers have found a salamander tadpole which has two heads. Researchers at the lab, Dr Ori Segev and Antonina Plavikov, noted that while they had observed an incidence of deformity, especially among the limbs of salamanders, in the past
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
SAN FRANCISCO (Press Release)– Jim Joseph Foundation based here recently announced grant awards from its Fall 2014 Board meeting, totaling more than $5 million to a variety of Jewish education organizations. Grants were awarded to the Contemporary Jewish Museum, American Institutes for Research, Birthright Israel Foundation, and Kevah.The Foundation focuses on creating effective and compelling Jewish
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA
Story by Donald H. Harrison; Photos by Solange SAN DIEGO – With Islamist terrorism striking globally and Palestinians and their supporters attempting to intimidate Jewish college students across America, StandWithUs put together a multi-religious line-up of speakers Sunday evening, Dec. 7, whose message, taken in the aggregate, was that the Jewish community is not alone,
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USASyria, Iran, Russia condemn Israel over Damascus airstrikes (JNS.org) The Syrian government accused Israel of a “flagrant attack” in which the Jewish state allegedly bombed military targets in Damascus in airstrikes on Sunday. Reports indicate that the two targeted sites were weapons warehouses, one near the city’s international airport and another close to the Lebanese
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–At every General Election in Israel, especially in recent decades, the public has been looking for a Messiah (a term used by at least one commentator on Israeli politics) who would put right all the things that the previous government did wrong. People needed to express their disappointment with what came
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — In my opinion, the brilliant 20th century Eric Fromm ranks as one of the greatest psychologists and social prophets of the century. I would also add that Fromm must rank as one of the least appreciated Jewish philosophers of his time as well. One of
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday, Dec. 7, gave a speech at the Saban Forum hosted by the Brookings Institute. He discussed U.S. relations with various countries of the Middle East, including Israel. Following is a transcript of his remarks: It’s really a pleasure for me to be here. And
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Something has happened to Israeli politics since the late 1990’s. There has been a drop in the weight of the largest parties, as well as a decline in voter turnout. From the election of 1996 onward, the largest party in each election has received an average of 31 percent of the votes.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — Statement by Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman, of Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations: “The reports of Jonathan Pollard’s hospitalization, following his loss of consciousness underscores the need for immediate action for his release. It is regrettable and inexplicable that the Parole Board denied
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Middle East, USA