How My Grandmother Prevented a Civil War, by Haggai Segal, Gefen Publishing, 2014 By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO — Haggai Segal’s grandparents immigrated to Palestine in the mid 1920’s. They fell in love with the land though the living conditions were difficult; often with no electricity, no running water, malaria, famine, hostile Arab neighbors as […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re in the headlines again. Every day there are violent demonstrations on the borders of several Arab neighborhoods. “Violence” means stones, fireworks, and fire bombs thrown at the ranks of Border Police, who respond with tear gas, stun grenades, rubber bullets and real bullets on occasion. There have been Palestinian
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel –Before our very eyes, the U.S. is shifting alliances in the Middle East. For decades, American foreign policy in the region was anchored by relationships with Israel, Egypt, the UAE (United Arab Emirates), and Saudi Arabia. That has changed under the Obama administration. Since the president’s first foreign speech
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Speaking at the inaugural Israeli American Council (IAC) National Conference, former Presidential candidate Gov. Mitt Romney blasted President Obama for his Iran policy and recent secret letter to Iranian leaders, saying he was “stunned” the administration would attempt to connect with a “rogue” state. “That the president would write a letter
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – EL AL Israel Airlines and JetBlue Airways have signed a code share agreement, providing travelers to Israel with expanded options and easier connections. Travelers living in 38 cities in the U.S.A. can now experience convenient connections to their EL AL nonstop flight to/from Israel. Luggage is automatically transferred between the JetBlue and
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Middle East, Travel and Food, USABEVERLY HILLS, California (Press Release)– Over $33 million was raised at the annual Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF) Western Region Gala Wednesday night, Jun 6, breaking all records at the event where more than 1,200 supporters from the United States and Israel gathered to support the brave men and women of the IDF. Those
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Middle East, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (Tazpit)– Over 30,000 U.S. citizens living in Israel cast their vote in this week’s U.S. elections. iVoteIsrael, the leading organization facilitating the ability of Americans in Israel to vote in US elections, has successfully completed its 2014 campaign making voting from Israel more accessible to as many Americans in Israel as
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JERUSALEM (WJC)–The European Union’s new foreign policy chief, Federica Mogherini, has made her first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories. “It is true that never has the situation been more dangerous in this area, but this could also bring some opportunities in terms of regional framework,” she said at a joint press conference
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International, Middle EastTop U.S. general: Israel ‘went to extraordinary lengths’ to limit Gaza casualties (JNS.org) Gen. Martin Dempsey, America’s highest-ranking military officer as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Thursday that Israel “went to extraordinary lengths to limit collateral damage and civilian casualties” during its summer war with the Hamas terrorist group in Gaza. Dempsey’s
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Middle EastTEL AVIV (Press Release) — The dreaded scratch or puncture test is the most common way of assessing allergic reactions to as many as 40 different substances at once. But because the test involves needles that prick multiple points along the skin’s surface, it’s a particularly high-stress examination for children — and their understandably anxious parents.
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationBy Ehud Amiton HEBRON, Israel (Tazpit) –Border Guard policemen on routine patrol in the Hebron casbah on Wednesday, Nov. 5, identified a Palestinian boy lying unconscious on the floor. A police officer and a paramedic team quickly ran to the boy, while reporting the incident and calling for additional medical help. Early examination of
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (WJC) — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday rejected calls from right-wing lawmakers and ministers to lift restrictions on Jews praying on Jerusalem’s Temple Mount, insisting there would be no change in its status quo. The site – which includes the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock, both also revered by Muslims
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Middle EastReport: Obama sent letter on Islamic State to Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei (JNS.org) U.S. President Barack Obama reportedly sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in mid-October expressing their shared interest in the fight against Islamic State jihadists in Syria and Iraq. The Wall Street Journal reported that the letter—which left Israel
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–What’s in it for Israelis? Israeli issues were by no means the whole of what was considered by something like 100 million overwhelmingly non-Jewish voters. Israeli interests may not have been critical in any of the House or Senate races, or mattered even a great deal, but they were in there somewhere.
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