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JCRC condemns anti-Israel demonstration in Oakland

August 18, 2014

OAKLAND, California (Press Release) — The Jewish Community Relations Council issued a statement condemning anti-Israel demonstrations conducted by Palestinian sympathizers at the Port of Oakland against the Israeli owned Zim ship Piraeus. The Council statement said: “This past weekend, demonstrators turned out at the Port of Oakland with the offensive and polarizing message that “Zionism […]

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Middle East, USA

Britain growing increasingly anti- Semitic

August 18, 2014

By Lloyd Levy LONDON, England –I actually never thought I would have to write an article like this, from the green and pleasant land of England. However it is becoming quite frightening to be a Jew in UK. What is so remarkable is how quickly it all appears to have happened. One can now start

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International, Lloyd Levy, Middle East

Ruckus in Britain over foods from Israel

August 18, 2014

LONDON (WJC) — Anti-Israel demonstrators in Britain attacked police and threw food products on the floor while calling on a local supermarket to stop selling Israeli goods. The protest occurred on Saturday at a Tesco supermarket in Birmingham, the newspaper ‘Daily Telegraph’ reported. A day later, a London outlet of the supermarket chain Sainsbury’s removed

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International, Middle East

Current ceasefire to elapse on Monday, Aug. 18

August 17, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – The current ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is to end Monday, Aug. 18, at midnight, and there is no clear indication whether the ceasefire will be extended again, whether an agreement will be reached or will Hamas renew its rocket attacks on Israeli civilian targets. As the Israeli delegation

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Inside Israel’s U.N. delegation and PM’s office

August 17, 2014

Shut up, I’m Talking….and Other Diplomacy Lessons I Learned in the Israeli Government by Gregory Levey. By Sheila Orysiek SAN DIEGO–A young Jewish university student from Toronto finds himself, at the request of the Israeli Delegation, occupying a seat representing the State of Israel in the General Assembly of the United Nations. A vote begins

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International, Middle East

Time for the west to use the ‘I’ word?

August 15, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Two recent articles emerge from IDF’s operating in Gaza, and concern the tensions between Israel and other western democracies, most notably the United States. An item in the Wall Street Journal comes with the provocative headline, “Gaza Crisis: Israel Outflanks the White House on Strategy.” Could it possibly mean that

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Perhaps it’s better when Obama is not engaged

August 15, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Google “president disengaged” and 1,290,000 entries pop up. Okay, fair enough. Google is not the best way to take the measure of President Obama’s active engagement in the workings of the world. So note that today, Friday, Aug. 15, is the funeral of Maj. Gen. Harold Greene,

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Researchers find nano-vehicle to deliver cancer drugs

August 14, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Combination therapies, or “drug cocktails,” are part and parcel of modern anti-cancer treatments today. The more researchers learn about cancer and its surreptitiously lethal impact on the body, the more urgent the need to diversify the arsenal at clinicians’ disposal. To that end, Prof. Ronit Satchi-Fainaro, and doctoral students Hemda Baabur-Cohen

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

The battle over a Gaza seaport and airport

August 14, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The New York Times Israel correspondent, Jodi Rudoren, is dreaming along with Hamas of a seaport in Gaza. One can imagine that Thomas Friedman, Roger Cohen, and a few others from that otherwise distinguished newspaper are nodding in agreement. The editors gave the article considerable space with a large picture.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Gaza War has hurt both sides; peace will help them

August 13, 2014

By J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Forty-four years ago, an official of the Israel Government Press Office took me on a tour of the West Bank, which had been named by the Jordanians to contrast it to Jordan, the East Bank, a few years before the Jordanians were kicked out of the West

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Austrian Jewish leaders make solidarity visit to Israel

August 13, 2014

VIENNA (WJC)- The president of the Austrian Jewish Community, Oskar Deutsch, this week led a delegation of 10 Austrians on a solidarity mission to the south of Israel. The area for years has been under constant rocket fire from Hamas and other terrorist organizations in Gaza and suffered greatly in the recent round of fighting.

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International, Middle East

Cuomo, N.Y. delegation, visit Israel

August 13, 2014

By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM (TNA) – A contingent of New York government officials and businessmen are spending three days in Israel on a unity visit this week. The bi-partisan delegation, which include Governor of New York State, Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Co-Leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver arrived in Israel

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Middle East, USA

Tel Aviv U pioneers new test for ADHD

August 13, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is the most commonly diagnosed — and misdiagnosed — behavioral disorder in children in America, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Unfortunately, there are currently no reliable physiological markers to diagnose ADHD. Doctors generally diagnose the disorder by recording a medical and social

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Another 338 immigrate from North America to Israel

August 12, 2014

TEL AVIV (Press Release) – Despite tensions surrounding the war in Gaza, 338 new Olim (immigrants) from the United States and Canada arrived in Israel on Tuesday morning, August 12, on an Aliyah charter flight to Israel. The special Nefesh B’Nefesh flight was organized in cooperation with the Ministry of Aliyah and Immigrant Absorption and

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Middle East, USA

JCRC condemns anti-Israel demonstration in Oakland

Britain growing increasingly anti- Semitic

Ruckus in Britain over foods from Israel

Current ceasefire to elapse on Monday, Aug. 18

Inside Israel’s U.N. delegation and PM’s office

Time for the west to use the ‘I’ word?

Perhaps it’s better when Obama is not engaged

Researchers find nano-vehicle to deliver cancer drugs

The battle over a Gaza seaport and airport

Gaza War has hurt both sides; peace will help them

Austrian Jewish leaders make solidarity visit to Israel

Cuomo, N.Y. delegation, visit Israel

Tel Aviv U pioneers new test for ADHD

Another 338 immigrate from North America to Israel

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