WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement Wednesday on the videotaped beheading of American journalist James Foley by an ISIL terrorist. James Foley went to the darkest of places to shine the light of truth. Nothing could stop him from sharing with the world the reality of what
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are seeing, once again, the problems in dealing with amorphous organizations that are not states, but have the means to make others miserable. The classic conception of a state is a body that possesses a monopoly of force, and controls what happens in its name and within its borders.
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– Since Tuesday night, August 19, Hamas rockets have struck throughout southern Israel, with one directly hitting a home in Ashkelon Wednesday and a shopping mall Tuesday The armed Abdul Qader Husseini Brigades of the Fatah movement to which the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas belongs, claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Michael Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL), currently controls about one-third of Iraq. It is a combination of: • A non-al-Qaeda revival of the al-Qaeda-sponsored Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) organization that tried to take
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel (Press Release)–“No more talking, shoot,” says Nachman Shai, a former IDF general who is currently a dovish Member of Knesset. A respected Ph.D. in political science and communications, Shai was the IDF spokesman during the Gulf War of 1991. In a similar vein, Amos Oz, the famous, dovish Israeli
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Middle East, Steve KramerWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Department of State announced on Tuesday, August 19, the designation of the Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity under section 1(b) of Executive
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Middle East, USANY Post editorial slams Obama’s ‘unforgivable’ Israel policy (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A New York Post editorial published Sunday slammed the Obama administration for its recent Israel policy. Headed “Obama deserts an ally in wartime,” the editorial said, “What kind of ally refuses to send you desperately needed weapons when you’re smack in the middle
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes the proposed United Nations inquiry designed to identify alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, which is to be led by a veteran Israel-hater, William Schabas. The proposed inquiry, called into being by the anti-Israel United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), is designed to
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International, Middle EastBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Just as World War I didn’t prove to be “the war to end all wars,” the 20th century didn’t turn out to be when the nearly unimaginable brutality and indescribable evil represented by German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime was definitively laid to rest The evil is back. Big-time.
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Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USABy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — Terrorists from Gaza fired three long-range rockets at the Beer Sheva area Tuesday afternoon, August 19, thus ending the 8-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. No terror organization has yet to claim responsibility for the attack. An IDF spokesman confirmed that the three rockets fell in open areas,
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –We’re at a junction, as complex as any where two or three major highways come together, with too many signs to be anything other than confusing, On Tuesday, Aug. 19, we were still in a limping forward cease fire, with confusing signals from Palestinians and Israelis about their willingness to accept
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
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, USABy 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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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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