By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — I began my previous article with the statement that “Operation Protective Edge appears to be winding down… .” So I’m not completely surprised that the three-day ceasefire was just one of several that Hamas has used to regroup without fear of Israeli interference. The situation Prime Minister Bibi […]
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In a TV interview on the Lebanese Mayadeen TV channel, Muhammad Zeidan, the recently resigned head of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel and an Israeli citizen, came out in support of Hamas, saying: “The missiles fired from Gaza constitute self-defense,” according to MEMRI’s (Middle East Media
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One should applaud, perhaps with one hand, the wisdom shown by Barack Obama in his efforts to withdraw the United States from active involvement in the Middle East. At the same time, we should note that he is at least partly responsible for the present chaos. That Nobel Peace Prize
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –There are limits of what military might can accomplish. It’s a lesson well known to Americans as well as Israelis. Israel can kill a million Gazans, but if there are a few thousand Muslim fanatics among those left it won’t matter. Fanatics elsewhere will do what they can to provide them
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Larry Wilske, California Congressional candidate and retired Command Master Chief of SEAL Team Seven, issued a statement on Friday, August 8, calling for solidarity in support of Israel. Wilske is a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams. He served with distinction on SEAL Teams SDV-1, Three and Seven and oversaw
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By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This week we have a have guest columnist, my daughter, Margalit Rosenthal. Margalit wrote an excellent column about her recent experience staffing Birthright in Israel during Israel’s war with Hamas. It is reprinted below with her permission. {Margalit Rosenthal works for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles,
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Middle EastBy Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — For 72 hours, the guns, rockets and bombs fell silent, and the people of Gaza and southern Israel finally had a brief respite from the horrific violence of the past month. With the resumption of rocket fire from Gaza at the very moment the cease-fire expired Friday morning, August
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Middle EastATHENS (WJC) – The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, KIS, condemned the bristling anti-Semitism that has washed into the Greek press since the beginning of Israel’s operation “Protective Edge” in Gaza. “We are deeply concerned about the unexpected outburst of historical-like articles, inspired by the age-old traditional racist propaganda, that are purely
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International, Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – The 72 hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to end Friday morning at 8 a.m., and Hamas is threatening to renew its rocket fire on Israeli civilian targets at its conclusion. Hamas spokesman Moussa Abu Marzouk stated that “there is no agreement on the extension of the
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Middle EastIDF chief vows ‘stability here for many years to come’ (JNS.org) “Indeed, the summer here is hot. Autumn will follow and the fields will turn green. … There will be stability here for many years to come,” Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday, referring to the return to normalcy
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– With official representatives of Israel and Hamas indirectly negotiating a ceasefire agreement in Cairo on Wednesday, August 6,, Americans for Peace Now (APN) is strongly urging the government of Israel, the Obama administration, and all stakeholders in Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts to bring the PLO and the Palestinian Authority – the
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Middle EastBy Daniel Sokatch JERUSALEM — I am so grateful for the news that a ceasefire is currently in place — that the fighting appears to be over. I know you join me in the prayer that it continues to hold and that diplomatic efforts will stop fighting from breaking out once again. As the situation
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Middle EastBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Now that Operation Protective Edge appears to be winding down, Secretary of State Kerry again feels the need to reach a “bigger, broader approach to a two-state solution.” One would think that the United States, Israel’s closest ally and the supposed leading Western power, would have learned
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Unconditionally, and in the name of my Jewish faith: I pray that the Gaza ceasefire endures because I am deeply uncomfortable and aggrieved with the civilian carnage that has accumulated in the region. The first thing we all need to bring to the table before the children of
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Jewish Religion, Middle East