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A primer on Israel’s presidential hopefuls

May 13, 2014

By Alina Dain Sharon/JNS.org Israeli President Shimon Peres is retiring in July, capping a seven-year term and a nearly seven-decade political career in the Jewish state. After replacing disgraced former President Moshe Katzav, who was convicted of rape in 2007, the younger-than-his-years Peres turned the largely ceremonial role of Israeli president into a pseudo-ambassadorial position, […]

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Middle East

Former PM Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison

May 13, 2014

TEL AVIV (WJC) — A district court on Tuesday sentenced former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to six years in prison for bribery and handed him a fine of US$ 290,000. Olmert’s spokesman said he would appeal to the Supreme Court and ask to be freed on bail until it had ruled. Olmert maintains his innocence. The former Kadima and Likud politician and ex-mayor

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Middle East

Meeting a talent on the trail of the arts

May 13, 2014

By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel — As anyone who regularly attends events at the Jerusalem Theatre knows, it’s difficult to find a good parking place for one’s car there. The solution that works best for us is to get there well ahead of time. The problem then is, what do you do with all

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Abbas tells Peres, Indyk one thing, Netanyahu another

May 12, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — In democracies with strong institutions, individuals do not generally make major decisions. They come from parties, organizations, and governmental bodies, with the oversight of courts that are designed to neutralize the egos and policy preferences of those claiming leadership. Yet personalities are part of the process, and can get in

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Iran gains momentum, dollars in interim deal with West

May 12, 2014

By Ambassador Eric Edelman & Ambassador Dennis Ross Co-Chairs, Gemunder Center Iran Task Force WASHINGTON, D.C. — More than three months since the implementation of the interim deal with Iran over its nuclear program, formally known as the Joint Plan of Action (JPA), we thought it valuable to offer an assessment of the impact of the agreement.

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International, Middle East

Adelson changes the face of Israeli journalism

May 12, 2014

By Robert Slater with Wesley G. Pippert Moment Magazine By now, most Americans have heard of Sheldon Adelson’s 2012 ambitions to sway the American electorate and his current efforts to influence the selection of the 2016 Republican presidential candidate. Much less is known about the Las Vegas casino magnate’s growing influence in Israel. There, the

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Middle East

Israel joins hunt for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

May 12, 2014

JERUSALEM (WJC) — Israel has joined the international bid to find the 223 schoolgirls abducted by a group of Islamist terrorists in Nigeria four weeks ago. “Israel expresses deep shock at the crime against the girls,” Benjamin Netanyahu’s office quoted the Israeli prime minister as telling Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan in a telephone conversation. “We

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International, Middle East

Many new facts in Halkin’s biography of Jabotinsky

May 11, 2014

By Ronn Torossian NEW YORK–The new book by Hillel Halkin, Jabotinsky: A Life (Yale University Press) was unlike any other book I had ever consumed about a man I consider to be a personal hero, Ze’ev Jabotinsky. Jabotinsky helped shape my life, my Judaism – even though I was born 34 years after his death. Growing up

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Jewish History, Middle East

Lag B’Omer crowds will head for Mt. Meron

May 11, 2014

Editor’s Note: Lag B’Omer begins at sundown Saturday, May 17 and ends at sundown Sunday, May 18 By Deborah Fineblum/JNS.org One of Pnina Newirth’s earliest childhood memories is of a trip to Mount Meron, Israel, on Lag B’Omer. But this was no ordinary family vacation. “I was very small, yet I vividly recall the

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Travel and Food

J Street mulls its role in Mideast Peace Process

May 11, 2014

By Alan Elsner WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Secretary of State Kerry and his team take a pause in the current round of Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, there is an opportunity to take stock and ask some tough questions. Among them: why have the talks not succeeded? What might happen next? And what should J Street be doing

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Middle East, USA

Bill would limit Israel’s ability to release terrorists

May 11, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM– In a vote of 7 for and 3 against, the Government on Sunday, May 11, recommended to the full Knesset a law that will limit Israel’s ability to release convicted terrorists, even as part of future negotiations. The proposed law, submitted by MK Ayelet Shaked (Bayit Yehudi), states that a court that sentences a

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Middle East

Abbas’ ‘reversal’ on Holocaust really wasn’t

May 10, 2014

By Moshe Phillips and Benyamin Korn PHILADELPHIA –To judge by the account in the Washington Post, the recent statement about the Holocaust by Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas was a game-changing reversal of Abbas’s previous Holocaust-denial. In an “unusual step,” the Post asserted, Abbas released “a strongly-worded statement” in which he “denounced” the Holocaust as

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Jewish History, Middle East

UN names two BGU researchers to anti-drug unit

May 10, 2014

NEW YORK (Press Release)–Two Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers were appointed to the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI), which will raise international awareness about the prevention and treatment of drug and substance addiction. Prof. Richard Isralowitz, director of BGU’s Regional Alcohol and Drug Abuse Research (RADAR) Center, and Dr.

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International, Middle East

European unity and Mideast disunity

May 10, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We have returned from eight days in Northern Italy to the Middle East, where my residence is approaching 40 years. I’ve taken advantage of Israel’s location and airline connections over the years to all the countries of Western Europe except for Luxembourg and the even tinier ones, most of them

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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

A primer on Israel’s presidential hopefuls

Former PM Ehud Olmert sentenced to six years in prison

Meeting a talent on the trail of the arts

Abbas tells Peres, Indyk one thing, Netanyahu another

Iran gains momentum, dollars in interim deal with West

Adelson changes the face of Israeli journalism

Israel joins hunt for abducted Nigerian schoolgirls

Many new facts in Halkin’s biography of Jabotinsky

Lag B’Omer crowds will head for Mt. Meron

J Street mulls its role in Mideast Peace Process

Bill would limit Israel’s ability to release terrorists

Abbas’ ‘reversal’ on Holocaust really wasn’t

UN names two BGU researchers to anti-drug unit

European unity and Mideast disunity

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