By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Is US Secretary of State stirring up trouble for Israel by speaking about – and perhaps thereby encouraging – the potentially crippling boycott of Israel because of the settlements, or is he warning us in good faith of what might happen if Israel doesn’t make peace with the Palestinians? Opinions are
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–What we hear are hints of American proposals, veiled threats of sanctions and violence, yet claims of salvation if everyone behaves reasonably. If this is a place for reasonable action, it would be a change of what has happened too many times since David sent Bat Sheva’s husband to his death alongside
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastDr. Barry Rubin, a Mideast scholar bassed in Herzliya, died Sunday, Feb. 2, at age 64 of cancer. Scholars for Peace in the Middle East (SPME) reports that he leaves his wife Judy and two children, Gabriella and Daniel. “Barry was a prolific scholar, and friend, who was fervently committed to the pursuit of truth
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued an open letter to Secretary of State John Kerry in response to his comments February 1 at the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, in which he described the price he believes Israel will pay if there is a breakdown in the peace talks between
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By Alex Traiman/JNS.org Egyptian Defense Minister and Field Marshal General Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi on Jan. 27 was cleared by the country’s army to run for president, one day after an interim government announced that presidential elections would be advanced to take place within 30-90 days. Now, just three years after a revolution that toppled longtime secular
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Secretary of State John Kerry and special envoy Martin Indyk have been meeting and talking with groups of American Jews in an effort to “sell” the interim deal Mr. Kerry plans to put on the table for Israel and the Palestinians. With Mr. Kerry acting as the “bad cop” and
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–This last week or so must rank as one of the most depressing weeks as far as Israel is concerned. This is despite the lifting of major military threats to its borders, with the collapse of Syria and Egypt in recent times. My wife and I have an apartment in Eilat, which we
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Tazpit News Agency JERUSALEM (TNA) –For the first time in decades, enemy forces can attack all of Israel’s cities, Chief of the IDF Intelligence Directorate Major General Aviv Kochavi has reported. “About 170,000 rockets and missiles are pointed at Israel, and they are deadlier than ever,” the intelligence chief said on Wednesday, Jan. 29. “Many
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – At the start of the weekly Israeli Cabinet meeting on Sunday, Feb. 2, Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu stated: “Attempts to impose a boycott on the State of Israel are immoral and unjust. Moreover, they will not achieve their goal. First, they cause the Palestinians to adhere to their intransigent positions
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The history of Israeli politics over the most recent 40 years is the rise and fall of parties claiming to represent the center, in order to do what they feel major parties cannot. We are seeing it again. Recent polls are showing a decline of Yair Lapid’s There is a Future from
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
JERUSALEM (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Friday, Jan. 31, called on Knesset Member Moti Yogev to apologize to US Secretary of State John Kerry for his disparaging comments about the Secretary’s attitudes towards Jews and Israel. ADL denounced Yogev’s accusations as “offensive, inflammatory and totally without any basis,” and stated that Secretary
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Israeli politicians are preparing the public for the report that US Secretary of State John Kerry is about to present. Whether they already know what’s in it or are guessing or are working on authorized leaks isn’t clear. Here are some of the signs: *It started when Prime Minister
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM–Now that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is no longer president of Iran, PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas is the most anti-Semitic leader in the world, according to Israel’s Minister of Strategic Affairs Yuval Steinitz. Speaking at the INSS (The Institute for National Security Studies) annual series on Wednesday, Jan. 30, Steinitz stated that “there is
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — On our right are religious nationalists who insist that God gave it all to us. On our left are those who claimed that we have sinned since 1967, and must withdraw from some, much, or all of the West Bank beyond the lines of 1967 in order for the Palestinians
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