By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There was a three-minute item tucked into the middle of Tuesday’s Channel 2 prime time news that would provide ample justification for the Israeli government to suspend negotiations with the Palestinians, if they chose to do so. By scrolling, you can find it in the 17 to the 20 minute […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East
By Lloyd Levy LONDON–The European Union has issued a very serious threat to Israel, which if implemented will be a major threat to Israel’s economic development. The threat indeed is so far reaching that it is almost incomprehensible in its implications, and yet has received little mainstream publicity. The European Union, is the misbegotten attempt
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM _- Is it possible to find an honest broker in the Middle East? In one recent newscast it was reported that the Palestinian negotiator criticized Israel for not living up to the spirit of negotiations, and complicating any possibility of agreement, by continuing to build over the 1967 line. That sounds
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We’re seeing another uptick in Israelis publicly pondering an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It might not come today, or ever. The increase in comments attributed to highly placed Israeli officials may be nothing more than frustrated politicians’ efforts to move the public’s focus away from domestic disturbances. The provocation may be
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By Anav Silverman RA’ANANA, Israel — There are around 780 million people across the world living with disabilities today. At a recent UN Conference, a leading Israeli non-profit organization that services people with disabilities took center stage. Jean Judes, the executive director of the Ra’anana-based Beit Issie Shapiro (BIS) spoke at the three-day UN Conference
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Middle EastBy Aryeh Savir and Ehud Amiton ARIEL, Israel — In the wake of the European Union’s challenging resolution to boycott the Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and to terminate all financial contacts with them, foreign journalists toured the Barkan Industrial Park and Ariel University in Samaria last week (July 29), an event organized by
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Conversations began in Washington, to be continued in Jerusalem and Ramallah. It may be too early to speak of negotiations, but it is best that we do not know. More is likely to happen in secret than in public. “Discussions” appears to be an appropriate term for whatever is happening.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) –An edict by the Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Khameni, urged all Iranians to avoid dealings with the Baha’i sect and called them “deviant and misleading.” “Such actions and statements are a warning for potential danger,” said Robert G. Sugarman, Chairman, and Malcolm Hoenlein, Executive Vice Chairman/CEO of the Conference of
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The greatest success of the Arab States against Israel (there aren’t many) has been to change the terms of reference. In 1947, the Arabs unanimously rejected the UN Partition Plan for Palestine and in 1948 attacked Israel, Goliath against David. Through 1956, 1967, and 1973 Israel was understood to be
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TEL AVIV (Press Release) — Yitzhak Rabin, who served as Prime Minister of Israel during two separate periods, 1974-77 and 1992-95, was a figure who towered over his generation. The first native Israeli (‘sabra’) to serve in that office, he was assassinated by an extremist right-wing Jew in November 1995, at the conclusion of
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — For several days we have heard the pluses and minuses of an apparently simple, but actually complex decision by Israeli government ministers to release some 104 prisoners for the sake of negotiations with the Palestinians. The decision is complex because it was made in principle, with important details left for
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The U.S. State Department on Sunday issued the following announcement about forthcoming talks between representatives of Israel and the Palestinian Authority: “Today, Secretary Kerry spoke with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and personally extended an invitation to send senior negotiating teams to Washington to formally resume
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Middle EastBy Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California– After six trips to the Middle-East, Secretary of State Kerry, using the “carrot” for the Palestinians and the ” stick” to the Israelis, finally convinced them to come to Washington to “talk” about “reviving the peace process” that had been boycotted by Mahmoud Abbas for four and a
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Senator Carl Levin, Chairman of the Armed Services Committee, wants to go to war in Syria — not with Syria, necessarily, but in Syria. And it’s not really war, although it involves weapons and American troops (in the air — Sen. Levin has been very explicit about “no boots
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