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Two states? One state? How about a federation?

March 20, 2017

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The so-called “two-state solution,” to subdivide the land between the Jordan River and the Mediterranean Sea between independent Israel and independent Palestine, fails the tests of logic and history. And it ignores the Kingdom of Jordan – whose participation is required for any stable, long-term arrangement. There are presently three

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Fresh perspective on Hayim Nachman Bialik

March 20, 2017

Hayim Nahman Bialik: Poet of Hebrew by Avner Holtzman; Yale University Press (Jewish Lives series); March 2017; 264 pages; ISBN: 9780300200669. By Rabbi Jack Riemer/JNS.org I have questions about some of the subjects that have been chosen for the Jewish Lives book series from Yale University Press. I wonder what Sarah Bernhardt or Benjamin

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Middle East Roundup: March 20, 2017

March 20, 2017

Iran’s supreme leader calls objectifying women a ‘Zionist plot’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei took to Twitter Sunday to share his views on gender issues and asserted that the objectification of women in Western society is the product of “a Zionist plot.” In a series of tweets for Iranian

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Middle East

U of Haifa: Artificial islands would help Gaza, Israel

March 20, 2017

HAIFA, Israel (Press Release) — “If the residents of the Gaza want to think about their future, and not just about liberating Palestine – an artificial island is definitely the answer,” remarked Prof. Arnon Sofer of the University of Haifa. “Unfortunately, Minister Israel Katz’s idea will remain on the level of theory. I don’t think

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Middle East

Computers for Ethiopian Israeli students

March 20, 2017

By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — As we approach the Passover holiday, when helping others is customary, it’s instructive to see how a few volunteers are having a considerable impact on Netanya’s Ethiopian Israeli community… The Forgotten People Fund (FPF), a strictly volunteer organization in Netanya, Israel, was founded in 1998 by two couples, Anne

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve Kramer

San Francisco Bans Sale of Non-Rescue Animals at Pet Stores

March 19, 2017

This is one pawesome victory for California animals without a home. In a unanimous vote passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, city pet stores are prohibited “from selling dogs or cats not obtained from animal rescue organizations or shelters.” style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> While at first glance this may seem restrictive to adoption, the

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The World We Share, USA

Prince Hassan celebrates 70th birthday today

March 19, 2017

By JT – Mar 20,2017 – Last updated at Mar 20,2017 AMMAN — HRH Prince Hassan today celebrates his 70th birthday. Prince Hassan has engaged in many events, fixtures and engagements over the last year. At the centre of all of these has been his enduring commitment to the betterment of the lives of the

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Middle East

Newspaper icon Jimmy Breslin dies at 88

March 19, 2017

Jimmy Breslin, the street-savvy, Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper columnist whose two-fisted prose championing the little guy and pillorying those who betrayed the public trust made him a New York City institution for more than 40 years, died Sunday. He was 88. Breslin, who also turned out a string of fiction and nonfiction books, died of complications

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USA

Differences often vast between Arab street and leaders

March 19, 2017

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s an unpleasant lesson in the enthusiastic homecoming provided to Ahmad Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier who served a 20 year sentence for killing young Israeli girls at the “Island of Peace” on the Israeli-Jordanian border, and another unpleasant lesson in Dagamseh’s comments that Israel is a rotten place that must

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Lebanese journalist calls on Israel to kill Nasrallah

March 19, 2017

A Lebanese TV news anchor drew the ire of the Hezbollah terrorist organization over the weekend, after she tweeted that Israel ought to carry out a targeted assassination of the group”s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. Maria Maalouf, who has a history of antagonizing the Shiite terror group, wrote a pair of tweets on Saturday, lamenting Nasrallah”s

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Middle East

US and China will “work together” on North Korea

March 19, 2017

The US and China will work together to get nuclear-armed North Korea to take a “different course”. US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made the announcement after talks with his Chinese counterpart in Beijing. The two sides appeared to have made some progress or put aside differences on difficult issues ahead of a planned summit

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International, USA

Ted Cruz, Texas Republican senator: GOP’s three-phase health plan ‘ain’t gonna happen’

March 19, 2017

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said a House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is fatally flawed because it relies on a three-pronged plan for totally gutting the 2010 law instead of killing it outright. GOP leaders have urged their troops to rally around a bill that repeals Obamacare’s mandate requiring people to hold insurance

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Sign depicts Trump with swastika-like imagery

March 19, 2017

Phoenix billboard’s designer says it is supposed to represent ‘power, money and dictatorship’ By Times of Israel staff A new billboard created by an artist depicting President Donald Trump with swastika-like imagery for dollar signs in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on March 18, 2017. (Screen capture/Reuters) Residents of Phoenix, Arizona, expressed shock Saturday over a billboard

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USA

4 life sentences for terrorist murderer

March 19, 2017

The terrorist who killed US citizen Ezra Schwartz, as well as an Israel citizen and a resident of the Palestinian Authority, in a terrorist attack at the Etzion Junction in November 2015, received four life sentences Sunday. The sentence was given by the Ofer military court. Mohammed Abdel Basset al-Kharoub shot and killed Schwartz, an

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Middle East

Two states? One state? How about a federation?

Fresh perspective on Hayim Nachman Bialik

Middle East Roundup: March 20, 2017

U of Haifa: Artificial islands would help Gaza, Israel

Computers for Ethiopian Israeli students

San Francisco Bans Sale of Non-Rescue Animals at Pet Stores

Prince Hassan celebrates 70th birthday today

Newspaper icon Jimmy Breslin dies at 88

Differences often vast between Arab street and leaders

Lebanese journalist calls on Israel to kill Nasrallah

US and China will “work together” on North Korea

Ted Cruz, Texas Republican senator: GOP’s three-phase health plan ‘ain’t gonna happen’

Sign depicts Trump with swastika-like imagery

4 life sentences for terrorist murderer

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