By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Historians do some of the best writing, but each only explains part of what happened. Asserting that this or that event, person, or idea was a key to what happened may be useful, but not the complete story. Some tales of history distort or mislead more than they help our understanding. Narratives compete […]
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — To the Iran deal decision makers. Here is an aspect, and a warning, you fail to consider. The Iranians are still chanting, ”Death to Israel!” even as you decide to sign this deadly deal and gift them $150 Billion. One thing has escaped your notice. If you sign this deal,
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Barry Shaw, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The incidence of Arab attacks on Israelis has increased, to the point that officials have begun to use the worrying word, “intifada.” Most, so far, appear to have been the work of inspired individuals, not well planned or executed, that end up with greater harm to the attacker than to the
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSuspending Palestinian hunger striker’s detention rewards terror, MKs say (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israel’s High Court of Justice on Wednesday suspended the administrative detention of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Mohammad Allan. The unusual move followed a hunger strike of more than 60 days staged by Allan and prompted a number of Israeli Knesset members to
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International, Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Recently I sent a list of questions about the pending deal with Iran to a small group of Jewish friends who live in the US. All are intelligent people who generally keep themselves aware of current events, including major happenings in Israel. Frankly, I’m a bit alarmed by
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Middle East, Steve Kramer, USABy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Hamas’s naval unit has captured a dolphin spying for Israel, according to a report published today in the Palestinian Al Quds newspaper, Wednesday, August 19. The report stated that naval commando divers of the Hamas’s Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades military brigade captured a dolphin carrying surveillance equipment several weeks ago. The
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By Dorothea Shefer-Vanson DOMEYROT, France –It seemed like a good idea at the time. Every village in central France – and possibly elsewhere, for all I know – holds a brocante once a year, when locals and anyone interested can set up a stall and sell anything that they feel is superfluous to their needs.
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, InternationalOn tour of northern borders, Netanyahu says Israel ‘ready for any scenario’ (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) “Israel is strong, the IDF is strong, and we are ready for any scenario,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday during a visit to the Israeli military’s Northern Command. Accompanying the prime minister on the visit were Defense Minister
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Hezbollah Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah delivered a speech last week on the 9th anniversary of the Second Lebanon War, in which he yet again declared victory, praised those who died in defense of all that was good, and chided Israel on its lack of a strategy for victory in Lebanon. A
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — None of the innumerable presidential contenders is saying much about it: there is great dignity in the work of human hands—regardless of the labor involved. The vanities of the impetuous, limo-riding Donald Trump and the platitudes of the entitlement-ridden Hillary Clinton are light years away from Dr. Martin Luther
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Jewish Religion, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama Administration has made it clear that it will not pursue Israeli-Palestinian “peace talks” while the Iran deal remains fluid. But as the President heads into his last year in office, the “two state solution” apparently remains an important political aspiration. The Iran deal and the “peace process”
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Oskar and the Eight Blessings by Richard Simon and Tanya Simon, illustrated by Marc Siegel, Roaring Brook Press of MacMillan Children’s Publishing Group; ISBN 978-1-59643-949-8; 40 pages; $17.99. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — Back in the early 1970.s, when I worked for the Associated Press in New York City, I was always
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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, USANixing of Matisyahu’s Spain show is ‘clear case’ of anti-Semitism, ADL says (JNS.org) The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called the Rototom Sunsplash Reggae Festival’s cancellation of an Aug. 22 show by the American Jewish reggae star Matisyahu a “clear case of anti-Semitic discrimination.” Matisyahu’s performance in Spain was nixed after he refused to accede to the
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International, Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan –When I spoke to my professor friend Edward L. Rubin earlier in the year about a novel he was writing titled The Heatstroke Line, he told me an interesting story about the plot he had devised. Rubin, who is Jewish and grew up in Brooklyn, has always been passionately interested in issues such
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