Israeli envoy to the U.S. engages lawmakers in bid to stop Iran deal (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Israeli Ambassador to the U.S. Ron Dermer on Thursday continued to meet with American lawmakers in an effort to secure their positions in opposition of the Iran nuclear deal. Dermer hopes to recruit as many lawmakers as possible […]
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–The headline has been slurred to account for the sensitivities I hear whenever I write like I speak. How else can we describe the deal with Iran? Take your pick The requirement of 24 days notice for inspections of sensitive locales Evading Iran’s support of terror and revolt against established regimes Evading Iran’s
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release) – Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-California) has joined as an original cosponsor in introducing a sweeping LGBT anti-discrimination bill. The Equality Act includes language from Davis’s bill ensuring jury service protections for LGBT individuals. “This has certainly been a historic year for equality,” said Davis, a member of the Congressional LGBT Equality
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USAOmri Casspi bringing delegation of NBA players to Israel (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) National Basketball Association (NBA) player Omri Casspi will visit Israel this week, but it will be no ordinary homecoming for the Sacramento Kings forward, as he will be joined by seven other NBA players in a tour organized by a foundation Casspi
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-14th in a series- Exit 5: Mission Center Road, Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO — The Westfield Mission Valley Shopping Center is one of more than 100 shopping centers in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom and the United States controlled by a corporation owned by the Lowy
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, San Diego County, Travel and FoodBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — We don’t know everything about the inflamed pull-over, arrest, and detention of 28 year-old Sandra Bland in Hempstead, TX. But thanks to modern media, including police dashboard video and postmodern forensic technology, we already more know about her untimely demise than we will ever know about the death
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By Sara Schoonmaker SAN DIEGO — The world cannot afford a nuclear Iran. Accordingly, StandWithUs (SWU) San Diego and dozens of community partners have scheduled a “Stop Iran Now” at a rally on Sunday, July 26 from 2-4 p.m.. It will be held at Balboa Park in a prime location of Park Boulevard and Presidents
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Middle East, San Diego County, USAIsrael Goes Nuclear By Michael Ordman NETANYA, Israel — In contrast to Iran’s destructive ambitions and manipulative nuclear activities, Israelis are working from the microscopic to the atomic level, in order to develop vital medical treatments and life-enhancing technology. Israeli scientists are working with international organizations to eradicate cancer at the cellular level. One Israeli
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Michael Ordman, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationNetanyahu reiterates opposition to Iran deal upon visit of Italian PM (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reiterated his staunch opposition to the recently signed Iran nuclear deal during a Knesset session held in honor of visiting Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi on Wednesday. “Iran, which strives to export the Khomeiniist revolution throughout the world,
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Middle East, USABy Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–It’s not the first time that Israel is at odds with the United States over an appropriate response to the nuclear ambitions of a hostile state in the region. Sharing the anger of people across the globe in the wake of Israel’s destruction of Iraq’s nuclear reactor in June 1981, President Reagan
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Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s the essence of healthy politics. The status of balance derives from the ever presence of competition. There have always been individuals, groups, political parties, and governmental entities (nations, localities, governmental agencies) that want more at the expense of someone else. If it’s always been, it’s likely to always be.
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –Perhaps you think the war is over. Perhaps you think that if Iran becomes a “friend” of the United States and the possibility of an American-led war against the Islamic Republic recedes, the need for a militarily capable ally such as Israel also recedes. Maybe the U.S. doesn’t want to
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABurgas bombing victims, including 5 Israelis, remembered 3 years later (JNS.org) A memorial ceremony was held Monday at Burgas Airport in Bulgaria to mark the three-year anniversary of the terrorist bombing there, in which five Israeli tourists and a Bulgarian bus driver were killed. A still-unidentified perpetrator set off a bomb on a bus parked
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-California) announced a $5.2 million federal grant for the Sweetwater Authority to expand a desalination facility. The grant from the Department of the Interior will go toward increasing the desalination capabilities of the Richard A. Reynolds Desalination Facility from 3,600 acre-feet per year (AFY) of water to
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