International

I-8 Jewish Travel: CHP officer preaches road safety

-53rd in a series- Exit 20, Greenwood Drive, El Cajon, California ~ CHP El Cajon station By Donald H. Harrison EL CAJON, California — Most of the 31-mile stretch of Interstate 8 between Greenfield Drive (Exit 20) and Buckman Springs Road (Exit 51) is known to California Highway Patrol officers like Kevin Pearlstein as Beat […]

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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USA

Reagan, Bush, Obama all contributed to Mideast chaos

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Three American Presidents must share at least part of the responsibility for the chaos currently destroying large parts of the Middle East, and threatening Israel, Europe, and the United States. Ronald Reagan sought an advantage in the Cold War by recruiting Muslim fighters, providing them money and munitions to use

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

House probes Islamic extremism in Europe

WASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org) — U.S. Rep. Chris Smith (R-N.J.) chaired a Congressional hearing on Tuesday that explored the threat Islamic extremism poses to European Jewish communities. The hearing examined how European governments can do more to protect those communities by using policing models pioneered in America. “There can be no European security without Jewish security.

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International, USA

Middle East Roundup: April 20, 2016

  Israel invests billions in multi-layered Gaza terror tunnel barrier (JNS.org) The Israeli defense establishment is expected to finish installing a sophisticated anti-tunnel barrier along the Israel-Gaza border within two years, Israel Hayom reported Wednesday. The project, dubbed “Hourglass,” is estimated to cost billions of shekels. The barrier’s blueprints are the product of cross-platform development

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Middle East

This is no way to foster civility at York University

Recent developments at York University have exposed the administration’s failure to address a real and growing sense of alienation among its Jewish students. This raises the question of how universities can best fulfil their responsibility to preserve free speech and maintain a civil environment for all their students when contentious subjects arise. In a free

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Israel need not normalize relations with Turkey

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. – Turkish sources assert that Turkish-Israeli governmental relations are about to come out of the deep freeze. But this is a reflection of Turkey’s regional unpopularity and glides over Turkish demands for Israel to end the blockade of Gaza. To meet Turkey’s condition, Israel would have to abandon the security

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

SWU choice of venue prompts controversy

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Swirling beneath the planned May 4 appearance of Pastor Dumisani Washington, a leading African-American advocate for the State of Israel is controversy over the relationship between the Jewish community and the Christians who seek to convert us.  Washington’s appearance, sponsored by the pro-Israel organization StandWithUs, is scheduled May 4

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish Religion, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, USA

Middle East Roundup: April 19, 2016

Netanyahu orders halt of cement shipments to Gaza after tunnel discovery (JNS.org) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday ordered a halt to Gaza-bound cement shipments, following the discovery of a Hamas terror tunnel under the Israel-Gaza border. Israel had allowed cement to enter Gaza as part of the rehabilitation efforts there following Operation Protective Edge

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Middle East

Putin tells Abbas he backs Israel – PA peace efforts

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday met with Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas, and told him Russia would support his efforts aimed at facilitating the Middle East peace process, the Russian TASS news agency reports. “I know that you are making strenuous efforts to facilitate the settlement process, and, of course, we will support

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International, Middle East

Cruz backs Netanyahu on Golan Heights

Texas Senator and Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz on Monday expressed support for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu”s call to recognize Israel”s sovereignty over the Golan Heights. “The government of Israel reiterated the reality that the Golan Heights are part of Israel”s sovereign territory,” Cruz said in a statement, adding, “Given the presence of hostile terrorist

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Middle East, USA