By Sara Schoonmaker SAN DIEGO — StandWithUs condemns Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) for hosting Rasmeah Odeh as a keynote speaker during its national conference at San Diego State University (SDSU) on October 11, 2015. Odeh received a life sentence for involvement in the murder of two Israeli civilians, but was released by Israel along […]
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Middle East, San Diego CountyIndian president: ‘Palestine belongs to Arabs like England to English’ (JNS.org) Indian President Pranab Mukherjee, who will arrive in Israel on Tuesday for the first-ever visit to the Jewish state by an Indian head of state, said at the University of Jordan in Amman that “Palestine belongs to the Arabs in the same sense that
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Listening to reputed experts talk on the weekend programs taxed one’s Hebrew and rationality. Sentences merged into one another; themes changed in the midst of what sounded like paragraphs; conclusions backed into one another. One could wonder at the invitation given to a former senior police officer. His analysis was far
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The foreign media rarely have something good to say about Israel, particularly in relation to the Palestinians. That’s why foreign journalists seem to be certain that the responses by the Israeli military to those who throw stones and try to stab them or people around them are harsh, cruel and
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By Lauren Lizerbram RANCHO SANTA FE, California — Many people ask me what it is about JNF that keeps me so energized. I am happy to say my husband Sol and I have been supporting this outstanding organization for over 30 years. With our trips to Israel we have seen firsthand the work that JNF
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Middle East, San Diego CalendarBy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — Mark Twain once said, “It is curious—curious that physical courage should be so common in the world, and moral courage so rare.” To display moral courage in today’s world is, sadly, a rarity. Some have referred to the end of the twentieth century as the “Decade of
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Michael Mantell, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Whether you call it intifada or something else, there’s unrest in Israel, not only in Jerusalem and the West Bank but also elsewhere in the country. Though there’s nothing new in this in the history of the state, it’s nevertheless a cause for deep concern, much speculation as to the reasons
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It’s not easy deciphering the actions of Israel and the Palestinian leadership with respect to the current wave of violence. With respect to the Israeli perspective, one can perceive a clash between two appropriate goals and the actions associated with them. One goal is to dampen this wave of violence
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–The current wave of terrorist attacks on Israelis that continues and is now spreading to different parts of the country has put Prime Minister Netanyahu under siege. He’s fighting the ultra-right wingers in his own party as well as among his coalition partners who accuse him of not being tough enough
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Middle EastPalestinian terror wave continues in Jerusalem, Kiryat Arba, Afula (JNS.org) A Palestinian terrorist stabbed a 16-year-old Israeli man in Jerusalem on Friday, and within less than an hour another Palestinian stabbed a policeman in Kiryat Arba as the wave of Palestinian terrorist attacks continued to spread throughout Israel. The 16-year-old Jewish victim in Jerusalem was
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — “What’s happening?” “What should be done?” There are no sure answers to either of those questions. Both Israelis and Palestinians are arguing–with each other and among themselves–if the current uptick in violence signifies an intifada or something less. Politicians, activists, and security professionals are arguing among themselves and with each
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STRASBOURG, France (JNS.org) In a victory for Jews observing the tradition of brit milah, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) has overturned a 2013 resolution calling the ritual circumcision of men a “violation of the physical integrity of children according to human rights standards.” In the wake of significant lobbying on the
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International, Jewish ReligionHamas and Islamic Jihad praise terror attacks, yeshiva student stabbed (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Palestinian terrorist groups Hamas and Islamic Jihad praised Wednesday’s terrorist attacks that targeted Israeli Jews in Jerusalem, Kiryat Gat, and Petah Tikva, calling on Palestinians to commit more attacks. Indeed, after Wednesday’s three stabbing attacks, Thursday brought more of the
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Middle EastParis Mayor Pledges Fight Against Anti-Semitism NEW YORK (Press Release)– Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has signed on to Mayors United Against Anti-Semitism, an AJC initiative calling on municipal leaders across Europe to publicly address and take concrete actions against rising anti-Semitism. “The City has a responsibility to fight anti-Semitism, otherwise it will develop in the
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