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Gazans’ economic well-being requires peace

August 11, 2014

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — As Hamas resumed rocketing Israel on Friday, August 8, one surety was that Israel’s office of “Coordination of Government Activities in the Territories (West Bank and Gaza Strip)” [COGAT] would continue operating as it has through gruesome acts of terror against Jews, “intifadas,” rocket attacks and kidnappings through tunnels. […]

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USA

Westward- bound Jews often stopped at The Dalles

August 11, 2014

s -Nineteenth in a Series — By Donald H. Harrison THE DALLES, Oregon — Today, there are few Jews living in this city, but it is not surprising that at one point in its history, Jewish merchants found it a very attractive place to do business. “The Dalles” was given its name by French Canadian

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Ceasefires play into Hamas’s hands

August 10, 2014

By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — I began my previous article with the statement that “Operation Protective Edge appears to be winding down… .” So I’m not completely surprised that the three-day ceasefire was just one of several that Hamas has used to regroup without fear of Israeli interference. The situation Prime Minister Bibi

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Middle East, Steve Kramer

Zeidan supports Hamas attacks on Israel

August 10, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In a TV interview on the Lebanese Mayadeen TV channel, Muhammad Zeidan, the recently resigned head of the Higher Arab Monitoring Committee in Israel and an Israeli citizen, came out in support of Hamas, saying: “The missiles fired from Gaza constitute self-defense,” according to MEMRI’s (Middle East Media

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Middle East

U.S. tries to clean up its Middle East messes

August 10, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One should applaud, perhaps with one hand, the wisdom shown by Barack Obama in his efforts to withdraw the United States from active involvement in the Middle East. At the same time, we should note that he is at least partly responsible for the present chaos. That Nobel Peace Prize

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

ADL mourns murdered Florida rabbi

August 9, 2014

BOCA RATON, Florida (Press Release) — The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) is shocked and horrified by the murder of a rabbi on his way to synagogue Saturday morning, Aug. 9, in North Miami Beach. Our thoughts and prayers go out to Rabbi Joseph Raksin’s family and the surrounding community. ADL has been in close contact with the

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USA

Inter- group harmony a Spokane priority

August 9, 2014

-Eighteenth in a Series– By Donald H. Harrison SPOKANE, Washington – During an all-too-short visit with grandson Shor to this eastern Washington city, I sensed that the civic leadership of Spokane values the city’s diversity and attempts to promote inter-group harmony. From a vantage point for viewing Spokane Falls, for example, Shor and I noticed

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Donald H. Harrison, Travel and Food, USA

Israel can’t eliminate all Islamist extremists

August 8, 2014

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –There are limits of what military might can accomplish. It’s a lesson well known to Americans as well as Israelis. Israel can kill a million Gazans, but if there are a few thousand Muslim fanatics among those left it won’t matter. Fanatics elsewhere will do what they can to provide them

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Wilske calls for strong U.S. support for Israel

August 8, 2014

SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– Larry Wilske, California Congressional candidate and retired Command Master Chief of SEAL Team Seven, issued a statement on Friday, August 8, calling for solidarity in support of Israel. Wilske is a 30-year veteran of the U.S. Navy SEAL Teams. He served with distinction on SEAL Teams SDV-1, Three and Seven and oversaw

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Middle East, USA

Birthright trip leader tells of wartime travel

August 8, 2014

By Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO — This week we have a have guest columnist, my daughter, Margalit Rosenthal. Margalit wrote an excellent column about her recent experience staffing Birthright in Israel during Israel’s war with Hamas. It is reprinted below with her permission. {Margalit Rosenthal works for The Jewish Federation of Greater Los Angeles,

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Middle East

Let’s not manage conflict, let’s resolve it

August 8, 2014

By Jeremy Ben-Ami WASHINGTON, D.C. — For 72 hours, the guns, rockets and bombs fell silent, and the people of Gaza and southern Israel finally had a brief respite from the horrific violence of the past month. With the resumption of rocket fire from Gaza at the very moment the cease-fire expired Friday morning, August

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Middle East

Greek Jews condemn anti- Semitism in media

August 8, 2014

ATHENS (WJC) – The Central Board of Jewish Communities in Greece, KIS, condemned the bristling anti-Semitism that has washed into the Greek press since the beginning of Israel’s operation “Protective Edge” in Gaza. “We are deeply concerned about the unexpected outburst of historical-like articles, inspired by the age-old traditional racist propaganda, that are purely

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International, Middle East

Will Gaza ceasefire hold?

August 7, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) – The 72 hour ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is scheduled to end Friday morning at 8 a.m., and Hamas is threatening to renew its rocket fire on Israeli civilian targets at its conclusion. Hamas spokesman Moussa Abu Marzouk stated that “there is no agreement on the extension of the

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: August 7, 2014

August 7, 2014

IDF chief vows ‘stability here for many years to come’ (JNS.org) “Indeed, the summer here is hot. Autumn will follow and the fields will turn green. … There will be stability here for many years to come,” Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz said Wednesday, referring to the return to normalcy

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Middle East

Gazans’ economic well-being requires peace

Westward- bound Jews often stopped at The Dalles

Ceasefires play into Hamas’s hands

Zeidan supports Hamas attacks on Israel

U.S. tries to clean up its Middle East messes

ADL mourns murdered Florida rabbi

Inter- group harmony a Spokane priority

Israel can’t eliminate all Islamist extremists

Wilske calls for strong U.S. support for Israel

Birthright trip leader tells of wartime travel

Let’s not manage conflict, let’s resolve it

Greek Jews condemn anti- Semitism in media

Will Gaza ceasefire hold?

JNS news briefs: August 7, 2014

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