By J Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s settler government has reached a parting of the ways with the United States. The United States will continue to advocate the two-state solution. It is the only way in which Israel and Palestine can live side by side in peace and prosperity. It is […]
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) on Monday, June 9, released the results from its Nationwide Access Audit, along with facility level patient access data, medical center quality and efficiency data, and mental health provider survey data, for all Veterans health facilities. Full details made public at VA.gov follow
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USA
WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–President Obama on Monday, June 9, announced a program to make student loans more affordable. He outlined his executive order in the following speech at the White House, excerpted below: THE PRESIDENT: … For 51 months in a row, our businesses have created new jobs — 9.4 million new jobs in total.
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Science, Medicine, & Education, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Representative Jared Polis (D-Colorado) on Monday, June 9, made the following statement recognizing Pride month: “The 2014 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month offers us the opportunity to reflect upon an unprecedented number of victories for the equality movement over the past year. ________________________________ Keeping Up With Jewish Public
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USAWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)—Representative Eliot L. Engel, the leading Democrat on the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, made the following statement regarding Kosovo’s general elections: “Yesterday (June 8), the citizens of Kosovo went to the polls to choose their leaders, to chart a path forward for their country, and to show the world the progress
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International, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – A resolution introduced by Congressman Alan Grayson (D-Florida) unanimously passed the House of Representatives Monday evening, June 9. H. Res. 600 commends the Afghan people for completing the first round of presidential elections earlier this year, and urges Afghanistan to conduct a credible, inclusive, and transparent run-off election later
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TEL AVIV (Press Release)— Steve Tisch, the Academy Award-winning producer and executive Vice President and Chairman of the New York Giants, chaired the 16th Tel Aviv Student Film Festival last week. Held at Tel Aviv University, it is the largest student film festival in the world, and widely acknowledged as the most influential. This year,
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Rabbi David Saperstein of the Religious Action Network of Reform Judiasm joined a delegation of religious leaders on Thursday, June 5, in meeting with Sudan’s Ambassador to the U.S., Maowia Khalid. This meeting comes on the heels of a Sudanese court’s sentencing of Meriam Ibrahim to death for allegedly converting to
NEW YORK (WJC) – Leaders of the World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday condemned remarks made by the founder and long-time leader of the French National Front (FN) party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, who in video had remarked about Jewish singer Patrick Bruel: “We do an oven load next time” (“On fera une fournée la prochaine
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — In an unprecedented incident, the Palestinian Authority has arrested four anti-Israel BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) activists in Ramallah. The four, Zeid Shuaibi, Abdel Jawad Hamayel, Fadi Quran and Fajr Harb, were arrested about two weeks ago on charges of “provoking riots and the breach of public tranquility.” The
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Middle EastBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — Hamas government spokesman in Gaza, Ihab al-Ghussein, stated that Mahmoud Abbas was deceiving the Americans in public statements calling for peace with Israel. In a Facebook post on June 8, al-Ghussein wrote that the Palestinian leader, Mahmoud Abbas, is “tricking” the Americans. “When I go out and say that the
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Middle East
SUMMIT, New Jersey (Press Release)– “Palestinians must choose between peace with Israel as a Jewish state and a marriage with Hamas, a terrorist organization,” Senator Robert Menendez declared at the AJC New Jersey Region Annual Meeting. The “marriage will have severe consequences.” The agreement between the Palestinian Authority, led by Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas to
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Middle East, USAPope Francis, Peres, Abbas pray for peace in Vatican City (JNS.org) Israeli President Shimon Peres and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas joined Pope Francis to pray for peace in Vatican City on Sunday. “Peacemaking calls for courage, much more so than warfare,” Pope Francis said. “It calls for the courage to say yes to encounter
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It looks like everyone is angry, but that is only the top layer. Only a bit deeper down, the status quo–including everybody else’s anger–looks pretty good from all the competing perspectives. Israelis are angry with Palestinians for creating an alliance with Hamas, and angry with Americans and Europeans for recognizing
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