International

Anti- Semitic conference banned in Belgium

BRUSSELS– AJC’s Brussels-based Transatlantic Institute (TAI) praised Belgian authorities for preventing an anti-Semitic conference that was planned for today (Sunday, May 4)  in Anderlecht, one of the 19 municipalities in Brussels. The planned “European Congress of Rebellion” would have brought together Jew- and Israel haters from Belgium and France. “Government and civil society leaders must […]

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International

Feingold again on ‘good government quest’ — in Congo

  KINSHASA, Congo (SDJW) –Russell Feingold, D-Wisconsin, was known in the U.S. Senate as a campaigner for good government, reaching across the aisle to Republican Senator John McCain of Arizona to produce a bipartisan bill to regulate how political campaigns are financed. After his defeat for reelection in 2010, Feingold taught law until he was

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International, USA

Netanyahu explains making the ‘Jewish state’ a basic law

JERUSALEM (Press Release)– Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, May 4, began his weekly Cabinet meeting with an explanation of his call for anchoring in the country’s Basic Law a provision recognizing that Israel is a Jewish state.  Following is the text of his comments on this issue: “The State of Israel is a Jewish and democratic

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Jewish History, Middle East

AJC adds its voice against ‘Price Tag’ attacks

NEW YORK (Press Release)– AJC decried on Sunday, May 4,  the so-called “price tag” vandalism attacks that have spread to Arab communities in Israel in recent weeks, joining such other groups as the Anti-Defamation League and the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in the denunciations Prime Minister Netanyahu has said that such

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Middle East, USA

Emotional fundraiser supports terror victims in Israel

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Carine Chitayat, the founder and CEO of the Adopt a Family Foundation stood in the main foyer of the Museum of Photographic Arts, where there were gathered numerous San Diego County residents whose hearts have gone out to the families of southern Israel who endure rocket attacks

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County

Movement to defund Palestinian Authority grows

By Edwin Black/JNS.org A growing number of lawmakers in the United States, Great Britain, and the European Union are openly suggesting the billions of dollars, pounds, and euros that they and others have collectively bestowed upon the Palestinian Authority to promote peace and reconciliation with Israel have done the exact opposite. The evidence is now

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International, Middle East, USA

Historian says Israel can remain Jewish and democratic

By Alex Traiman/JNS.org WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s recent controversial remark that Israel risks becoming “an apartheid state” in the absence of a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict shined a spotlight on the perceived demographic threat to Israel—a threat that some experts say is not based on current reality. The

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Jewish History, Middle East

Cardin concerned over press repression in 6 countries

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—In advance of World Press Freedom Day, U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe (U.S. Helsinki Commission) and U.S. Representative Chris Smith (NJ), Co-Chairman of the Commission, addressed the deterioration of media freedom in Ukraine, and the continued presence of criminal defamation: On the situation in

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Middle East, USA

Israel advocate says pro- Palestinians excel on campuses

  By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Former IDF Lt. Hen Mazzig, who coordinates Israel advocacy for StandWithUs’s Pacific Northwest Chapter on 15 college campuses in and around Seattle, Washington, says the American Jewish community may be too focused on interacting with present-day elites, while pro-Palestinian advocates are building a constituency among the college

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Cantor: Select Committee on Benghazi necessary

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Virginia) released the following statement Friday, May 2,  on a House Select Committee on Benghazi, which House Speaker John Boehner said he planned to create if the House membership approves next week. “For nearly two years, House committees have aggressively investigated what happened the night four brave

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Middle East, USA