By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, in the context of the P5+1/Iran negotiations I wrote: We’re familiar with the rules for buying a rug in the souk. If you want the rug more than he wants the deal, you will overpay; if he wants the deal more than you want the rug, you […]
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict talks won’t lead to deal, 87.5% of Israelis say in poll (JNS.org) A vast majority of Israeli Jews—87.5 percent—believe the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations will not lead to a peace agreement, according to a new Israel Hayom poll that coincided with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s latest visit to the region. The
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InternationalBoycott of Israel endorsed by American Studies Association leaders (JNS.org) The national council of the American Studies Association (ASA) on Wednesday announced its adoption of a resolution to boycott Israel. The ASA’s 5,000 members now have until Dec. 15 to vote on the measure. “Our resolution understands boycott as limited to a refusal on the
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JERUSALEM (Press Release)–Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry discussed Iran as well as Israel’s negotiations with the Palestinians, and then met the media on Thursday, Dec. 5. Following is a text of their remarks as provided by the U.S. State Department. PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: It’s good to have
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By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Do Israelis want to settle with the Palestinians or do they want to settle in the West Bank? That’s how I read the underlying question asked by Stanley Fischer, the former Governor of the Bank of Israel, at a recent symposium in New York. The issue overshadows much of
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Middle East-Second of two part series- By Steven Kramer It’s pretty obvious that President Obama has led the American retreat from its lofty status as the world’s only superpower to an attitude of non-participation in any situation which may endanger American soldiers. However, isn’t it the army’s role to protect the homeland from dangers abroad and
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Shoshana Bryen and Stephen Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –The nuclear-related agreement signed between the P5+1 and the Iranian government is, on its face, one-sided. In essence, according to Senator Mark Kirk (R-IL), they get: billions in sanctions relief, 3,000 new centrifuges, a plutonium reactor and enough enriched uranium for one nuclear bomb. We get, essentially,
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Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen, USAHezbollah blames Israel for commander’s death despite jihadist group claiming responsibility (JNS.org) Hezbollah on Wednesday blamed Israel for an attack in Beirut that killed one of its commanders, Hassan al-Laqqis, despite the fact that a jihadist group claimed responsibility for the assassination. A group called “The Free Sunnis of Baalbek Battalion” posted on Twitter that
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several headlines of recent days bring to the fore the persistent question of whether Israel is a strong state or a lazy state. The noisiest commotion has to do with the Bedouin. There have been demonstrations involving thousands, with non-lethal violence in several locations, protesting a government plan to deal
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastAlan Gross asks for Obama’s involvement in securing release from Cuban prison (JNS.org) Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison term in Cuba for helping the Cuban Jewish community access the Internet while he was a subcontractor for the United States Agency for International Development, asked for President Barack Obama’s “personal involvement” in helping to
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InternationalIsraeli Navy braces for ‘reverse flotilla’ from Gaza (JNS.org) The Israeli Navy is preparing for a so-called “reverse flotilla” expected to leave Gaza on Monday and set out toward Israeli ships enforcing the naval blockade six miles from the Gaza shore, Israel Hayom reported. The flotilla is expected to comprise several boats and dozens of
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–Americans tend to think of a 501(c)(3) tax exemption as the “Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval” from the U.S. Government, indicating that the organization does work of which the government approves. Not necessarily. In Financing the Flames, Edwin Black reveals his meticulous research on “human rights” organizations that use charitable funds
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Is President Obama throwing Israel under a bus (to use the expression that has become popular in Canada in the Senate scandal debate) in the wake of his overt and covert negotiations with Iran? Statements by Prime Minister Netanyahu can be read in this way. Even enthusiastic peaceniks seem
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California — Jesse Jackson once said that he gets nervous whenever he sees a group of young black men standing on a corner doing nothing—and he’s not the only one. By now, most of you may have heard about a game called “Knockout.” In places like Crown Heights in
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USA