By Anav Silverman TEL AVIV –Against the backdrop of a red sun dipping into the Mediterranean, friends and family members gathered together to honor over 1,000 child terror victims at Tel Aviv’s Old Railway Station last Thursday, August 29. In what was a special gala event organized by OneFamily Fund, the evening included the launching […]
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Putting the President’s speech alongside the political science classic by Richard Neustadt, Presidential Power: The Politics of Leadership is the best demonstration yet that Barack Obama has demonstrated the power of the Peter Principle. He should never have moved beyond the Illinois state legislature, and certainly not beyond one term
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — Following is the text of President Obama’s remarks on Syria’s use of chemical weapons delivered in the White House Rose Garden on Saturday, August 31: THE PRESIDENT: Good afternoon, everybody. Ten days ago, the world watched in horror as men, women and children were massacred in Syria in the worst
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Middle East
By Lloyd Levy LONDON — By the time this article is published, the “West”may be at war with Syria. Or rather, the “West” minus the UK, whose Parliament members made very clear to the Government that they wanted nothing to do with military involvement in yet another Middle East country. In the UK, we are
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Lloyd Levy, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — John Kerry’s speech was well tailored, to use a phrase that has become popular to describe the US attack on Syria still in the stages of planning or political buffering as I write this. He identified a number of countries that were supporting the US initiative, without mentioning Britain, Germany,
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Donald H. Harrison, Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastEditor’s Note: U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement on Syria on Friday, August 30: President Obama has spent many days now consulting with Congress and talking with leaders around the world about the situation in Syria. And last night, the President asked all of us on his national security team to
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Middle EastLeaked report shows Israel as ‘priority target’ for U.S. intelligence (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A document leaked by U.S. National Security Agency whistle-blower Edward Snowden shows that “Uncle Sam” does not only spy on his enemies, but his allies as well—labeling Israel as a “priority target,” according to a Washington Post report on Thursday.
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International
By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — It was a wonderful passage through the 50th anniversary of The Dream, replete with truly credentialed achievements, a variety of historical revelations, and a share of significant embellishments. The latter grouping included the beatification of Martin Luther King Jr.—a real person who had only some relationship with the
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USA
PA media blames Israel and Jews for Al-Aqsa Mosque arson by non-Jewish tourist (JNS.org) A number of official Palestinian Authority (PA) media reports recently blamed Israel and Jews for setting fire to the Al-Aqsa Mosque in the Old City of Jerusalem in 1969, even though the arson was proved to have been committed by non-Jewish
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –This is the season when Israelis combine a wish for a good year along with their conventional greetings at work, on the street, or over the telephone. This year it is also an occasion for asking if there will be another war. The answer is almost certainly yes, with the next
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastIsrael: U.N. Palestinian refugee group should refrain from ‘one-sided political advocacy’ (JNS.org) The Israeli Foreign Ministry issued a strong statement against the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) on Tuesday, calling on the organization “to return to its original humanitarian agenda of assisting Palestinian refugees, while refraining from any one-sided political advocacy activities.” The
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InternationalBy Arkady Mamaysky TARRYTOWN, N.Y.– Israeli-Palestinian negotiations have started once again. Hopefully, despite the many problems which must be resolved, they will end with better results than previous ones. One of the main problems is that of Palestinian refugees, as they are commonly called. To say it correctly, the people we now call refugees are
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO– Russia has approached the United States about transferring Chelsea (Bradley) Manning to Russian custody. It urged the United States to drop the 35 year sentence against him for leaking classified documents in return for Russia imposing a hefty fine and jailing him for a year for promoting a transgender lifestyle.
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Lawrence Baron, USAIsrael ranks 4th in global health care efficiency (JNS.org) Israel ranks 4th in a new ranking system on global health care efficiency, ahead of advanced countries in Europe and North America. According to data compiled by Bloomberg that ranks countries based on three criteria—life expectancy, health-care cost as a percentage of GDP per capita, and
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