By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There was a three-minute item tucked into the middle of Tuesday’s Channel 2 prime time news that would provide ample justification for the Israeli government to suspend negotiations with the Palestinians, if they chose to do so. By scrolling, you can find it in the 17 to the 20 minute […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Jeffrey F. Barken and Jacob Kamaras/JNS.org HAIFA—Jay Ruderman has observed for years that when American Jewish leaders visit Israel or when Israeli leaders visit the United States, the conversation is “always about Israel” and how the Jewish state relates to Iran, Syria, the Palestinians, and others. “What’s happening in the American Jewish community?” and
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John Kerry: U.S. views all Jewish communities beyond pre-1967 lines as ‘illegitimate’ (JNS.org) Reacting to Israel’s announcement of 1,200 new housing units in eastern Jerusalem and Judea and Samaria, Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday that the U.S. “views all of the settlements as illegitimate.” Israel is “only building within the borders of communities
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By Lloyd Levy LONDON–The European Union has issued a very serious threat to Israel, which if implemented will be a major threat to Israel’s economic development. The threat indeed is so far reaching that it is almost incomprehensible in its implications, and yet has received little mainstream publicity. The European Union, is the misbegotten attempt
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By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Israel announced two contradictory policies on the eve of the second round of Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. It will release a group of Palestinian prisoners as a good will gesture, and build more settlements on the West Bank as a bad will gesture. As a compromise, the PLA demanded
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Lawrence Baron, USAWestern Wall superimposed with Palestinian Authority flag on Abbas Facebook page (JNS.org) In the midst of renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations, the Facebook page of the Presidential Guard of Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas recently featured a photo illustration with the PA flag superimposed on the Western Wall, Palestinian Media Watch reported. The
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM _- Is it possible to find an honest broker in the Middle East? In one recent newscast it was reported that the Palestinian negotiator criticized Israel for not living up to the spirit of negotiations, and complicating any possibility of agreement, by continuing to build over the 1967 line. That sounds
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — Two years since the heinous, unforgivable incident, the Miami Beach, Fla. police have still failed, ignominiously, to clear the air about the inexplicable street killing of motorist Raymond Herisse. Herisse, 22, was killed on a South Beach street in his vehicle in a barrage of firepower that entailed
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USANir Barkat: Better to let peace deal collapse on Jerusalem than to make ‘bad deal’ (JNS.org) With renewed Israeli-Palestinian conflict negotiations underway, Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat warned against Israeli concessions relating to his city. “If the deal collapses because it hinges on the Jerusalem issue, so be it. It is better not to make any
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InternationalIDF training complex will make Negev ‘Israeli Silicon Valley,’ Netanyahu says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces’ massive training complex in the Negev will cost Israel 21 billion shekels ($5.92 billion) to complete, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe (Bogie) Ya’alon both said during a tour of the site on Wednesday.
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InternationalBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO — Between his therapy sessions, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner phoned Alex Rodriguez to get advice on how to delay disciplinary action for the duration of a contract and how to get past first base and not strike out. Commenting on the difficulties of restarting peace talks between Israel and
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Lawrence Baron, USAIran nuclear program will only be stopped by increased pressure, Netanyahu says (JNS.org) Newly inaugurated Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said at a press conference on Tuesday that Iran is “serious” about negotiations on its nuclear program as long as the other party in talks “abandons the language of pressure and threats.” But at a
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–We’re seeing another uptick in Israelis publicly pondering an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities. It might not come today, or ever. The increase in comments attributed to highly placed Israeli officials may be nothing more than frustrated politicians’ efforts to move the public’s focus away from domestic disturbances. The provocation may be
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastErdogan will no longer visit Gaza due to border-crossing denial by Egypt (JNS.org) Islamist Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will not be visiting Gaza later this month, as he had planned, reportedly due to Egyptian military authorities’ refusal to allow him to enter the Hamas-controlled territory through the Egyptian border. The denial by Egypt’s
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