By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is experiencing what may be a painful maturation of its gay and lesbian community. It comes with the unfolding of a long running police investigation into the shooting deaths of two and the wounding of 11, one of whom was seriously disabled, four years ago at a gay and […]
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By Lloyd Levy LONDON — The Middle East seems to be descending into quite unfathomable turmoil and barbarity. My own country Britain, is seemingly pushing harder than anyone to arm the “rebels” in Syria, hence potentially handing modern armaments to the likes of al-Qaida and other extremists. Why the British Government is so intent on
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Mossad reportedly gives Ankara intelligence (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The head of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, Tamir Pardo, met secretly with the Turkish intelligence agency’s undersecretary, Hakan Fidan, on June 10 in Ankara, with Syria, Iran and the Gezi Park protests on the agenda, the Turkish newspaper Hurriyet reported Wednesday. Pardo claimed to have information
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InternationalNetanyahu: Construction has ‘no bearing’ on peace deal (JNS.org) Speaking behind closed doors at the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on Monday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that if peace negotiations with the Palestinians were entered into, they were expected to “be long and tough, but that the alternative Israel faces is a
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InternationalBy Anav Silverman JERUSALEM — For Raul De Molina, an Emmy award winning co-host of a top-rated entertainment news show, El Gorda y la Flaca, a recent visit to Israel with a group of Hispanic media personalities rekindled a new kind of appreciation for food. The Latin superstar, who hosts the popular show on America’s
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Middle East
By Judy Lash Balint JERUSALEM — A few weeks ago Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat opened his campaign headquarters in a historic building a few blocks from the Old City, just outside the popular Mamilla Alrov Mall. On Monday evening, June 10, at a campaign kick-off at a private home in the upscale Baka neighborhood, Mayor
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Middle EastBy Abraham H. Foxman and Christopher Wolf NEW YORK — Several women’s advocates recently put the spotlight on misogynistic postings to Facebook promoting and celebrating violent attacks on women. As a result of their pressure on advertisers and others, Facebook eventually responded — admitting it could do better in policing online hate and outlining a
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USAAssad could prevail in Syrian civil war, minister says (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) There is a “real possibility” that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad “could survive Syria’s civil war and even prevail in it” against the rebels trying to topple him, Israeli International Relations and Strategic Affairs Minister Dr. Yuval Steinitz told a group of foreign
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By Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California–Robert F. Kennedy, 42, was shot several times in the kitchen of the Ambassador Hotel just before midnight on June 4, 1968. He had just won California Democratic presidential primary and seemed destined for the nomination. He lingered through the next day but wounds proved fatal and he died early
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Several items in Friday’s newspaper explain as well as anything where we are, and that we ain’t going anywhere else. The issue is Palestine, high on the international agenda since the 20’s of the last century. Prominent markers, after the Balfour Declaration, were the Peel Commission of 1936-37, various UN
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Among the unpleasantness that Israeli Jews experience is the awareness that Jews along with Arabs and others are demonstrating against Israel. Noam Chomsky’s involvement in persuading Stephen Hawking to cancel his appearance at an Israeli conference was a prominent example, consistent with Chomsky’s record and perhaps reinforced by his own
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastKerry authorizes $1.3 billion in military aid to Egypt (JNS.org) U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry authorized $1.3 billion in U.S. military aid to Egypt last month despite writing himself in a memo that the U.S. is “not satisfied with the extent of Egypt’s progress” on its democracy, Reuters reported Thursday. The Secretary of State,
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Wednesday, June 5, it was revealed that that the current US (“I’ve got Israel’s back”) administration leaked to the media the specifications for the heretofore-secret US-Israel installation for Israel’s Arrow 3 missiles. It was quickly called just another leak from an administration already reeling from leaks; someone apologized.
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenSamantha Power nominated as U.S. ambassador to U.N. (JNS.org) Samantha Power, President Barack Obama’s replacement for Susan Rice as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, has a history of controversial comments about Israel. Power from January 2009 to March 2013 held positions including special assistant to the president, senior director for multilateral affairs and human
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