By Evelyn Gordon This past February, the New York Times reported on a love affair gone sour. For months, Algeria had courted an Islamist warlord in Mali. The Algerians knew, as the Times put it, that he was “the leader of one of the militant Islamist groups holding northern Mali captive,” but they thought he […]
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Middle EastObama stresses ‘window of opportunity’ for Mideast (JNS.org) Israel and the Palestinians have a “window of opportunity to get back to the peace table,” U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday after meeting with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in the Oval Office. Obama said the two discussed how “the United States, as a
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InternationalBy Marsha Sutton SAN DIEGO — Hearing the words, “Hate feels so good,” is shocking in itself. But hearing those words uttered by a former neo-nazi skinhead turned equality and human rights advocate is a stunner. To understand how a white supremacist is created, and how a racist bigot can find his humanity, check out
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USABy Sabah Uddin Qazi and David Nitkin TORONTO–Ten journalists from Pakistan, Israel and Canada and three Canadian Muslim Jewish Dialogue (MJD) organizers, participated in the ongoing peace initiative by Weekly Press Pakistan to introduce positive face of Israel and highlight positive contributions of Jewish nation to non-Arab Muslim media which seems to be solely dependent on anti-Israel
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International(Editor’s Note: Tazpit News Agency, which says it tries to bring news to the non-Israeli public that other media often do not cover, here presents two stories of persistence in the face of tragedy. In one the family of a young man killed when Palestinians stoned his car win a court victory. In the other, an
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–You may have come upon headlines describing recent talks between American Secretary of State John Kerry, the Israelis and Palestinians as “very constructive,” with Kerry upbeat about the prospects of continued progress. Ha’aretz is not on the same wave. The lead article in Thursday’s Internet edition begins with, “Israel rejects Kerry’s gestures
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastErdogan delays Gaza visit until after Obama meeting (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Wednesday that he would delay a planned trip to the Gaza Strip until after he meets with U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House in Washington on May 16. Earlier this week, Erdogan
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InternationalBy Tikva Jacob TEL AVIV — Recently, the Jerusalem Post released a translation of an interview with Gilad Shalit in which he described the details of his kidnap and imprisonment. The writer, Ben Caspit, prefaced the once-captive soldier’s words, saying that, “[Gilad] knew that there was no military glory in what had happened there, on
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Middle EastNetanyahu to Kerry: I’m determined to end conflict with Palestinians (JNS.org) At a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, “I am determined not only to resume the peace process with the Palestinians, but to make a serious effort to end this conflict
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InternationalBy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — At the current events session in my retirement home a neighbor said: “Obama did something amazing. He brought Arab Turkey and Jewish Israel together in peace. Simply amazing. Why can’t he repeat it between Israel and the Palestinians.” Confusing Turks with Arabs is a common error. The
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Middle EastEditor’s Note: Following are the transcripts of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s joint appearance with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and his comments at a solo press conference following that meeting. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry: SECRETARY KERRY: I want to thank Prime Minister Netanyahu for, first of
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Middle EastBy Lloyd Levy LONDON–We cannot let the death of Margaret Thatcher pass , without a few thoughts on this truly great woman. Most people of my generation regard her as the most inspiring leader since Winston Churchill, and view her death with enormous sadness. In many ways she defined our whole world view. There was
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International, Lloyd LevyIran opens mines, milling plant following failure of nuclear talks (JNS.org) Iran, following a lack of progress in nuclear talks last week with the six world powers, has opened two news uranium mills and a milling plant, Reuters reported, citing the Iranian state news agency IRNA. The new Saghand 1 and 2 mines and the
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–“To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.” The source is Winston Churchill, on the occasion of a White House meeting with Dwight Eisenhower in 1954, to co-ordinate positions against Communism when Vietnam was a serious blot on the horizon. It also helps to explain the efforts of Barack Obama and John
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