By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — How important is Sara Netanyahu? She is prominent in the realm of politics as theater, presented by the media as a public spectacle. She is a frequent subject of the cartoonist for Ha’aretz, who depicts her like a creature that would remove the certificate of kashrut from Israel’s […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Alan Elsner WASHINGTON, D.C– President Obama’s decision to visit the Middle East this spring has focused new attention on how hard he intends to work and how much time and political capital he might expend on trying to bring about peace between Israelis and Palestinians. Obama will certainly receive a warm welcome both in
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen, Matthew R.J. Brodsky and Michael Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C. — According to testimony Thursday to the Senate Armed Services Committee, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke with President Obama at the outset of the Benghazi attack during a pre-scheduled meeting, but not again until the attacks were over. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM –It shouldn’t come as a surprise that there’re signs, albeit faint, that the in-your-face bravado announcements about settlement expansion by the Likud Beiteinu Party Leader Binyamin Netanyahu before the elections last month were different from what we seem to hear from the office of Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu after the
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Middle EastPhilanthropist Lauder earns France’s highest honor (JNS.org) France on Wednesday awarded Jewish philanthropist and media mogul Ronald Lauder with its government’s highest honor. Lauder—president of the World Jewish Congress, owner of Israel’s Channel 10 television station, and son of cosmetics giant Estée Lauder—received the Legion of Honor from President François Hollande. “With you, France honors
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InternationalBy Isaac Yetiv, Ph. D. LA JOLLA, California — In his second inaugural address, President Obama presented his program for the “transformation of America.” It reads like a “socialist manifesto” enunciated with the tacit assumption that he will rule, unchallenged, to re-create a new US of A in his own image, far different from the
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California — The news that the US Postal Service, so stricken with economic trouble and hyper-commitment to its pension structure, is phasing out Saturday mail delivery brings a sweeter memory to mind. When my father died suddenly in 1976, a young and unknown Jimmy Carter was quietly walking across
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USAIDF to post first ‘cyberdefense’ officers to its regional commands (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces is stepping up its efforts on the cyber front and will soon post a “cyberdefense” officer to each of its four regional commands, Israel Hayom reported. Each command—Northern, Southern, Central and Homefront—will be appointed an officer who will be
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InternationalBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — The officials are warning not to expect too much of the announced visit to Israel, the Palestinian Authority and Jordan by President Barack Obama, probably next month. In view of the failures of his predecessors, notably Bill Clinton, to push Israelis and Palestinians into making peace, it’s a reasonable
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — I went to bed after a limited time with the news focused on the ceremonial swearing in of Knesset Members, and what seemed like the circular going-nowhere blather about what kind of coalition Benyamin Netanyahu can assemble. Already well known are the problems. Yair Lapid and his second-largest party (There
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (JNS.org) — White House officials said Tuesday that President Barack Obama, whose relationship with Israel routinely garners attention due to his reported tension with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, plans to visit the Jewish state this spring. A specific date for Obama’s trip, which will also include Jordan, was not announced. “The start of the
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USAPalestinian media continues to put out anti-Israel and anti-American messages (JNS.org) Amid the release of a controversial study on Monday dismissing well-documented claims that Palestinian textbooks teach hatred, Palestinian media outlets continue to broadcast and print anti-Israel and anti-American messages. Palestinian Authority TV (PA TV) last week aired a music video honoring Ibrahim Hamed
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InternationalBy James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. — Last week, the Israeli Air Force reportedly attacked two different targets in Syria. One is said to have been a convoy ferrying advanced anti-aircraft missiles to the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah, the other, a large compound reported to contain training camps and research facilities housing Russian technicians as well
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)– The Women’s Leadership Network of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC) on Monday, Feb. 4, urged NJDC’s members to call their members of Congress and urge “bold” and “courageous” actions to pass gun control legislation and end the epidemic of gun violence. “Last week, NJDC’s good friend former Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) urged
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