CIA: Pollard received life sentence for giving unauthorized interview to Blitzer (JNS.org) Jonathan Pollard, the only person in U.S. history to receive a life sentence for spying for an American ally, received a sentence of that magnitude because of an unauthorized interview he gave Wolf Blitzer of the Jerusalem Post in 1986, according to a […]
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InternationalBy Rabbi Ben Kamin ENCINITAS, California– When the devastated father of Emilie Parker, Robbie Parker, took to the cameras and microphones on Saturday to talk about his murdered 6 year-old child in Newtown, Connecticut, we were able to gain more than a media coup. Even the most cynical (and there are some), who may have
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USABy Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan– For a small island nation like Taiwan, she sure gets a lot of visitors from around the world, some coming here for the first time, and others coming back for nostalgic reunions with old U.S.military buddies. Joel Aronson, who lives in New Jersey, is one such man. The former
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — How extreme is Avigdor Lieberman? Compared to what? No doubt that Avigdor Lieberman has an image problem with the worthies of the West. He goes beyond the politically correct assertions that the terrorism is not Islam by speaking explicitly about Arab violence, and he throws the charge of
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Even the day after the terrible tragedy in the school in Connecticut, the Israeli papers found space on their front pages for Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman’s resignation. Though the prosecution has dropped against him all the serious charges that have been on the books for many years, it intends
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Middle EastBy Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California– Early in the 1950’s , in a speech in Haifa , David Hacohen , the Israeli representative at the U.N., astonished the public when he said, “Don’t expect the United Nations to be a Court of Justice; it is an organization guided by the competing interests of the nations,
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International, Middle EastBy Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO —The shootings in Connecticut hit me hard. Just the thought of a gunman coming into a school and shooting children was too much for me. I thought of the times when my daughter was younger and attended San Diego Jewish Academy that she would tell me of a Code Red,
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USA(JNS.org) One day after sounding a defiant note, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Friday that he would resign following his indictment on fraud and breach of trust for allegedly promoting a diplomat who provided him with sensitive information about the police investigation against him. Thursday’s indictment of the foreign minister, announced by Israeli Attorney-General Yehuda
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Middle EastBy Dorothea Shefer-Vanson MEVASSERET ZION, Israel –As election time in Israel draws near (the date set is 22nd January 2013), the plethora of parties and personalities vying for the Israeli voter’s attention is becoming ever more frenetic. On the one side is the massive combined weight of two right-wing parties, led by Avigdor Lieberman and
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Dorothea Shefer-Vanson, Middle EastResignation would be premature, says Lieberman (JNS.org) Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman sounded a defiant note on Thursday after Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein announced he would indict him for fraud and breach of trust. The indictment in question refers to the foreign minister’s role in allegedly promoting a diplomat who provided him with sensitive information about
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InternationalBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — The Obama administration is sending mixed signals again: their words point one way; their actions, another. The White House stated its opposition to the Palestinian Authority (PA) bid for non-member state status in the UN, but declined to mobilize its and Israel’s traditional allies. It also appears the administration
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — It took me less than 24 hours after returning to Israel to start worrying that there may be no political party I could vote for in next month’s general election. Though more than thirty (!) parties will be running candidates, there’s really not that much choice, because many are
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Middle EastIsraeli-Palestinian tension escalates in Hebron (JNS.org) Fresh riots broke out in the flashpoint city of Hebron on Thursday as a Palestinian youth shot and killed by Israeli Border Police on Wednesday was buried, Israel Hayom reported. Dozens of Palestinians hurled rocks and firebombs at IDF troops, who responded with crowd dispersal munitions. The Palestinians report
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InternationalBy Evelyn Gordon How effectively Israel’s recent Gaza operation will deter Palestinian rocket fire remains to be seen. Israelis are skeptical: One poll found that a whopping 88 percent think the truce will not last long. Even Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn’t sound too confident: Visiting an airbase shortly after the cease-fire took effect,
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