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Surviving the Holocaust at what price?

By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California — Claudia Stevens, a multi-talented actress, singer, drummer, and historian brought to life “Madame F” on Monday evening, Nov. 26, at the Recital Hall of Mandeville Auditorium UCSD. Madame F is the abbreviated name for Fanja Fanelson  (Goldstein) who was an award winning pianist. While she […]

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Suit brought against State Department for funding P.A.

WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–Dual US-Israeli citizens filed a lawsuit against Hillary Clinton and the State Department claiming that the US administration provided the Palestinian Authority with billions of dollars in aid money which were used to fund terrorist groups such as Hamas instead of supporting humanitarian causes, Yedioth Ahronoth reported. According to the lawsuit, the

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JNS news briefs:November 28, 2012

 Iran simulates nuclear weapon with triple the power of Hiroshima bomb (JNS.org) Computer simultions run by Iranian scientists reveal a nuclear weapon with more than three times the power of the bomb America dropped on Hiroshima during World War II, the Associated Press reported. The AP cited a diagram it obtained from anonymous officials featuring

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What will U.N. recognition mean for Palestine…. and Israel?

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Palestine is poised to receive recognition as a state by the United Nations General Assembly. Someone has labeled this as its arrival to the level of a “virtual state” without membership in the United Nations or recognition as a state by the two governments most important, i.e., Israel and the

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: November 27, 2012

Islamic Jihad says it leaked IDF soldiers’ personal information (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Islamic Jihad terrorist group in the Gaza Strip claims that it published more than 100 Israeli soldiers’ personal information on the Internet on Monday, according to Palestinian media outlets. The list of documents published online reportedly contains confidential information including the

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JNS news briefs: November 26, 2012

Nasrallah says Hezbollah capable of striking all of Israel (JNS.org) Hezbollah has the capability to hit Israeli targets “from Kiryat Shmona—and let the Israelis listen carefully—from Kiryat Shmona to Eilat,” representing the Jewish state’s northernmost and southernmost points, the Iranian-funded group’s leader Hassan Nasrallah said Sunday, Reuters reported. Nasrallah’s statement came in the wake of

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Noise of war replaced by cacaphony of politics

 By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Israel is currently in the verbally explosive situation of a political campaign that began hours, or perhaps minutes, after the end of a week-long military operation. Politicians, media personalities, and just released reservists are all over the map in their expressions. It is not difficult to chart them according to

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

As with most compromises, ceasefire brought no clear victors

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALELM — Who won?  It’s too early to be certain. Recent hours have been without attacks on Israel or Israel attacking. Beyond caution about the violence, it is also not easy to ponder the variety of commentary, much of it hyperbolic. With all the reservations that are appropriate, the following points are worthy

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

JNS news briefs: November 22, 2012

 Bibi: Terror groups ‘assumed wrong’ that Israel would not retaliate (JNS.org) Just before the cease-fire agreement that ended eight days of intense fighting between Israel and Hamas went into effect, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told a press conference Wednesday, “The government decided to launch [Operation Pillar of Defense] in light of terror attacks from

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