International

JNS news briefs: October 15, 2012

EU adopts new sanctions against Iran (JNS.org) The European Union has tightened sanctions on Iran’s financial institutions, trade, energy and shipping in a bid to persuade Iranian leaders to return to serious discuss over its nuclear program and avert possible military action. The latest sanctions represent the most far-reaching to date by the 27-member bloc

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International

Israel hit by rockets, kills al-Qaida-affiliated terrorists

  While rockets fall on southern Israel and Jewish residents remain on high alert, the Israeli Air Force kills two Gaza terrorists who were reportedly the most senior al-Qaida affiliates in the Palestinian enclave, Hisham Saedni and Ashraf al-Sabah. By Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org Two rockets fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip exploded in

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Middle East

Netanyahu’s accomplishments deserve some credit

By Ira Sharkansky FREIBURG IM BREISGAU, Germany– I’m directing this column against my Internet friends and many others who think that Benyamin Netanyahu is an extremist, against Barack Obama who has told a number of people that Netanyahu  is a pest, and against analysts who assert that Israel is a marginal issue in the American election.

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Commentary: Why we’re for Obama

  The three co-chairs of “Rabbis for Obama” write that President Barack Obama’s values are Jewish values and American values, and that we need his values in the White House for four more years. Obama’s record, they write, reflects the embodiment of Jews’ deepest obligations: tikkun olam, tzedakah, shalom—to repair the world, to pursue justice,

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USA

Commentary: Why I’m for Romney

  Should Americans who support Israel take President Barack Obama at his word when he says he is fully committed to the Jewish state? No, not when Israel confronts the threat of nuclear annihilation by Iran, writes philanthropist and casino magnate Sheldon G. Adelson. Time and again Obama has signaled a lack of sympathy—or even

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USA

USS Ponce in serious danger in Persian Gulf

By Stephen and Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. —Washington wants to avoid a confrontation with Iran, but faces two wild cards. First, Israel may find itself unable to forgo the use of force against Iran’s nuclear facilities. Second, the administration has reiterated that it, too, finds a nuclear-armed Iran “unacceptable,” and may have to take action

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, Stephen D. Bryen

JNS news briefs: October 10, 2012

Chavez defeats grandson of Jews in Venezuela presidential elections (JNS.org) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez was re-elected Sunday, beating his opponent, Henrique Capriles Radonski, a Catholic whose grandparents were Jewish and Holocaust survivors. Chavez won 54.4 percent of the vote to Capriles’s 44.9. Radonski represented the Democratic Unity coalition, which combined 30 parties that oppose the Chavez

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International

Netanyahu announces early elections in Israel

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announces early elections, stresses advantages of speedy election cycle rather than lengthy process that could weigh on the economy. With snap elections, Netanyahu aims to prevent rival candidates from gaining ground, experts believe. By Shlomo Cesana and Mati Tuchfeld/JNS.org Now it’s official: Israel is going to the polls. Prime Minister

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Middle East