By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO — To counteract the impression that he didn’t have the credentials to be the commander in chief or positions on key international issues, Governor Romney recently put forward his ideas on Syria. Actually, he made like a cliff diver and made a huge splash with great risk. His solution is […]
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Middle EastEU 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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InternationalWhile 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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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel CHULA VISTA, California –In Pakistan, this past week, the Taliban shot a young fourteen year old woman named Malala Yousafzai in the head. She is fighting for her life. She was no average target; this was not a random act of gratuitous violence that we read about in the paper.
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, Middle EastBy 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 EastBy Yaakov Lappin WASHINGTON, D.C. –A small, mysterious unidentified drone quietly made its way into Israeli air space last week. Trailed by two F-16I Israeli fighter jets, the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) flew across southern Israel, after intruding in from the Mediterranean Sea and passing Gaza, possibly in an attempt to blend in with
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Middle EastShalit reveals how he survived in first public interview since freedom (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) One year after his release, Israeli Channel 10 News aired parts of an interview with former Hamas captive Gilad Shalit on Oct. 11, during which Schalit revealed details of how he survived his ordeal and spent his days in captivity.
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InternationalNY police ‘very cognizant’ of potential Iranian attack on city (JNS.org) The New York Police Department (NYPD) is monitoring the possibility of an Iranian attack on New York City due to the area’s large Jewish community, the New York Post reported. “Obviously if there’s any action involving Israel and Iran we have to be very cognizant
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InternationalThe 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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USAShould 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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USABy 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. BryenChavez 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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InternationalIsraeli 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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By Isaac Yetiv , Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — In a previous commentary, I wondered if the incredible accumulation of blunders in the bloody assault on the US Consulate in Benghazi, that killed four Americans including a US ambassador, was due to ineptitude or lies. The passage of time and the emerging evidence have
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