By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — You’ve heard about the dog that didn’t bark. Now we have the sentence that was not in the draft of the Democrats’ platform. It was there in 2008. According to the New York Times, the key sentence was, “Jerusalem is and will remain the capital of Israel”. The Jerusalem Post […]
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Ira Sharkansky, USAJerusalem language returns to Democratic platform after three attempted votes (JNS.org) Recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, at first controversially omitted from the 2012 Democratic Party Platform, will return to the document after three attempted voice votes at the party’s convention in Charlotte, NC, on Wednesday. On all three voice votes, a seemingly indistinguishable
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By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C. — With his most recent comments in London last week, Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, put a greater distance between the United States and Israel over a potential attack against Iran. “I don’t want to be complicit if they [Israel] choose to do it,”
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Middle EastBy Daniel Pipes “President Obama has thrown allies like Israel under the bus.” That’s what Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president, said in the high-profile speech accepting his party’s nomination last week, repeating a slang phrase for sacrificing a friend for selfish reasons. Romney had deployed this phrase before, for example in May 2011 and
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USAAhmadinejad admits sanctions hurting Iranian economy (JNS.org) Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinehad on Tuesday admitted that the West’s sanctions have created problems for the Islamic Republic’s oil exports and banking. “There are barriers in transferring money, there are barriers in selling oil,” he said on television, according to Israel Hayom. The West has launched an “all-out
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InternationalBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — My most recent column, asking if Israel and the United States are friends, brought forth some of the nasty stuff that is known to exist, but is disturbing when it comes to light. Among the comments sent to the Jerusalem Post blog section “WE ARE NOT FRIENDS. Get it through
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By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Before the pundits start telling you the Romney campaign stepped into a time-warp on the subject of Russia, it’s worth considering what adviser Rich Williamson said and what it means. “They’re trampling civil rights,” and “they’re our foe,” and “they’ve chosen a path of confrontations, not cooperation.” Pierre-Richard Prosper,
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org The evacuation of all 50 Jewish families in Israel’s Migron outpost was completed on Sunday evening without major incident. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the successful and peaceful evacuation—but vowed that his government would continue to strengthen Jewish communities in the West Bank. Speaking at an event to celebrate
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Middle EastMoody’s credit rating agency compliments Israel’s financial conduct (JNS.org) International credit ratings corporation Moody’s presented a positive evaluation of Israel’s economy in its latest report, issued Monday, according to Israel Hayom. The agency says Israel is economically strong, institutionally and fiscally, and has the capability to weather tough global economic crises, as it did in
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InternationalBy Maxine Dovere/JNS.org WASHINGTON—Rabbi Shmuley Boteach is no longer simply a responder to questions about faith or relationships raised by the rich and famous, or merely a recipient of national and international attention for his 27 books or his “Shalom in the Home” broadcasts. These days, Boteach is a political contender in a serious
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USABy Raymond Ibrahim NEW YORK — Several reports appearing in July indicate that Christian minorities all around the Muslim world—especially women and children—are being abducted, tortured, raped, forced to convert to Islam, and/or enslaved. In Egypt, at least 550 such cases have been documented in the last five years, and have only increased since the
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InternationalReport: U.S. says it won’t support Israeli strike if Iran stays away from American assets (JNS.org) The U.S. has indirectly told Iran that it won’t support Israeli military action on its nuclear program if the Islamic Republic agrees to “steer clear of strategic American assets in the Persian Gulf,” the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth
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InternationalIn an exclusive interview with JNS.org, former U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Stuart Eizenstat, who had senior positions for the Carter and Clinton administrations, shares his views on the future of U.S.-Israel relationship within the context of the Asia-Pacific region’s increasing influence. By Ronen Shnidman/JNS.org Much ink has been spilled over the past 12
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — How bad are the relations between Israel and the United States? It’s a question in our headlines, reflecting the latest blips in the ongoing disagreement between the Obama and Netanyahu administrations about the need to attack Iran’s nuclear facilities. Things have not been all that good between Israel and Barack
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