International

Forum weighs outspokenness of Israel’s State Comptroller

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Justice Micha Lindenstrauss is nearing the end of a 7-year term as State Comptroller. The Knesset has already selected his successor, and commentators have summed up what has  been described as Lindenstrauss’ “tumultuous” term, comparing it to the activities of his predecessors, and contemplating what he has meant for Israel’s […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Positions sadly get twisted in U.S. elections

By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — Two factors make these elections different from the past: the outrageous amounts of money spent on both sides, passing the billion mark, (and its corollary, the unending and repetitious campaign,) and the excessive use  of ad hominem attacks rather than a reasoned debate on the issues (and its corollary, a cynical demagoguery

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USA

Why is the U.S. doing military exercises with Lebanon, Pakistan and Egypt?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It can’t be said that the U.S. is doing nothing about Syria. The administration created the “Atrocities Prevention Board,” which failed the test at Houla. It is supporting the feckless Kofi Annan, who is adding to a resume that includes the genocide in Rwanda and massacres in Bosnia. It

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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen

U.S. brushes off Muslim Brotherhood’s anti-Israel rhetoric

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK —  Following last week’s Egyptian first round of voting in the country’s presidential election, which has seen the Muslim Brotherhood candidate, Mohamed Mursi, win a plurality of the vote (44%), the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to continuing, alarming developments in Egypt. The ZOA is urging the

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Middle East

LBJ and RFK compartmentalized their loathing for each other

By Ira Sharkansksy JERUSALEM – My wandering the library stacks produced Jeff Shesol’s Mutual Contempt:Lyndon Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and the Feud That Defined a Decade (New York: Norton, 1997). I recall the general picture from the 1960s onward, and have seen details in other writing. What challenges conventional wisdom is the degree of absolute nuttiness

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Ira Sharkansky, USA

Moment of Remembrance at 3 p.m., May 30, to honor U.S. Armed Forces

By James Colbert WASHINGTON, D.C — American Exceptionalism began when 56 brave patriots signed the Declaration of Independence, and has continued with the many thousands of Americans who paid the ultimate price to preserve the freedoms that make ours the greatest nation in the world. On Memorial Day, we remember and honor those who have

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USA

Islamists’ percentage dropped in Egypt’s voting

By Barry Rubin HERZLYIYA, Israel –While the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt claims victory, the election was actually a defeat—at least temporary and possibly less important than it seems—for the Brotherhood and Islamism. Here’s why. The Islamist Camp Note that only about 44 percent of voters backed an Islamist candidate, compared to 75 percent in the parliamentary

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Middle East

Italy, Greece succumb to Euro; Israel remains independent

By Lloyd Levy LONDON –It is a fascinating irony that Israel flourishes while Greece and Italy are self destructing. The reason for the irony, is that the founders of Zionism based their world view on the struggle for Independence of these European states. The Italian struggle for independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire was a particular

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International, Lloyd Levy