International

Murders in Toulouse prompts debate over safety in Diaspora

By Rabbi Dow Marmur   JERUSALEM — The tragedy inToulouse has received much attention throughout the world. As carefully as thoughtful observers may read the expressions of sympathy and support, especially by French politicians, they’re also aware that what’s being said and written must be understood in the context of the forthcoming presidential elections inFrance. That’s […]

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Middle East

“Yes, but’ seems to be French reaction to killing of Jews

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — It was, it appears, a Muslim radical behind the massacre in Toulouse — a French-born petty thief who traveled in Afghanistan and Pakistan and was already under surveillance by French authorities. It was not, as first thought, French neo-Nazis. To which the question arises, “Does it matter which?” Yes,

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International, Shoshana Bryen

Constraints on North Korea may be model for Iran

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM– In the profound lack of certainty and the possibility of dire consequences concerned with Iran’s nuclear program, it is possible to conceive of a scenario that is less than perfect, but way short of catastrophic. Let’s start with some basics. In politics, it is generally impossible to achieve ideal solutions for

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International, Ira Sharkansky

‘Apologize or resign!’ StandWithUs urges EU ‘diplomat’

  PARIS (Press Release)–StandWithUs France condemns High Representative of the European Union, Catherine Ashton, for her statement regarding the brutal, anti-Semitic murders of four people at a Jewish school in Toulouse, France on Monday. As France reels in horror at this attack, together with the global Jewish community and all people of conscience, High Representative

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International

Confused about Iran’s nuclear program? Everybody else is too

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Earlier this week, Israeli media headlined that “’Mossad, CIA agree Iran has yet to decide to build nuclear weapon.” The story went on to say that “New York Times report quotes senior American officials who believe there is little disagreement between Israeli and U.S. intelligence over Iran’s nuclear program, despite

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

If Syria, Egypt have zero to fear from U.S, why should Iran?

By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “What is being done in Homs [Syria] . . . is simply appalling and shouldn’t be allowed to stand in our world,” said British Prime Minister David Cameron in Washington. The British, he said, are cataloguing “these crimes,” and Asad should “always remember that international law has got a long reach

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Shoshana Bryen, USA

Jewish groups react in pain to French school murders

  NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Jewish  Federations of North America is shocked and outraged at Monday’s tragic terror  attack on a Jewish school in southern France that has left at least four dead,  including three children. Early news indicates that a terrorist on a motorcycle carried out a fatal shooting outside Ozar Hatorah, a Jewish school

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International, Yeruchem Eilfort-Rabbi