By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.–While the Europeans were busy recasting Jerusalem in the image of Cold War Berlin complete with a wall and two governments-one free and one not-the Palestinians were busy revealing what their presumed state would look like. Follow the threads. In June, Fatah reaffirmed “the right of armed resistance” (terrorism) in […]
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Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)—Our nation’s first African-American president,the pronounced intensification of global anti-Semitism, continued defiance from Iran, and an unabashedly biased anti-Israel report were among the top issues affecting Jews in 2009, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s (ADL) annual list. “Much of the good news from the past year is, unfortunately, tempered by the bad,”
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–When Ehud Barak, the elected leader of Israel’s Labour Party, joined the Netanyahu government early this year as Minister of Defense, it was said in many quarters that he’d destroy the party that had already been greatly diminished in the election. The fact that several members of his Knesset faction rebelled
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–According to Israelis and others who talk and write about the country, it is the worst or the best place on earth. Hyperbole is the language of those who love and hate it. It is often in the cross hairs of international organizations flying the flags of justice and humane behavior. Or
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– Many governments’ policies toward migrants worldwide expose them to human rights abuses including labor exploitation, inadequate access to health care, and prolonged detention in poor, overcrowded conditions, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in advance of International Migrants Day, on December 18, 2009. A 25-page roundup of Human Rights Watch reporting on violations
JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (Press Release) – Matt J. Whitworth, United States Attorney for the Western District of Missouri, announced that a Columbia, Missouri, man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to illegally transferring funds to Iraq in violation of federal sanctions. Ahmad Mustafa, 55, of Columbia, a citizen of Iraq and a lawful permanent resident alien
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Credit Suisse AG, a Swiss corporation headquartered in Zurich, has agreed to forfeit $536 million to the United States and to the New York County District Attorney’s Office in connection with violations of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and New York state law. The forfeiture is the largest ever entered
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – The United States and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) last week signed an agreement in Abu Dhabi to begin a cooperative effort to detect, deter, and interdict illicit smuggling of nuclear and other radioactive material. The agreement, signed by U.S. Deputy Secretary of Energy Daniel Poneman and UAE Deputy Minister of
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USALONDON (WJC)–Following the row between Israel and Britain over attempts to arrest former Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, the British attorney-general will in future be asked to approve any warrants before suspected war criminals can be arrested, ‘The Guardian’ newspaper reports. Discussions had begun on creating “safeguards” in criminal cases against visiting foreign leaders. Lawyers
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Middle EastTEHRAN (WJC)–Iran test-fired a new version of its long-range Sajjil-2 missile on Wednesday and delivered the message that it is prepared to retaliate should Israel, the United States or anyone else attempt a military strike against its nuclear facilities. Images of the launch were shown on Iranian state television. Defense Minister Vahidi said that the
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Middle East, USABy Carol Ann Goldstein SAN DIEGO— I recently received an email from the New Israel Fund and was shocked by the subject line: “Don’t allow discrimination against women in Israel to become government policy”. I was remembering hearing about the segregation policies of sections of the US that discriminated against African Americans by requiring them to
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Compiled by Gail Umeham ** Naliboff-Berg Southwestern Jewish Press February 6, 1954 Page 2 Mr. & Mrs. Samuel D. Naliboff announce the marriage of their daughter, Clara, to Selwyn S. Berg, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Berg, of La Mesa. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Monroe Levens assisted by Cantor Joseph Cysner in
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Adventures in SD History, Middle EastBy Donald H. Harrison CARDIFF BY THE SEA, California—The leadership of Temple Solel is helping to evolve the concept of Judaism as a spiritual buffet. First, the Reform congregation announced its Synaplex program in which on several Shabbat evenings throughout the year, congregants could go temple and find a number of simultaneous offerings – much
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego Calendar, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–“How many troops has the Pope?” If you are old enough to remember that question, you know that the answer is somewhere between “None,” and “Not too many.” The modern equivalent is, “How many troops has world public opinion?” Same answer, to the great sorrow of the Palestinians. Israel has not responded
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