Two Neighbors’ colleagues Judy and Adeem examine some embroidery By Yonatan Peres TEL AVIV, Israel — Back in the seventies, in my IDF military service, I was training in the South Hebron Mountain region. The area was scattered with Palestinian terrorists. Bombs, shootings ambushes and patrols were almost our daily routine. Some changes have occurred […]
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Middle East, USA, Yoni PeresBy Joel H. Cohen NEW YORK — President Trump has offered Benjamin Netanyahu moral support as the Israeli prime minister faces charges of corruption. In a letter obtained from knowledgeable sources who asked not to be identified, the president empathizes with the man he addresses as ‘Bibi” and offers some suggestions for fighting the accusations
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Joel H. Cohen, Middle East, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA –U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s jabbing accusation during the Cohen hearing must give us pause: “I’m saying that in itself it is a racist act.” So should U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown’s statement of Dec. 23, 2016: “Earlier this fall I joined Senate colleagues urging the Administration to uphold its position opposing
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Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Netanyahu’s decision to have elections next April and not in the Fall, when they were due, was an imaginative way of delaying, perhaps even evading, being indicted for bribery and related charges. Had Mr. Netanyahu waited till the end of the year, when elections would have had
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(c) Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — This is deeply personal. But what I have experienced should resonate with the entire Jewish community—the one we know and the one to come. In the whirlwind that seizes me and all who are communally aware, I have reached a new and stunning personal location, wedged between the searing
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USABy Mimi Pollack SAN DIEGO — I think one can learn a lot by being exposed to other cultures and ideas. It is good to be inclusive rather than exclusive. We need bridges of understanding, not walls. The San Diego Latino Film Festival, now in its 26th year, offers a wide variety of films from
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – Although Sebastian Parra grew up in Cali, Colombia, with the words of Genesis 12:3 intoned frequently at his Protestant church, anti-Israel propagandists in the United States knew just how to destroy his faith in God’s declaration to Abram, that “I will bless those who bless you, and him
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, USABy Colleen O’Connor Times of San Diego SAN DIEGO — Big hurdles face the Democrats’ “B” team of presidential nominees. Biden, Bernie, Beto and Brown may not scale in 2020. First, their history is challenging. Former Vice President Joe Biden is hurt most by his past. There’s his age, his lukewarm assistance to the Hillary
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON D.C. — The Russian- and Cuban-supported Maduro regime is getting bolder in attempts to crush the people of Venezuela. It is now working to block aid from coming across the border to the starving citizens. Some of that aid is American, to the irritation of Sen. Bernie Sanders, who doesn’t believe
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No Forgotten Fronts: From Classrooms to Combat by Lisa K. Shapiro; Naval Institute Press, © 2018, ISBN 9781682-472729; 348 pages plus appendices, notes, bibliography and index. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – During World War II, many people turned to The Washington Post for their news. On the other hand, G.I.’s who were former
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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, Travel and Food, USABy Mark D. Zimmerman MELVILLE, New York — Israel just became the fourth country to send a spacecraft toward a moon landing, a feat previously accomplished only by the United States, Russia and China. In addition to scientific equipment, the craft, named Beresheet, also contains a digital time capsule that includes drawings of the moon
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LONDON (Press Release) — British Home Secretary Sajid Javid initiated action on Monday that will designate Hezbollah as a terrorist organization in its entirety. The order is effective March 1, pending Parliament approval. “Hezbollah is continuing in its attempts to destabilize the fragile situation in the Middle East – and we are no longer able
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’ve come to the end of the period for registering parties and listing their candidates. It was a hectic final day. Two clusters formed, one to the right and one in the center. Prime Minister Netannyahu postponed a visit with Vladimir Putin so he could pressure what remained of Jewish
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The Associated Press was credited with three stories involving Jews in Sunday’s San Diego Union Tribune. In one, Democratic U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein of California had an impromptu debate with students who demanded that she support the Green New Deal, which she responded would never receive enough votes
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