LOS ANGELES (Press Release) – AJC welcomed the decision of the Appellate Division of the California Superior Court in Orange County in State v. Sayeed, et al. The court upheld the conviction of 10 individuals who repeatedly interrupted Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren’s speech at the University of California at Irvine in February 2010. They had […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. –Following is the text of U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s speech on Monday, March 3, to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) as provided by the U.S. State Department: * SECRETARY KERRY: Norm, thank you. Thank you very, very much. Thank you all, 14,000 strong or more. (Applause.) Howard, Howard Friedman
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — State Department Spokesman Jen Psaki issued the following statement Monday, March 3, on the situation in Syria: “The United States deplores continued threats against Christians and other minorities in Syria, who are increasingly targeted by extremists. Last week in Raqqa, the Islamic State of Syria and the Levant (ISIL) announced it
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WASHINGTON, D.C — U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met at the White House on Monday, March 3, to discuss a wide range of topics including the civil war in Syria, the efforts to prevent Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, turmoil in Egypt, and the ongoing U.S.-brokered discussions between Israel
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Middle East, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –President Obama has long made clear his distaste for fighting wars — his or anyone else’s. He has followed through on his belief in diplomacy not necessarily moored to military power, and on his priority issues within the military related to social and group identity issues. Now in his sixth
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Interfaith Coalition on Mosques (ICOM) on Friday, Feb. 28, filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit supporting a Muslim congregation in Bridgewater, New Jersey whose mosque construction was unlawfully blocked by a town ordinance. ICOM was formed by the Anti-Defamation League in 2010 to
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USAEditor’s Note: Here are the sections about human rights in Israel and the Territories that were part of a larger report issued on Thursday, Feb. 27, by the U.S State Department evaluating human rights issues around the world. * Israel Israel is a multiparty parliamentary democracy. Although it has no constitution, the parliament, the unicameral
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern at reports in the Israeli press that the Obama Administration is increasingly rejecting requests from Israeli citizens for visas to visit the United States. According to U.S. State Department records consulted by these reports, during 2013, 9.7% of Israelis who requested visas —
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USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — If you are surprised by this week’s announcement of major manpower cuts to the U.S. Army, you haven’t been paying attention. For a long time. There are two components to understanding America’s defense spending choices — the political and the budgetary; they are not the same. The Administration has
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By Estee Chandler LOS ANGELES — Stand With Us (SWU) Research and Education Director, Roberta Seid and CEO, Roz Rothstein’s opinion piece published in San Diego Jewish World under the title, “Israel foes, defenders spar before CSU Trustees” was an interesting read. But in the end, it gives me several reasons to be hopeful. They
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NEWTON, Massachusetts (Press Release)– The seventh edition of Jewish Major Leaguer Baseball Cards – a 50-card set largely focused on events in baseball involving Jewish players over the last four years, will be released on March 15. The 2010 edition, the fifth update, was thought to be the last. But popular demand, contributions and encouragement
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PHILADELPHIA –For most Jews in the United States, hunting laws are not a concern. Following World War II, most Jews settled in urban or suburban areas, far from roaming turkeys, elk, bears, and deer outside of the occasional casualty in the highway emergency lane. Therefore, few even realize that the same seemingly archaic statutes that
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USANEW YORK (Press Release)–Adherents of the “sovereign citizen” movement are forming their own vigilante “grand juries” in counties across the United States in an attempt to exact pressure on local government officials to accede to their anti-government demands and whims. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), which monitors domestic anti-government groups and reports on their activities, has
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NEW YORK (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Thursday, Feb. 13, applauded Michael Sam, a defensive lineman from the University of Missouri and likely top NFL draft pick, who is the first NCAA Division I college football player to come out as a gay man. ADL encouraged NFL teams to judge all players by their
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