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, USABy David Brin == From the Transparency Front == Total Information Awareness? NSA (the National Security Agency) is building a mammoth electronic spy center in Utah. The $2 billion Utah Data Center, to be completed by Sept. 2013, will be five times
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The United States is the 800 pound gorilla in our living room. And just about everyone else’s living room. Not only is an 800 gorilla large and powerful enough to be unremovable, but it is also clumsy and may do more by way of damage than it adds to the
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Ira Sharkansky, USAWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Friday released an analysis of support for Israel broken down by political affiliation that reveals a clear “Israel Gap” between the parties. Republican support for Israel is 25 points higher than Democratic support, and according to Gallup, only a bare majority, 53% of Democrats, express
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — It should be no surprise that the excitment of the American presidential campaign deals with domestic issues. The American voter is not responsible for his or her country being the most prominent in the world, with its hands almost everywhere. They are concerned that jobs, housing, and other needs are more
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By Rabbi Michael Leo Samuel SAN DIEGO — At our downtown TBS Jewish business ethics class, we discussed an interesting subject dealing with the problem of suspicion. The beginning of Parshat Pikudei (Vyakhale-Pikudei), Moses presents a complete inventory of all the items that he and the priests collected for the Tabernacle (Exod. 38:21) Moses gives
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Michael Leo Samuel-Rabbi, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta was to address a mixed U.S.-Afghan audience at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan only weeks after six American solders were killed by Afghan soldiers, and days after an American soldier allegedly killed 16 Afghan civilians. That circumstance alone would ensure a tense atmosphere, but the decision
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Shoshana Bryen, USABy Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D. LA JOLLA, California — San Diego is becoming a multicultural city more and more. The Asian and Hispanic populations are growing at a faster rate than the white. When I gave the commencement speech at the University of California, San Diego a few years ago, I was impressed with the large percentage
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Natasha Josefowitz, USABy Peter Huessy WASHINGTON, D.C. — Despite an ever-growing mountain of evidence conclusively indicating that Iran is hell-bent on obtaining nuclear weapons, many former and current officials in Washington continue to urge the Administration to use the lever of diplomacy to convince Tehran to “negotiate” a deal without conceding that Iran seeks to possess nuclear
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By Danny Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — This is a Jewish story with a Taiwanese twist. It’s really an American story, but this American reporter is reporting it from across the seas in Taiwan. You see, a certain woman named Mrs. Wandy Wang Druss was born in Chiayi in southern Taiwan and moved to
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USABy David Bedein JERUSALEM — In February 1977, after four years of activity, the US based organization Breira held its first and only national conference in Washington, DC. I was witness to the event, which convened only one month after Jimmy Carter was sworn in as the US President. The Israel Labor Party was then
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USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Mark Twain could return to describe the United States efforts in the Middle East. Democracy in Iraq, a remaking of Afghanistan, the establishment of a peaceful Palestine alongside Israel are only three of Washington’s efforts that have not gone well, despite considerable investment of high-ranking officials’ time, money, and the
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Ira Sharkansky, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Congressman Brad Sherman (D – CA), the Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Terrorism, Nonproliferation, and Trade, on Thursday, March 8, introduced new legislation, the Iran Financial Sanctions Improvement Act, with several new provisions to tighten international financial pressure on Iran’s banking sector. The bill is cosponsored by
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USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Following are the remarks delivered by President Barack Obama to the America Israel Public Affairs Committtee’s annual meeting. The transcript was provided by the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Thank you. Well, good morning, everyone. Rosy, thank you for your kind words. I have never seen Rosy on the basketball court. I’ll
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