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By Natasha Josefowitz, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California — Time is marching inexorably on. 6 a.m.: I wish the clock would stop for an hour so that I can stay in bed—it doesn’t, and I get up reluctantly. In the waiting room of the doctor’s office: I wish time would speed up. I wish it would

Poll: Most Israelis satisfied with leadership’s conduct during war (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) According to a poll conducted by Israel Hayom and the New Wave Research Institute to sum up the recent fighting, 74 percent of the Jewish public in Israel think that operation Protective Edge should be called a war. An even higher percentage

NEW YORK (Press Release) – The American Jewish Committee (AJC )is calling on world leaders to urgently focus on the rapidly deteriorating situation in Iraq, due to the advances of the ISIS terrorist organization, which aims to wipe out any population it deems heretical. “ISIS barbarity is now a top threat to security and stability

NEW YORK (WJC) – The international media will have to answer for the intimidation by Hamas of journalists working in Gaza, which has produced a one-sided anti-Israel narrative in the mainstream press, World Jewish Congress spokeswoman E.J. Kessler declared on Thursday, Aug. 7. “The reports from journalists testifying to Hamas intimidation are troubling and call

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—Jack Rosen, American Jewish Congress president and American Council for World Jewry chairman, is in Washington, D.C. this week attending the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit. On Tuesday, August 5, Mr. Rosen attended the White House state dinner where he continued conversations with a number of African heads of state and dignitaries, advancing the working

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has pointed to emerging and strong evidence that the death of Arab Gazan civilians blamed on an Israeli strike upon an UNWRA school earlier this week — for which the Obama Administration condemned Israel — was in fact staged by Nazi-like  terrorist group Hamas. The

Jimmy Carter urges recognition of Hamas as legitimate ‘political actor’ (JNS.org) The United States and the European Union should recognize that the Hamas terrorist organization “is not just a military but also a political force,” former U.S. president Jimmy Carter wrote in article published by Foreign Policy magazine on Tuesday. “Hamas cannot be wished away,

Prime minister, defense minister vow to protect residents of southern Israel (JNS.org)Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon, and several senior Israel Defense Forces officials met with the mayors of Israel’s southern cities on Monday night, August 4,  in an effort to put to rest concerns about the region’s security following the decision to

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