By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What’s the future of this region? No one in their right mind has a convincing answer. What had been major players, or at least rich countries with lots of oil, i.e., Syria (without much oil), Iraq and Libya (with lots of it) are no more. They’ve all gone the way […]
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USAIsraeli firm sells 6 drones to Switzerland for $250 million (JNS.org) The Swiss parliament on Monday approved the purchase of six Hermes 900 drones, at a cost of $250 million, from the Israeli manufacturer Elbit Systems. While the parliamentary decision passed with a 30-12 majority, the minority argued against the drone because it was used
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International, Middle East, USAIDF’s new mortar warning system soon to be operational (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces announced Sunday that its new tactical radar system, which aims to warn residents of communities along the Israel-Gaza border of incoming mortar fire, will become fully operational in October. While the IDF’s Color Red alert warns of incoming rocket fire and
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International, Middle East, USABy Michael R. Mantell, Ph.D. SAN DIEGO — “Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must,” counseled Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. But what’s with the “must”, JW? When “must” we “endure”? By the time you finish this column, you’ll realize you don’t need to ever endure life, but rather you can find enjoyment in
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Michael Mantell, USA
SAN DIEGO (SDONA)–After decades of delays, Jonas Salk Elementary School in Mira Mesa will open its doors to students for the first time Tuesday as the San Diego Unified School District begins its new academic year. The $24 million school is named after Dr. Jonas Salk, who invented the first successful polio vaccine and later
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Jewish History, San Diego County, USA
By Donald H. Harrison CARLSBAD, California – Within a matter of months, most probably before the end of the 2015 calendar year, the San Diego County Water Authority will receive 50 million gallons of fresh water each day from the new $1 billion Carlsbad Desalination Plant and pipeline that was financed by Poseidon Water
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, The World We Share, USALaser technology lets handicapped Israelis make music with their bodies (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) An Israeli initiative could significantly improve the quality of life of patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, cerebral palsy, and other untreatable diseases. The Grabski Rehabilitation Center in Migdal Haemek in northern Israel has decided to spread joy through a music room
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International, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–However much President Obama and Secretary of State Kerry assure US lawmakers and Jewish leaders that United States support for Israel has remained strong and solid – despite Prime Minister Netanyahu’s by now obviously futile efforts to derail the Iran deal – it’s difficult to believe that US-Israel relations will be
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Middle East, USATwo Israeli homes damaged by ‘stray fire’ from Gaza (JNS.org) The Israeli Air Force struck a Hamas training base in northern Gaza late Wednesday night, hours after gunfire from the base hit two homes in the southern Israeli border community of Netiv Haasara. The initial Israel Defense Forces assessment was that the Israeli homes had
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International, Middle East, USAAnti-Semitic cartoon printed on credit card from Norwegian bank (JNS.org) A credit card issued by a Norwegian bank sparked a controversy by featuring an anti-Semitic cartoon that resembles a throwback to the Nazi era. The DNB Bank card features an unflattering image of a large-nosed Jewish man wearing a prayer shawl that bears the Star
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International, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — One can guess that the Palestinians have gone the route of Mt McKinley. The time of both in the spotlight may have passed, but we’re not sure of either’s demise. Barack Obama’s move to bestow on what had been called Mt McKinley for more than a century the name given
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA
By Donald H. Harrison FAIRFIELD, California – On a day that my son David and his wife Cathy had to go to their work, and our grandchildren were in schools, my wife Nancy and I arranged to meet former Escondido residents Gerry and Judy Burstain, and Judy’s mother, Eleanor Lieb, halfway between the
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Donald H. Harrison, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — Enough hot air has been expelled in the last few months, mostly by Republicans, to fill several dozen hot air balloons. As I wrote in my last column, the nuclear agreement with Iran, painfully and carefully negotiated, was a done deal the moment it was signed by
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International, Middle East, USAIsraeli government gives Arab sector $230 million in aid (JNS.org) Israel’s Arab municipal councils will receive a one-time budgetary supplement of $230 million from the Israeli government before the end of the year. There are a number of predominantly Arab towns and local councils in Israel, most of which are characterized by poor populations. “The
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Middle East, USA