By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is a great deal swirling around us concerned with Iran and the US. It is impossible to know anything for sure, but these appear to be points more or less clear. Barack Obama believes strongly in diplomacy. He’s willing to use a bit of military power against the ugliest […]
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There is hardly a city or town in Israel’s Jewish sector without a street named for Shaul Tchernichovsky, and his picture is on the 50 shekel bill. Currently we hear several times a day that this is the 140th anniversary of his birth, with frequent renderings of his poetry in
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USALeading Jewish Democrats Schumer, Engel to vote against Iran deal (JNS.org) U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer and U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, two leading Jewish Democrats in Congress from the state of New York, will vote against the Iran nuclear deal. In particular, Schumer’s impending decision on the deal had been the source of intense public lobbying
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Middle East, USAEditor’s Note: Below, you see investigative reporter Edwin Black’s original Jonathan Pollard article published 13 years ago in 2002. For this scoop, Black visited Pollard in prison, at that time the first journalist to do so, plus Black extensively interviewed his attorneys and reviewed their evidence, and also interviewed then ex-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Casper Weinberger, and many other
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Edwin Black, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM–Israel’s President Reuven (Ruvi) Rivlin is saying the same thing that you’ve read more than once here. In an interview to be printed in Friday’s Ha’aretz he’ll explain why he thinks that Prime Minister Binyamin (Bibi) Netanyahu’s rant against United States President Barack Obama is very bad news for Israel. In
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Middle East, USAIsraeli cabinet approves 2015-16 state budget, defense budget still pending (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Israeli cabinet approved the 2015-16 state budget bill in the early hours of Thursday morning, after a tumultuous marathon discussion that began on Wednesday afternoon. The budget was approved with a majority vote among Israel’s 20 government ministers. Defense Minister
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International, Middle East, USASAN DIEGO (SDJW)– You won’t see any news report on San Diego Jewish World about the Iran nuclear pact discussion at Tifereth Israel Synagogue on Wednesday evening, August 5, because it was closed to the media so that attendees “could feel comfortable” discussing their views, according to a spokesman for AIPAC that sponsored the discussion. On the one
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM –Commentators have long noted that Israel is a western outpost in the Muslim Middle East, and suffers accordingly. This column accepts such a designation, but begins with a slightly different perspective, and seeks to learn what is relevant for the here and now. The Middle East is not only Muslim, or nearly
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Raviv Drucker, commentator on Israel’s TV Channel 10 and a columnist in Ha’aretz, seems to me to be the best informed and most incisive commentator on Israeli politics. Speaking on the eve of Netanyahu’s appeal to American Jewry to help him defeat the Iran deal, Drucker suggested that we
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Middle East, USANetanyahu lobbies against Iran deal in webcast with 10,000 Jewish leaders (JNS.org) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told North American Jewish leaders on Tuesday that the alternative to the Iran nuclear deal is “still no deal or a better deal—not war,” and that the “claim Israel wants war is not only wrong—it is outrageous.” “We
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International, Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey (D-New York) on Tuesday, August 4, announced her opposition to the P5+1 agreement with Iran in the following statement: “Preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon is an essential national security imperative. Since the nuclear agreement was reached between Iran and the P5+1 countries, I have reviewed its
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By Jonah Naghi JERUSALEM–Dr. Jeff Halper is an American-Israeli anthropologist who is a co-founder and the director of ICAHD (the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions). In an interview he discussed how the approach to resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict needs to be reframed. Some of the topics he discussed were the current situation in Gaza, his experience
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Middle East, USABy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — “There’s a terrible and relentless TV-movie ropiness about this film [Woman in Gold], combined with a dairy whiff of cheesiness. It deals with a fascinating and important subject but is let down by some embarrassing acting and writing, and it is one that Helen Mirren may have to
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International, Steve Kramer, USADemocratic leaders believe Iran deal secure in Congress (JNS.org) Democratic leaders in Congress believe that the Iran nuclear deal is secure despite nearly unanimous Republican opposition and intense lobbying efforts to defeat it. “More and more [House Democrats] have confirmed to me that they will be there to sustain the veto,” said House of Representatives
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