IDF braces for possible Hezbollah retaliation, deploys Iron Dome in north (JNS.org) Following reports of an Israeli airstrike in Syria on Sunday that killed six members of the Lebanon-based terrorist group Hezbollah, Israel deployed Iron Dome missile defense batteries in the north of the country as part of preparations for a possible counter-strike. On Tuesday […]
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International, Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Retired general Yoav Galant didn’t become chief of staff in 2011 because of an alleged land grab near his home. He’s back now as a politician and aspiring minister of defense in Moshe Kahlon’s new party Kulanu. No yet being schooled in the art of double-speak, he said that
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Middle EastEditor’s Note: The HaTikvah slate for election to the World Zionist Congress has been asked for comment on the following story, but had not replied at press time. NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has filed a false advertising complaint this week regarding the HaTikvah slates’s official platform page, which was published
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Middle East, USABy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Mitt Romney told the National Republican Committee in San Diego County that he plans to make eradicating poverty a key part of his 2016 presidential candidacy. Stepping back from his 2012 campaign gaffe, he declared, “I want to elevate the 47 % into the 1 % and rename the current 1
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky CHICAGO – Martin Luther King Jr. Day is a time to celebrate the life, accomplishments, and dreams of one of our greatest American leaders. Dr. King stood for equality, freedom and peace; his work inspired a generation to advocate – non-violently – for the recognition of civil rights and liberties that
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USA
NEW YORK (Press Release) — The American Jewish Committee (AJC) warmly welcomes Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s visit to Israel. It is the first trip to Israel by a Japanese prime minister since 2006, and follows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s successful visit to Japan last year. “Prime Minister Abe’s presence in Israel confirms the
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International, Middle East, USAHezbollah vows to avenge Israeli airstrike that killed members of terrorist group (JNS.org) Hezbollah vowed to avenge an Israeli airstrike in Syria that reportedly killed six of the Lebanon-based terrorist group’s members, including Jihad Mughniyeh, the son of late Hezbollah military commander Imad Mughniyeh. “Hezbollah’s leadership cannot accept the blow it received from the Israeli
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International, Middle East, USA
BUENOS AIRES (WJC)–Alberto Nisman, the Argentine prosecutor who last week accused President Cristina Fernandez of trying to whitewash Argentina’s worst ever bombing, was found dead in his apartment on Monday morning, Jan. 19. The timing and circumstances of his death are under investigation. Nisman, the state prosecutor investigating the 1994 blast at a Jewish community center
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International, Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Where is the peace process? Waiting for someone in authority to say Kaddish. It isn’t prominent in any of the major party platforms. To be sure, one must be wary of making any conclusions about what candidates say and write in the midst of a political campaign. If they are not lying
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastCompiled by Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO– U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (Independent-Vermont) on Sunday, Jan. 18, linked the Civil Rights struggles of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King with the proposals being forwarded by President Barack Obama to increase taxes on the wealthiest Americans. About King: the senator said in a statement issued by his
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Donald H. Harrison, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin SALEM, Virginia—Serving here at Roanoke College as visiting lecturer for the MLK Holiday, it occurs to me that there is a discomfiting gap between our impression of King and the actuality of the man. Martin Luther King Jr. would have turned 86 years old the other day, January 15. As a
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USA
By Pat Launer SOLANA BEACH, California (SDONA) — A Jew and an Arab walk into a theater. Nope, it’s not a joke — though it’s teeming with them. “One Arab. One Jew. One Stage: Laugh in Peace” features two standup comedians who’ve appeared together around the world, hosted by Jews, Muslims and interested, open-minded others. Now,
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