WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry issued the following statement Wednesday on the videotaped beheading of American journalist James Foley by an ISIL terrorist. James Foley went to the darkest of places to shine the light of truth. Nothing could stop him from sharing with the world the reality of what
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Middle East, USABy Dan Bloom CHIAYI CITY, Taiwan — Hollywood has a calendar full of movie and TV awards shows, from the Oscars to the Golden Globes, and with a dozen other awards on tap as well. There’s even the Razzies — The Golden Raspberry Awards– for the worst movies in each year’s hefty bag of cinema
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NEW YORK (Press Release) — BBYO, formerly B’nai B’rith Youth Organization, has announced that Walter Solomon of Lexington, Kentucky, has been elected Chair of BBYO’s International Board of Directors. Vice President and Chief Growth Officer for Ashland Inc., a Fortune 500 global specialty chemicals company, Solomon succeeds Estee Portnoy of Bethesda, Maryland. “Walter is not
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We are seeing, once again, the problems in dealing with amorphous organizations that are not states, but have the means to make others miserable. The classic conception of a state is a body that possesses a monopoly of force, and controls what happens in its name and within its borders.
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By Anav Silverman JERUSALEM– Since Tuesday night, August 19, Hamas rockets have struck throughout southern Israel, with one directly hitting a home in Ashkelon Wednesday and a shopping mall Tuesday The armed Abdul Qader Husseini Brigades of the Fatah movement to which the Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas belongs, claimed responsibility for two rocket attacks
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen and Michael Johnson WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), also known as the Islamic State in the Levant (ISIL), currently controls about one-third of Iraq. It is a combination of: • A non-al-Qaeda revival of the al-Qaeda-sponsored Islamic State of Iraq (ISI) organization that tried to take
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Middle East, Shoshana BryenBy Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel (Press Release)–“No more talking, shoot,” says Nachman Shai, a former IDF general who is currently a dovish Member of Knesset. A respected Ph.D. in political science and communications, Shai was the IDF spokesman during the Gulf War of 1991. In a similar vein, Amos Oz, the famous, dovish Israeli
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Middle East, Steve KramerBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─Based on cable news the past week, everything that was happening in the world has stopped to allow the police to confront demonstrators in Ferguson, Missouri. In a related story, since the police, Missouri State Troopers, and National Guard in Ferguson have failed to halt the protests despite their use of
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Travel and FoodIsraeli politicians across spectrum call for tougher response to Hamas rockets (JNS.org) Israeli politicians across the political spectrum are calling for a tougher response to Hamas rocket fire following the terrorist group’s violation of a temporary cease-fire on Tuesday. “When you negotiate with a terrorist organization, you get more terrorism in return,” said Economy and
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SAN DIEGO (Press Release)– San Diego Superintendent of Schools Cindy Marten will discuss the current state of public education in San Diego during a Sept. 18 forum sponsored by Congregation Beth Israel’s Social Action Committee, Men’s Club, and Religious School in conjunction with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). Marten, who once taught at the Beth Israel
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San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Department of State announced on Tuesday, August 19, the designation of the Mujahidin Shura Council in the Environs of Jerusalem (MSC) as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) under Section 219 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist entity under section 1(b) of Executive
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Middle East, USANY Post editorial slams Obama’s ‘unforgivable’ Israel policy (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) A New York Post editorial published Sunday slammed the Obama administration for its recent Israel policy. Headed “Obama deserts an ally in wartime,” the editorial said, “What kind of ally refuses to send you desperately needed weapons when you’re smack in the middle
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International, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release)– The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) strongly opposes the proposed United Nations inquiry designed to identify alleged Israeli war crimes in Gaza, which is to be led by a veteran Israel-hater, William Schabas. The proposed inquiry, called into being by the anti-Israel United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), is designed to
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International, Middle EastBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Just as World War I didn’t prove to be “the war to end all wars,” the 20th century didn’t turn out to be when the nearly unimaginable brutality and indescribable evil represented by German dictator Adolf Hitler’s Nazi regime was definitively laid to rest The evil is back. Big-time.
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Joe Gandelman, Middle East, USA