West abdicates to terror in M.E. conflict

By Isaac Yetiv, PhD LA JOLLA, California–Samuel Huntington correctly defined the bloody conflicts of our time as a “clash of civilizations.” But all “clashes” are not equal: there are the intra-Arab and intra-Muslim clashes and there are clashes where one side is a Western Democracy. What distinguishes between them is that the former’s actions and exactions, however cruel

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International, Middle East, USA

U.S., U.N. announce 72- hour M.E. ceasefire

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and United States Secretary of State John Kerry announce that the United Nations Representative in Jerusalem, Special Coordinator Robert Serry, has received assurances that all parties have agreed to an unconditional humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza. This humanitarian cease-fire will commence at 8 am local time on Friday, August 1,

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Middle East

Anti- starvation strategies may be carried in our DNA

TEL AVIV (Press Release)—During the winter of 1944, the Nazis blocked food supplies to the western Netherlands, creating a period of widespread famine and devastation. The impact of starvation on expectant mothers produced one of the first known epigenetic “experiments” — changes resulting from external rather than genetic influences — which suggested that the body’s

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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education

Gaza War: July 30-31, 2014

By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM (TNA) — The IDF is continued on Thursday, July 31, to dismantle the terror tunnels in Gaza, while deepening its hold on the Gaza Strip. For the first time in the operation the IDF entered the Jabaliya refugee camp. Israel has reportedly stepped up its military strikes on Hamas targets as

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Middle East

JNS news briefs: July 31, 2014

PM: Israel will destroy Hamas terror tunnels ‘with or without’ cease-fire (JNS.org) The Israel Defense Forces is determined to destroy Hamas’s network of terror tunnels in Gaza “with or without a cease-fire,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Thursday at an emergency cabinet meeting in Tel Aviv. “Using their tunnel capability, Hamas could have kidnapped and

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Middle East

Campus thugs threaten Jewish students

By Tammi Rossman-Benjamin/JNS.org Amid the current unrest in Israel and Gaza, Jews around the world have been targeted for attack. Virulently anti-Israel demonstrations and activities in cities across Europe and around the world have resulted in frightening anti-Jewish violence. Meanwhile, in the U.S. right now, school is out and students are safe. But there is little

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Jewish Religion, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Boxer, Davis introduce college sexual assault bill

  WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) –  U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-California) and Congresswoman Susan Davis (D-San Diego) introduced the Survivor Outreach and Support Campus Act (S.O.S. Campus Act), legislation that would require colleges and universities to establish an independent, on-campus advocate to support survivors of sexual assault. “Survivors of sexual assault deserve an advocate who

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USA

House proposes reward for capture of Fraenkel killers

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– Congressman Brad Sherman (D-California), the Ranking Member of the terrorism subcommittee of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, applauded the unanimous passage of H.R. 5041, the Naftali Fraenkel Rewards for Justice Act of 2014 in the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Wednesday, July 30. Sherman is the chief democratic cosponsor of this

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Middle East, USA

Money Maven: Compound it

By Sheryl Rowling SAN DIEGO — Dear Money Maven: Q:        I don’t want to work until plotz! What is the best way to save for retirement? A:        Oy, if only everyone had the sechel to ask that question! The power of compounding can give you a greater accumulation of funds by saving regularly and early.

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Sheryl Rowling