Netanyahu to Abbas: Choose between peace with Hamas or Israel (JNS.org) On Wednesday, a delegation representing Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at reconciliation talks with Hamas in Gaza indicated that a major breakthrough had been achieved. Spokesmen on both sides indicated that a Palestinian unity government would be established within five weeks, and that parliamentary […]
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By Aryeh Savir JERUSALEM – The Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) has made an extraordinary archaeological finding: it has uncovered a Second Temple Era iron chisel, which may have served the builders of the Second Temple. Archaeologist Eli Shukrun, who heads the dig at the bottom of the Temple Mount near the Western Wall, stated that
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education
By Roman Mokrinsky DRUZHKOVA, Ukraine (TNA) – Tensions continue to mount in eastern Ukraine, as no obtainable solution is in sight. Reports of casualties continue to stream out of the provinces in dispute, and the residents of Ukraine don’t know what new reality they may encounter on a daily basis. Most Ukrainians talk of a
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By Dorian De Wind It has been mentioned before, sometimes in passing, sometimes at length. However, the grotesque, cruel irony — the perverse senselessness of it all — did not fully register with me until I read a short, eye-opening column in TIME Magazine. As had been quite apparent from his past actions and diatribe
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Dorian de Wind, USA
By Eric George Tauber SAN DIEGO — How do you put your life back together after a tour of duty? When you’ve survived an environment where anything could explode and anyone could be an enemy, how do you get back to “normal” ? That’s the dilemma faced by our veterans. For many, the journey back
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Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — What links behavior in the underworld and international relations is what are called in international relations “spheres of influence.” The equivalent in the world of gangs and higher levels of business and warfare in the underworld are territories, or markets. Boardwalk Empire is a TV series centered in Atlantic City
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International, Ira Sharkansky
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Egyptian Foreign Minister Nabil Fahmy on Tuesday, April 22, to inform him that he is certifying to Congress that Egypt is sustaining the strategic relationship with the United States – including by countering transnational threats such as terrorism and weapons proliferation – and
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Middle East, USABy Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Anyone who has flown to Israel has experienced the tough, pointed questioning that Israeli security officers will ask tourists about why they are going to Israel, who they are going to see, what their business is, and so forth. The questioning is intense, blunt, and intended to screen out anyone
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, USA
SAN DIEGO (Press Release)—Harvey Milk’s American Diner will be participating in this year’s annual Dining Out For Life Thursday, April 24 and will have some of San Diego’s leaders helping out during the day. Their guests include: San Diego Mayor Kevin Faulconer and former City Council Member Carl DeMaio, who will be serving lunch. For
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San Diego CalendarBy Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO-A teenage boy from San Jose stowed away in the wheel-well of a Hawaiian Airline jet flying to Maui and survived. When asked why he did this, he replied that there was more legroom there than in the economy seats. Since he nearly died from hypothermia and lack of oxygen, Hawaiian
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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & SatireBy Joe Gandelman SAN DIEGO — Tip to future politicians: saying you “kind of agreed” with a white supremacist who is accused of shooting and killing three people at Jewish centers, who ironically all turned out to be not Jewish, does not a tranquil life — or a political career — make. Marionville, Missouri’s former Mayor Dan Clevenger just
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Joe Gandelman, USABURLINGTON,Vermont (Press Release) – U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), a member of the Senate environment and energy committees, said today’s (April 22’s) observation of Earth Day is a reminder that dramatic action is needed to curb the carbon and methane emissions responsible for the planetary crisis of global warming. Sanders cited a warning this month
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The World We ShareWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — In response to incidents in Ukraine targeting minority communities, Senator Ben Cardin (MD), Chairman of the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, made the following statement: “I am deeply disturbed by the recent attacks and threats against minority groups in eastern Ukraine, including Jews, Roma and Crimean Tatars.
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