By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — “We regret and condemn the inflammatory statements by [Israel’s former Chief] Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. These remarks are not only deeply offensive, but incitement such as this hurts the cause of peace.” – State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley. After years of officially sanctioned Palestinian anti-Israel and anti-Semitic incitement […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is a transcript of a briefing by U.S. Special Envoy George Mitchell on the new Middle East peace talks between Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas: MR. PHILIP CROWLEY: Good afternoon and welcome to the Department of State in Washington, D.C. Today, we have successfully re-launched direct negotiations between
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By Carol Davis LAS VEGAS–The very first Cirque du Soleil Show my late husband and I saw was in 1987 in the parking lot of Qualcomm Stadium under the big blue and yellow tent. I still have the first press packet with mimeographed sheets of paper filled to capacity with all the
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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & BroadcastBy David Amos SAN DIEGO–I wrote in a recent column about a personal family trip. But, as part of my musical career, I have had the privilege and pleasure to visit interesting places, countries in a state of social transition and major political and economic changes. Some of these places were most pleasant, and provided a
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)– Following is the text of comments made Wednesday evening by U.S. President Barack Obama, Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, Egypt’s President Hosni Mubarak, and Jordan’s King Abdullah II to inaugurate the new round of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Good evening, everyone.
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By Isaac Yetiv, Ph.D LA JOLLA, California– My “Open Letter to Fareed Zakaria” has elicited many pertinent comments and questions. Rather than respond individually, I thought it better to tackle them in the aggregate and to publish this comprehensive response. The “Mosque Affair” has assumed national, even international, proportions. Since my “open letter,” more information
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. –President Obama’s speech on the end of combat operations in Iraq was a strange muddle of domestic policy, blaming our recession on borrowing for the war (although according to the Congressional Budget Office, seven years of the Iraq war cost less than one year of the Obama Administration’s stimulus package)
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Shoshana BryenTEL AVIV (Press Release)― Lizards are an important indicator species for understanding the condition of specific ecosystems. Their body weight is a crucial index for evaluating species health, but lizards are seldom weighed, perhaps due in part to the recurring problem of spontaneous tail loss when lizards are in stress. Now ecological researchers have a
WASHINGTON, DC. (Press Release)– Following is a transcript of comments made by U.S. President Barack Obama and Israel’s Prime Ministr Binyamin Netanyahu following their meting on Wednesday, September 1, at the White House. PRESIDENT OBAMA: Hello, everybody. Prime Minister Netanyahu and I just had a very productive discussion about our shared efforts to advance the
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Will they or won’t they? Who is “they?” There are several possibilities. The couple killed last night were well embedded in the religious settler community. Six kids, another one on the way, and related to one of the leading activists in the settler movement. While the crazies are trying to find olive
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. — Following is a transcript of comments made on Tuesday, August 31, by Israel’s Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and U.S. Secretary of State prior to their formal meeting together in advance of the new Mideast Peace Talks: PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU: We witnessed today a savage murder of four innocent Israelis. There are seven new
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Travel and FoodBy Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Since last Friday, when I wrote Why I Just Disinherited My Alma Mater, the post has had “legs” about what I and others say is politicized indoctrination as official college policy. Brooklyn College requires incoming freshmen and transfer students to read an absurdly slanted book that Arab-Americans are routinely
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Travel and FoodEditor, San Diego Jewish World I recently asked for your readers’ help in locating a high school classmate of mine, Laurie Phyllis Wohl, who lived in the Kensington neighborhood of San Diego and graduated Hoover High School in 1960. I know her mother was active in Temple Beth Israel. I found Laurie! I asked the Wellesley
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Travel and FoodWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The White House released the following transcript of a news briefing Tuesday by Special Envoy George Mitchell on the upcoming Middle East Peace process: SENATOR MITCHELL: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Last week Secretary of State Clinton invited President Abbas and Prime Minister Netanyahu to Washington on September
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