Gaza flotilla controversy once again shows world's double standard toward Israel

By Rabbi Ben Kamin SAN DIEGO–Like sizzling meat thrown to rabid dogs, the sad business on the sea  on Monday  off the shores of Israel and Gaza has given vociferous energy to the knee-jerk anti-Semites and their leftist acolytes who find fault with everything about Israel except its mortality. Granted, it is difficult to applaud […]

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ADL denounces Gaza flotilla as "elaborate sham" and "pretext for violence"

JERUSALEM (Press Release)–The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Tuesday expressed support for Israel’s response to the deliberate provocation by a flotilla of ships seeking to break the blockade of Hamas Controlled Gaza. ADL called the use of humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza “an elaborate sham” and “a pretext for ambushing and violently attacking Israeli

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RJC wants U.S. to demand fairness for Israel in U.N. Security Council

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) — The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) on Tuesday affirmed its solidarity with Israel in the aftermath of violence provoked by participants in the misnamed “Free Gaza” flotilla. RJC Executive Director Matthew Brooks said: “Today, Israel is under assault from enemies near and far.  The pretext for the assault: acts of self-defense

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University of Haifa establishes center for study of the internet

HAIFA (Press Release)–The University of Haifa on Tuesday inaugurated the Sagy Center for the Study of the Internet  headed by Prof. Sheizaf Rafaeli, Director of the Center for the Study of the Information Society, and one of the world’s leading experts in the research of the Internet. The Center has been established thanks to a

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Israeli media critical of IDF performance against Gaza flotilla

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–When was the last time you met a happy Jew? It has not been in our blood at least since the Biblical Prophets. They provide models of self-criticism on the border–or over the border–of obsession and just plain nutty. Nothing was good enough. Other prophets who seemed to agree with them on

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American Jews and friends plan demonstrations today to support Israel

SAN DIEGO (Staff Roundup) –Demonstrations in support of Israel and against the pro-Hamas activists who sailed their flotilla towards Gaza are planned in various American cities today (Tuesday, June 1) In New York, Russian American Jewish Experience (RAJE) together with other American Jewish organizations will gather outside of the Israeli Consulate, located at 800 Second Avenue

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U.S. State Department expects Israel to conduct 'full and credible' investigation of shipboard violence

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. State Department spokesman Philip Crowley on Monday, May 31,  issued the following statement concerning the Gaza Flotilla: “The United States deeply regrets the tragic loss of life and injuries suffered among those involved in the incident today aboard the Gaza-bound ships. We are working to ascertain the facts, and expect that

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Gaza blockade legal response to constant missile attacks on Israel — Consulate-General

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The following statement was issued Monday, May 31, by Israel’s consulate general in Los Angeles: “Israel regrets all loss of human life and injuries which came as result of the unfortunate events aboard the vessel Mavi Marmara on Monday, May 31. “The responsibility for the consequences of this politically motivated publicity stunt

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Attacks on Israeli soldiers were planned and executed by extremists of flotilla

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The tragic events aboard the Mavi Marmara on Monday  were the result of a deliberate and unnecessary provocation organized primarily by groups with ties to terrorist entities including Hamas. As information emerges regarding what really occurred, it is apparent that members of the so-called humanitarian mission planned and executed attacks on soldiers and

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Gaza flotilla was an intentional provocation, not a peace convoy

By Bruce Kesler ENCINITAS, California — Let’s cut out the crap from the international sob-sisters and abetters of Gazan Hamas thugs. Let the UN Security Council show this video upon its big screen, and then choke on the hasty lies swallowed by puerile politicians of pusillanimity pontificating from far away, and the media that vomited the

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