Gaza Seaport in Sinai Could Boost Strip’s Economy, Preserve Israel’s Security

By Yaakov Lappin (JNS) When Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid recently floated his new two-stage plan for developing the Gaza Strip earlier this month, a clause in the plan sounded all too familiar to Asaf Ashar, an emeritus research professor at the National Ports and Waterways Institute USA with 40 years of worldwide experience in […]

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Middle East

Iran starts military exercises at border with Azerbaijan

Published by DPA Army ground troops have begun a military manoeuvre in north-western Iran, despite criticism from neighbouring Azerbaijan. According to the Tasnim news agency on Friday, several military exercises are to be completed. The exact location of the manoeuvre was not officially named at first. In the past few days, there had been reports

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Family of Slain Lori Gilbert Kaye Speaks Out As Chabad of Poway Shooter is Sentenced

Before the expected sentence was handed down, family members of the murdered victim looked directly at the confessed shooter on Thursday, Sept. 30, and poured out their hearts. “What has your racist, entitled rage offered you in the end?” demanded Hannah Kaye of the defendant who had acknowledged murdering her mother, Lori Gilbert Kaye, 60, in the lobby of Chabad of Poway on April 27, 2019, the last day of Passover. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Donald H. Harrison, Jewish History, San Diego County

Why Anti-Zionism and Antisemitism are Inextricably Linked

By Jay Ruderman (JNS) For centuries, Jews have debated who belongs to our community. While embracing a more inclusive Jewish world is an important and worthwhile conversation, more immediately, our efforts should be focused on the current existential threat facing our community: antisemitism. This debate is, ironically, driving Jews further apart, undermining the legitimacy of

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Middle East, USA

74 Jewish and Education Groups Demand Newsom Veto Ethnic Studies Requirement Bill

SANTA CRUZ, California (Press Release) – Seventy-four religious, civil rights and education organizations today urged Governor Gavin Newsom to veto AB 101, a bill mandating an ethnic studies high school graduation requirement. The California legislature recently voted to advance AB 101, and the bill is now on the desk of the Governor, who has until Oct. 10 to

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Mahmoud Abbas UN Speech is All Bark and No Bite

By Bruce S. Ticker PHILADELPHIA — “Peace be upon you.” Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas uttered these hospitable words to conclude a hostile speech against his usual suspect, namely Israel, in a pre-recorded speech to the United Nations General Assembly. If Abbas means what he says, which we can rarely count on, Israel and the Palestinians

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Bruce Ticker, International, Middle East

Refugee from Hitler Promoted Zionism in Britain and U.S.

This memoir combines journal entries of Zionist fundraiser Irma Ehrlich with the research and narrative of her granddaughter, Catherine Ehrlich, to tell the story of a strong-willed woman who migrated to England, and later the United States, with her son, Paul, from Vienna, following the Anschluss that merged Nazi Germany and Austria. [Donald H. Harrison]

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Books, Poetry & Short Stories, Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, USA

Israel’s foreign minister in Bahrain for historic visit

Published by DPA Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid arrived on Thursday in Bahrain, marking the first official visit by an Israeli minister since the two countries established ties last year. The Israeli official was welcomed by his Bahraini counterpart Abdullatif al-Zayani. “We arrived in Bahrain. Very proud to repre sent Israel on the first official

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Is San Diego building an Amazon company town from scratch?

Published by The San Diego Union-Tribune Warehouses and other industrial facilities are popping up in Otay Mesa, a community in the southern section of San Diego on the border with Mexico, at a staggering pace — most notably in the form of an enormous new 3.4 million-square-foot Amazon distribution center. The expansion is being driven

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It’s About Time: California Moving Toward School Choice in the Form of Vouchers 

By Aviva Angel  SAN DIEGO — The myth of the “melting pot” has shaped public education over the decades. It was the prevailing theory as early as last century, and it shaped educational policy at a time when outward racism and bigotry was accepted and touted amongst American politicians and elite. The idea behind melting

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