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Video: GOP Presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee tours Israel for 13th time

Mike Huckabee Visits Israeli Knesset JERUSALEM (WJC) — World Jewish Congress Secretary General-Designate Dan Diker has called on Mike Huckabee, the former governor of Arkansas and one of the candidates who in 2008 sought the Republican Party’s nomination for the US presidency, to lend his support to an international campaign for the referral of the […]

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El Baredei’s coalition with Islamic Brotherhood will make him a pawn

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — As I’ve been warning, Mohamed ElBaradei (also spelled Mohammed al-Baradei), seen as the leading “moderate, pro-democratic” leader in Egypt is negotiating with the Muslim Brotherhood to form a national unity government. That doesn’t mean the negotiations will succeed but it gives a clear glimpse of what a post-Mubarak regime Egypt

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Gen. Dan Halutz tells Yom Limmud of Israel’s military pragmatism

By Joel A Moskowitz M D LA JOLLA, California—Israeli Lt. General (ret.) Dan Halutz  at Sunday’s Yom Limmud, San Diego’s Jewish  Community Day of Learning, quipped about his decision to join the Kadima Party in Israel:  “In politics, you can be killed many times; in the military, only once.” This veteran and long-time member of the Israel’s Defense

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U.S. tries to walk a line between Israel and Turkey

By Barry Rubin HERZLIYA, Israel — The U.S. government doesn’t play favorites, even when it should. Israel came out with a report under international auspices on the Mavi Marmara/Gaza flotilla incident that corresponds to the evidence. The Turkish government had a report for which there is no evidence, accusing Israel of massacring Turkish citizens even

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An unGalant imbroglio could jeopardize Israel’s defense if it drags on

By Rabbi Dow Marmur  JERUSALEM — My dictionary defines “gallant” inter alia as dashing, stately, majestic, noble, courageous, chivalrous etc. Before the investigation by Israel’s State Comptroller of the alleged lying in connection with the acquisition of some of the grounds of the palatial home – by now the most photographed private residence in Israel

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America asleep as Lebanon falls to Iran-Syrian axis

By Barry Rubin   HERZLIYA, Israel — While the media is going wild over the ridiculous “Palestine Papers” deception, Hizballah is taking over Lebanon. Fareed Zakaria, the wildly overrated American pundit, has invented a new term, referring to Hizballah as “a quasi-terrorist group.” What does this mean? It means that Hizballah runs in elections but then

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Reaction to leaks on Palestinian street show readiness for peace with Israel

By Rabbi Dow MarmurJERUSALEM–Ron Ben-Ishai is a distinguished Israeli journalist specializing in defense issues. His recent op-ed piece on Ynet about the leaks around Israeli-Palestinian negotiations with Abu Mazen, the president of the Palestinian Authority, and his crew when Ehud Olmert was prime minister of Israel is noteworthy. Alluding to the biblical story about Balaam

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U.S. says Israel’s report on Gaza Flotilla “impartial”

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–The Israeli public commission investigating the deadly raid by IDF soldiers of a Gaza-bound Turkish ship had conducted an impartial investigation, a US official said on Monday. The first part of the panel’s report, which was released on Sunday, found that the Israeli soldiers who took part in a raid on the

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Palestinian attempt at unilateral declaration of independence a blow to peace

LOS ANGELES (Press Release)–The following statement was issued Monday by StandWithUs, an Israeli advocacy group: In the fall of 2010, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas refused to resume direct peace negotiations with Israel. Instead, he is actively trying to abandon negotiations altogether. He has asked the international community to immediately recognize an independent Palestinian state with

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