By Alex Liff Alex Liff SAN DIEGO–In early twentieth century the American journalist John Reed wrote a book called, Ten Days That Shook The World in which he described the events of the Russian revolution. Perhaps one day someone will publish something along the lines of “10 days that characterized the world” to describe the […]
Editor, San Diego Jewish World More bad stuff centering on Gaza. Of course it was provocation and the desire for “martyrs” from the beginning. But if everyone else saw this coming, how could Israel have been so unprepared? Israel’s position was simple and clear: namely, that baring preinspection for munitions before sailing, then the ships would
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — Israel was victimized twice this week, first by terrorists hiding yet again among the civilian population (one Turkish-sponsored jihadi boat traveling with five more-or-less civilian boats) and second by a world all too ready to blame Israel for the violence engendered by those who sought a bloody death for
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USABy Rabbi Leonard Rosenthal SAN DIEGO –On Thursday morning I joined rabbis throughout the United States on a conference call that was arranged by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) concerning the recent attack on Israeli commandos by Muslim extremists and the subsequent firefight. The commandos were charged with enforcing the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of
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Middle East, USABy J. Zel Lurie DELRAY BEACH, Florida — The Ministry of Interior of the State of Israel has struck again. It denied entry to Noam Chomsky, the world-famous 81-year-old Professor of Linguistics at MIT, who wanted to enter the West Bank, not Israel, from Jordan, Prof. Chomsky is a Zionist iconoclast and scholar of Hebrew
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Middle EastLOS ANGLEES (Press Release) – StandWithUs, the international, Israel education organization has mobilized a team of multi-lingual, web-savvy student volunteers around the globe to take Israel’s case to the world, just as they organized a successful Internet response during Israel’s Operation Cast Lead in December 2008. The portal for this social media battle is http://www.flotillafacts.com/. On
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM–Label me an ostrich with his head in the sand, or a blind ideologue if you will, but I think this is the time to call shame on the chorus of those who used the terms failure, massacre, or tragedy about Israel’s operation against the “Freedom Flotilla.” Videos showing the preparation for
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastLOS ANGELES (Press Release)–Israel supporters demonstrated in large numbers on June 1st to protest Turkey’s support of the flotilla provocation against Israel. A follow up demonstration will be held this coming Sunday, June 6th, at 2 PM in front of the Israeli Consulate on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles. The demonstrators protested Turkey’s sinister role
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Middle EastBy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C — This may not seem like the best time to open a discussion of the “two state solution,” but it may well be the best time to call the Palestinians’, and the world’s, bluff and put the necessary discussion of Gaza and the future of the blockade on a more serious
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Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USANEW YORK (Press Release)– As the international community engages in a biased rush to judgment against Israel in the aftermath of the Gaza flotilla affair, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) called on the United States to firmly stand with Israel and to show that it defends Israel’s right to defend its borders and citizens from external
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Middle East, USALOS ANGELES (Staff Report)–Israel’s Consulate General in Los Angeles has noted that Cable News Network (CNN) is running a poll among its viewers about whether Israel should be censured in response to the violence that occurred when a ship in the “Freedom Flotilla” was boarded by members of the Israel Defense Force. The Consulate has
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has condemned the media and foreign government attacks, including from China, France, Germany, Italy and Turkey, on Israeli defensive actions against the Gaza terror ship. This ship, part of the ‘Gaza flotilla’ which was organized by a Turkish Islamist group, the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (Islan Haklary
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)– President Barack Obama on Tuesday announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to Bethlehem to attend the Palestine Investment Conference from June 2-4, 2010. The Honorable George Mitchell, Special Envoy for Middle East Peace will lead the delegation. Members of the Presidential Delegation: The Honorable Neal Wolin, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Mr.
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Middle EastBy Rabbi Dow Marmur TORONTO, Canada–Elie Wiesel, social activist, celebrated exponent of Judaism and Nobel Peace Prize winner, published a letter in leading American newspapers last month stating that “Jerusalem must remain the world’s Jewish spiritual capital.” It was a reaction to tensions between the United States and Israel, urging the U.S. administration to support
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