WASHINGTON, DC (Press Release)- Ira N. Forman, CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council (NJDC),on Tuesday issued the following statement in response to the recent confrontation between the Israeli Defense Forces and the flotilla attempting to break the blockade of Gaza: “We at the National Jewish Democratic Council are saddened by the regrettable loss of […]
By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Lately I have been mixing into my reading “YA” fiction – fiction for Young Adults. I have been experimenting with the idea of writing such a story myself, and by reading the works of other authors in this genre, I hope to get a feeling for YA rhythm and
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Donald H. Harrison, Middle EastNEW YORK (Press Release) — The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has expressed sincere regret at the violence and loss of life during the attempt by Israeli forces on 31 May 2010 to take control of a ship that had broken Israel’s legally sanctioned naval blockade in international waters heading for Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip on 27 May 2010.
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Middle East, USABy 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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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (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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Middle EastWASHINGTON, 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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Middle East, USAHAIFA (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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Middle EastBy 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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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastSAN 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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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) – AJC condemned the pro-Hamas “Free Gaza” movement and its supporters for deliberately provoking a violent confrontation with the Israeli Navy in its attempt to sail a flotilla of ships to Gaza. “This tragedy on the high seas could have been avoided, and we regret the loss of life,” said AJC
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, 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
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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Middle EastNEW 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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Middle EastBy 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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