By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C.– Last year at Thanksgiving, we noted that November 2008 was a moment of “tremendous upheaval, economic dislocation and a truly historic presidential election. As a country, we are exhausted and jittery, and nothing makes us think the way ahead will be any easier or calmer.” We were right. On the […]
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–Following is the text of a U.S. State Department press briefing given on Wednesday by George Mitchell, the U.S. special envoy for Middle East peace. He was introduced by State Department spokesman Robert Wood. MR. WOOD: Good afternoon, everybody. Welcome to the briefing. As promised, Senator Mitchell is here, and he is
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Middle East, USABy David Amos SAN DIEGO–When we are asked to name the greatest conductors of the Twentieth Century, many important names come to mind. No need to repeat them at this time. But, it is unlikely that Erich Leinsdorf would make that list. This is unfortunate, since Leinsdorf, who admittedly did not break any major new
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release) … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday called the announcement by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Israel would freeze West Bank settlement building for 10 months a “courageous and unprecedented” tangible expression of Israel’s deep desire for a peaceful settlement of the conflict. Robert G. Sugarman, ADL National Chair, and
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Middle EastWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)–U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued the following statement on Wednesday: “Today’s announcement by the Government of Israel helps move forward toward resolving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. We believe that through good-faith negotiations the parties can mutually agree on an outcome which ends the conflict and reconciles the Palestinian goal of an
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Middle East, USAJERUSALEM (Press Release)–As part of the efforts to give momentum to the peace talks with the Palestinian Authority and advance Israel’s comprehensive national interests, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on (Wednesday),will ask the Security Cabinet to approve a ten-month suspension of new residential construction permits and new residential construction starts in Judea and Samaria. Prime Minister
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—You want a conundrum? The New York Times describes a great example. In declaring Tuesday that he would “finish the job” in Afghanistan, President Obama used a phrase clearly meant to imply that even as he deploys an additional 30,000 or so troops, he has finally figured out how to bring the
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Middle EastHAIFA (Press Release) — Dr. Sarit Larisch, head of the Cell Death Research Laboratory and senior lecturer in the University of Haifa’s Department of Biology, has been awarded the Johnson & Johnson Focused Funding grant for her research exploring the cause of brain cell damage in Parkinson’s disease. The award, which is granted each year
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By Ulla Hadar AMSTERDAM -—Going from Israel to Denmark at least twice a year for a family visit, the most used air route for me is via Amsterdam. There has not been any regular flight between Israel and Denmark for quite some years now. This leaves me with a lot of “lay over” time at
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Middle EastBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM—Israel’s image in the world is less than desirable. How bad? is difficult to answer. There have been no serious threats of sanctions by major governments. The efforts of academics to declare boycotts have failed due to more reasonable colleagues. None the less, it is troubling to know about shouting against Israelis
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Ira Sharkansky, Middle EastPHILADELPHIA (Press Release)–Ten individuals were indicted Tuesday, charged with, among other things, conspiring to export weapons from Philadelphia to the Port of Latakia, Syria. According to the indictment, Hassan Hodroj and Dib Hani Harb attempted to provide material support to Hizballah in the form of approximately 1,200 Colt M4 Carbines (machine guns). Harb and other defendants
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USASAN DIEGO (Press Release)–Compass Theatre has announced it is bringing back the play Welcome to Ramallah for five performances for five performances December 6, 8, 13, 15 and 20 on its stage at 3704 6th Avenue in the Hillcrest area of San Diego. Written by Sonja Linden and Adah Kay, the production will again be
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Carol Davis, Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast
By Gary Rotto SAN DIEGO–The tensions around the Goldstone Report ( Report of the United Nations Fact Finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict) have died down for the moment. But hard feelings still remain in the community regarding the report and the resulting resolution in Congress. Congressman Filner clearly communicated his feelings and his thinking around
WASHINGTON, D.C (Press Release)–The following is the text of a joint Rewards For Justice – Federal Bureau of Investigation statement on a reward offer for information about terrorist suspect Husayn Muhammed al-Umari: The U.S. Department of State has authorized a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the arrest and/or conviction of