Obama's policies seen as 'childish' by some Israelis

By Ira Sharkansky   Consider the United States, with President Barack Obama trying mightily to break the bonds of lethargy identified with his predecessor.   An article in the New York Times describes his handicaps in Afghanistan. President Karzai is not cooperating with American goals of development and reform. Evidence is that Karzai stole the most […]

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USA

Diamant receives enthusiastic welcome at SD Jewish Book Fair

By Gerry Greber LA JOLLA, California– Holocaust histories frequently omit the stories of what happened to survivors  from their time of  their liberation to their final destination – Israel.  This period is mostly recorded in a simple statement that “They went to Israel.”  Anita Diamant fills in some of those blanks in her latest novel

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San Diego Calendar

Blended olive oil may promote Mideast peace

By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO—Quite a bit of it is still hush-hush, but a proposed joint Palestinian-Israeli demonstration peace project to co-market a blended olive oil is evolving into a tri-national effort that also will involve mixing in some olive oil from neighboring Jordan. Oren Blonder, director of the Peres Peace Center’s agriculture, water

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Donald H. Harrison, Middle East, San Diego Calendar, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Australia's Home Affairs Minister okays Zentai extradition to Hungary

CANBERRA, Australia—Australia’s Home Affairs Minister Brendan O’Connor has approved the extradition of the Hungarian-born Perth resident Charles Zentai, 88, to Hungary but emphasized the decision was no indication of guilt. Zentai has now two months to appeal the decision. Hungarian prosecutors accuse Australian citizen Charles Zentai, 88, of being one of three men who tortured

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Travel and Food

Topdog/Underdog features a Lincoln versus a Booth

By Carol Davis LA JOLLA, California–Sibling rivalry is as old and as common as was in biblical days: Cain and Abel, Jacob and Esau, Joseph and his brothers. Throughout history, in literature and in theatre (Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon For the Misbegotten and Tennessee Williams’ Streetcar Named Desire,Tracy Letts’ August: Osage Count, Arthur Miller’s Death

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Carol Davis, Theatre, Film & Broadcast

McKeon calls for Hasan probe by House Armed Services Committee

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release)—U.S. Rep. Howard P. “Buck” McKeon, the Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, on Thursday  released the following statement regarding the decision by the Army’s III Corps Commander to charge Major Nidal Hasan with 13 initial specifications of premeditated murder following last week’s shooting rampage at Fort Hood: “The senseless shooting

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USA

Shonda file: Kosher slaughterhouse operator convicted on 86 counts of fraud

SIOUX FALLS, South Dakota (WJC)–A jury in the US state of South Dakota has convicted Sholom Rubashkin, the former owner of the leading Iowa-based kosher slaughterhouse AgriProcessors, of 86 out of 91 fraud charges. The decision means that Rubashkin, 50, will spend likely the rest of his life in prison as the combined sentences could

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USA

Norwegian university vetoes boycott of Israel academics

TRONDHEIM, Norway (WJC)—The Board of the Norway’s second largest university in Trondheim, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), has unanimously rejected a proposal to boycott Israeli academics. The boycott petition originated with a letter to the Board from 34 university professors and assistant professors, which said Israeli universities “have played a key role

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Middle East

U.S., Britain accuse Iran of destabilizing Mideast with weapons shipments

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (Press Release)–At a meeting of the UN Security Council in New York, the United States has accused Iran of violating a United Nations arms embargo imposed on it by secretly sending weapons to Syria in a cargo ship seized by Israel. Britain also expressed “very serious concern” at suggestions that Iran was

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Middle East, USA

Hezbollah has missiles capable of reaching Tel Aviv

JERUSALEM (WJC)–The chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces, Gabi Ashkenazi, has told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Security Committee that Hezbollah now had rockets capable of reaching Israel’s largest cities. Ashkenazi’s warning came days after Israel’s navy seized a ship it said was carrying hundreds of tons of weapons destined for Hezbollah. The

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Middle East, USA