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Jewish Telegraphic Agency Op-Ed: Hypocrisy rules in Saudi ties

By Neal Sher The United States must finally hold Saudi Arabia accountable for its integral role in terrorist activities — and the Jewish community must be heard on the issue — former AIPAC Executive Director Neal Sher writes. NEW YORK (JTA) — King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia was stunned at the hostile reception he received […]

Muslim World Today: Post Annapolis: Palestinian Actions Remain Extreme

By Morton A. Klein The Annapolis peace summit, attended by Israel, the Palestinian Authority (PA) and various Arab states, took place only days ago, yet events that have occurred in the short since, is already exposing the fantasy that such a conference could help achieve peace and that Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah-controlled PA is a genuine […]

Scoop Independence News: UNIFIL – Whose Mission is it fulfilling?76% unwilling to leave even for double compensation

The United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL)Whose Mission is it fulfilling? Franklin LambUN HeadquartersNaquora, Lebanon Ever since one of this student’s favorite Professors, Dr. Ruth Widmeyer, an accomplished and rare beauty still, who was the first woman to receive a PhD. in Soviet Studies from Harvard nearly a half century ago, announced to our […]

Salon.com: The right wing’s Jerusalem gambit

A new coalition of religious hard-liners with ties to President Bush seeks to scuttle any plans for dividing Jerusalem between Israelis and Palestinians. By Gregory Levey On Nov. 26, the U.S. State Department got hit with an unexpected barrage of phone calls. The Coordinating Council on Jerusalem, a new coalition of American groups with hard-line […]

CrossWalk.com: Walled Nativity Scene Borders On Anti-Semitism, Jewish Leaders Say

By Julie Stahl Jerusalem (CNSNews.com) – The sale of Nativity scenes with a wall running through the middle to symbolize Israel’s security barrier borders on anti-Semitism, Jewish groups are saying. The Amos Trust, a British Christian charity that works with needy communities around the world, is selling the traditional Nativity sets with a political twist, […]

Washington Jewish Week: AIPAC supports charter letters

The American Israel Public Affairs Committee is backing a congressional resolution urging Mahmoud Abbas to renounce his Fatah Party’s alleged charter. The nonbinding resolution, introduced last month in the House of Representatives by Reps. Shelley Berkley (D-Nev.) and Roy Blunt (R-Mo.), the minority whip, “urges Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who is also Chairman of […]

Jewish Chronicle of Pittsburgh: Local Jewish Leaders Optimistic Yet Critical of Summit

By Susan Jacobs, Toby Tabachnickand Angela LeibowiczChronicle Staffhttp://pittchron.com/ Despite much skepticism from Jews in Israel and the United States that the Annapolis process will fail, local Jewish leaders were surprisingly upbeat about last week’s conference. Some noted the presence of several Arab leaders. Others were happy President Bush is taking a more active role. But […]

JTA: Nobel laureate, Bibi’s sister-in-law launch fund to fight left in Israel

Jewish Telegraphic AgencyPublished 12/03/07 NEW YORK (JTA) — A Nobel laureate and the sister-in-law of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are heading a group of intellectuals starting a philanthropic fund to combat what they describe as a “left-wing assault” on Israeli public opinion. Robert Aumann, a Hebrew University mathematician who won the 2005 Nobel Prize […]

The Jerusalem Post: Jewish passions, colonial-era streets

By IRA RIFKIN Never again, I expect, will I see a similar sight in Annapolis: Two-dozen black-clad Neturei Karta anti-Zionists trading insults with a dozen or so black-clad Lubavitcher Hassidim – from the Rebbe is the Messiah wing, no less – separated by a couple of dozen black-clad local police, all of it unfolding just […]

The Diamondback: The University Of Maryland’s Independent Daily Student Newspaper

Defining PeaceBy: Steven Overly ANNAPOLIS – As the world’s eyes turned to the state capital yesterday, Israeli and Palestinian leaders met here to explore possible steps toward resolving the nations’ conflicts peacefully. The conference caught the attention of Jewish student groups on this campus, at least two of which sent student representatives to rally behind […]