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A Care-less Foreign Policy
The Middle East is on fire. More than 80,000 people have been killed in Syria's brutal civil war. Chemical weapons are being used against civilians. Scud missiles are raining down onto population centers. Jordan is drowning in a tidal wave of war … [Read More...]
Report: Israel’s readiness level for chemical attack is low-medium
Israel's readiness to deal with a chemical weapons attack is hampered by the fact that more than one-third of the population does not have gas masks.(Photo credit: Yehoshua Yosef)Israel is inadequately prepared for a possible chemical weapon attack, … [Read More...]
Making Cents Out of a DREAM
Passage of the New York DREAM Act is supported overwhelmingly by a number of diverse organizations including groups such as the New York State Catholic Conference, UJA-Federation of New York, the American Jewish Committee NY, Churches United to … [Read More...]
Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark, says UN agency
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark, while warning that the widening gap between the needs and resources available is … [Read More...]
Number of Syrian refugees tops 1.5 million mark, says UN agency
The United Nations refugee agency announced today that the number of Syrian civilians who have fled their country to escape conflict has passed the 1.5 million mark, while warning that the widening gap between the needs and resources available is … [Read More...]
Iraq: UN envoy urges political leaders to help end bloodshed following latest bombings
The top United Nations official in Iraq today urged Iraqi leaders to protect civilians following a wave of bombings over the past few days which have claimed more innocent lives. … [Read More...]
Iraq: UN envoy urges political leaders to help end bloodshed following latest bombings
The top United Nations official in Iraq today urged Iraqi leaders to protect civilians following a wave of bombings over the past few days which have claimed more innocent lives. … [Read More...]
UN Security Council condemns temporary detention of peacekeepers, looting in Golan
Members of the Security Council have ‘strongly condemned' the looting of a UN observation post in the Golan Heights and the temporary detention of three peacekeepers, the third such incident in the past two months. … [Read More...]
UN Security Council condemns temporary detention of peacekeepers, looting in Golan
Members of the Security Council have ‘strongly condemned' the looting of a UN observation post in the Golan Heights and the temporary detention of three peacekeepers, the third such incident in the past two months. … [Read More...]
Syria conference should be held ‘as soon as possible,’ Ban says during visit to Russia
Stressing that a political solution is the only way to end the Syria crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that an international conference proposed by Russia and the United States should be held as soon as possible so as not to lose … [Read More...]
Syria conference should be held ‘as soon as possible,’ Ban says during visit to Russia
Stressing that a political solution is the only way to end the Syria crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that an international conference proposed by Russia and the United States should be held as soon as possible so as not to lose … [Read More...]
Iranian-American launches bid for Iran’s presidency
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accompanies Esfandiar Rahim Mashaie, center, to register his candidacy.(CNN) -- An Iranian-American college professor hopes to be Iran's next president. But the motivation for Hooshang Amirahmadi's quixotic … [Read More...]
A Palestinian Arab State / A Palestinian Arab People? They Never Existed!
Prime Minister Netanyahu is being pressured from all sides, and especially the Obama Administration, to restart peace talks and give up Judea and Samaria for a Palestinian state. The pleas come shrouded in willful ignorance that there is no true Arab … [Read More...]
Israel to authorize four West Bank settler outposts
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel plans to declare legal four unauthorized West Bank settler outposts, a court document showed on Thursday, days before U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry returns to the region to try to restart peace talks.Israel has been … [Read More...]
Israel Hints: We’ll Strike Syria Again
Binyamin NetanyahuIsrael news photo: Flash 90A senior Israeli official signaled on Wednesday that Israel was considering further military strikes on Syria to stop the transfer of advanced weapons to Islamist Hizbullah – and warned President … [Read More...]
Syrian-Israeli war of words via Putin edges into Syrian-Hizballah war of attrition.
USS Kearsarge which docked in EilatRussian President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Netanyahu ended their three-hour meeting in Sochi Tuesday, May 14, at loggerheads on Syria. In fact, Putin warned his guest that Israel and its army, the IDF, were … [Read More...]
Jewish leaders discuss Mideast issues with U.N. Amb. Susan Rice
The hour-long meeting May 13 organized by the Jewish Council for Public Affairs also included representatives of The Jewish Federations of North America, UJA-Federation of New York, and the JCRC of New York. … [Read More...]
Iraq: UN envoy welcomes relocation of first group of Iranian exiles to Albania
The top United Nations official in Iraq today called the relocation of 14 Iranians to Albania from an exile camp near Baghdad, an "encouraging first step." … [Read More...]
Yemen’s humanitarian crisis could threaten political gains, warns UN relief official
Yemen is facing a worsening humanitarian situation which could destabilize the country's gains on the political front, a senior United Nations relief official warned today, noting that half of the country's 24 million people are in need of … [Read More...]
Ban stresses need for Israeli, Palestinian leaders to resume meaningful negotiations
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in separate conversations with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, stressed the need for the parties to create the conditions conducive to resuming meaningful negotiations, … [Read More...]