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| Tony Blair: Time is Running Out for Deal with Palestinians |
by Linda Gradstein on
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
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President Clinton Calls for "Seeing the Other"
Shimon Peres is the world’s oldest head of state. He is also the last of Israel’s founding generation and Israel is pulling out all the stops for his big day. Former President Bill Clinton, Barbra Streisand, Robert DeNiro, and Sharon Stone were among 2000 guests who attended a birthday bash in Jerusalem.
“We are here to pay tribute to the last living Israeli who knew King David,” Clinton said jokingly of Peres,.....
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| Legislative Caucus to Teach Israeli Lawmakers US Gov-101
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by Felice Friedson and Linda Gradstein on
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
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Certainty of US Aid to Israel Called into Question
JERUSALEM -- A legislative caucus created to educate Israeli lawmakers to the basic realities of the American system of government was launched on Tuesday in the Knesset, Israel’s parliament. Although a discussion of whether the United States should reduce its financial support for Israel seems like a strange subject for a group that seeks to foster bilateral relations, Israeli lawmakers representing seven political parties and a former American ambassador.....
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| Call to End Supply of Tear Gas to Turkey
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by Steve Dorsey on
Monday, June 17, 2013
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American Manufacturer Apparently Among Suppliers
ISTANBUL--Amnesty International has called upon companies that manufacture tear gas to suspend supplying the chemical ammunition to Turkish authorities and is calling for an investigation into its use by Turkish authorities.
Police throughout Turkey have used tear gas and pepper spray liberally since anti-government protests began May 28. “The problem is the Turkish authorities are using it in a way which it was completely not designed for,” Andrew Gardner, an Istanbul-based spokesperson for Amnesty.....
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| Israel, Gulf States Say New Iranian Leader Knows West Well
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by Linda Gradstein on
Sunday, June 16, 2013
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No Major Policy Changes on Nuclear Issue Expected
Newly elected Iranian leader Hassan Rohani is familiar to many in the Middle East. In the past, he was Iran’s nuclear negotiator with the world. He speaks six languages, including English, and has a doctorate from Scotland’s Glasgow Caledonian University. Many analysts say he’s a moderate.
Yet most analysts in the Gulf and in Israel doubt that there will be any change in Iran’s nuclear policy, which is determined by Iran’s.....
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| Gezi Park Rebuilds, Digs In For More Clashes
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by Steve Dorsey on
Thursday, June 13, 2013
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Organizers Vow Protests Will Continue
ISTANBUL--- By nightfall the Gezi Park protesters had cleaned up the trampled tents and trash left behind from crowds fleeing police during clashes in adjacent Taksim Square.
Thousands joined together again in song as a local musician played the piano, vendors were back selling cheap protective masks against tear gas and smoke from grilled meat filled the air.
But it was a very different atmosphere from previous long nights of demonstrations - the dark sky.....
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| In Israel, No Such Thing as a Civil Marriage
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by Linda Gradstein on
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Hundreds of Thousands of Israelis Ineligible to Wed
A month ago, Rita Margulis and her fiancé Amit (as a career army officer he asked not to use his last name) got married at the Safari in Tel Aviv. There was a Reform rabbi and 450 guests. But according to the state of Israel, the wedding never happened.
That is because Margulis, who immigrated to Israel from Ukraine at age 4, is not Jewish according to Jewish law, because her.....
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| In Syria, Peaceful Demonstrators Frustrated |
by Michel Stors on
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
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Charge Fighters Are Taking Over Revolution
ALEPPO, Syria-- Khalid Walid spends most of his days drinking coffee and smoking French cigarettes on a dusty Aleppo street corner. With the war shutting down the local university, he no longer attends classes.
The paralysis that plagues Walid, 21, is a far cry from the passion that gripped him and others when the protests in Syria erupted in March 2011. Back then Walid was at the forefront of many of the demonstrations,.....
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| Google Set to Buy Israeli Navigation Application Waze
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by Linda Gradstein on
Monday, June 10, 2013
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Steep Price Tag is $1.3 Billion
When Dr. Gary Ginsberg, who lives in Jerusalem and works at the Ministry of Health, drives to Tel Aviv, he makes sure not to forget his smartphone and the Israeli traffic application Waze.
“I’m a Waze fan,” he told The Media Line. “When I’m in Tel Aviv I’m usually lost except for knowing where the Mediterrean Sea is. So I turn on Waze and I trust it. I go left and right and.....
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| Digital Battle for Hearts and Minds in Turkey
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by Steve Dorsey on
Sunday, June 09, 2013
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Fears of Government Censorship
ISTANBUL,Turkey – In between the boisterous chants calling for Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's resignation, the protestors at this city's Gezi Park glance at their Smartphones to quickly browse Twitter for reliable, uncensored news.
The social media stream has become an important means of communication within the Turkish uprising that began in late May as part of efforts to stop the cutting down of trees at the park and replacing them with a mall.
Ayca Malpoc.....
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| Palestinians Don't Expect Much from New Government
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by Diana Atallah on
Thursday, June 06, 2013
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New Prime Minister Seen as Technocrat
Ramallah- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will swear in a new government tonight. But incoming Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah does not seem to be the talk of the town.
“The Palestinian street is apathetic now -- they replaced Salam Fayyad with another Prime Minister for personal reasons and not for national reasons”, Dia’ Bader, a 47-year-old father of three told The Media Line. After leading the government for the past six years, Prime Minister.....
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