I am watching an international program on a local Denver cable channel, DOM. The show keeps flipping between Middle Eastern new broadcasts. I have, so far, seen Al-Jazeera Iran, Al-Jazeera Doha, Dubai TV, and Israel Broadcast Network (IBN). Lebanese news is on right now.
I have to say, if I always watched Al-Jazeera [...]
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Benjamin Netanyahu said that a true peace can only come if the Palestinians are self sufficient and live in a strong economy. His first steps to seeing that through came when Israel removed dozens of security checkpoints around Judea and Samaria.
The head of the Jenin Chamber of Commerce is reporting that Israelis, mostly Israeli [...]
Categories: Economy, Judea and Samaria |
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As promised by Obama, US troops are pulling out of Iraq. So far, the untested Iraqi police have held the calm as celebrations took place across the country. Fireworks and cheers rose from the streets of Baghdad as the Americans started to head home.
The big question now is whether or not the newly [...]
Categories: Arab World, Terrorism, United States of America |
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The World Bank has agreed to put $1.25 billion toward a canal aimed as saving the Dead Sea. Anyone who has visited the sea in the last decade can see the signs of a rapidly depleted sea.
The funding will go toward building a canal that will bring water from the Red Sea, at sea level, [...]
Categories: Environment, Natural Resources (Energy, Water) |
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Hardcore comic fans know the X-Men, The Incredible Hulk, Superman, and Captain America quite well. Their animated adventures have entertained millions of people for decades. In the 1970s, Marvel Comics introduced a supporting character named Ruth Bat-Seraph.
Ruth Bat-Seraph, not surprisingly, was no ordinary woman. Bat-Seraph is a beautiful Israeli woman on the surface, and a [...]
From Anthony Reich
The newspapers last week were cautiously reporting the possibility that a prisoner exchange deal may have been struck between Israel and Hamas to allow for captured Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to be moved to Egypt. This would be the first stage of his ultimate return to Israel. Whilst Israel is denying any knowledge [...]
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Yesterday I said that an Israeli would likely be drafted in the first round of the National Basketball Association 2009 draft. It came true.
Omri Cassipi was the 23rd pick in the first round of the NBA draft. He was picked by the Sacramento Kings. The NBA requires first round picks are given [...]
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Yesterday marked three years since Gilad Shalit was captured by Hamas on the Gaza border. Since then, his family, all of Israel, and Jews and humanitarians around the world have lobbied Hamas to release Shalit, now 23 years old.
Today a new development has surfaced. The JTA reports that Hamas is making preparations to transfer Gilad [...]
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Omri Cassipi, a 6′ 9″ Macabbi Tel Aviv veteran is in the sights of the NBA. Word is that the Portland Trailblazers have their eyes set on Cassipi, who has spent 4 years on the Tel Aviv team, a member of the Euroleague.
Few Israelis have actually made it into the NBA, though many have [...]
Everyone calls Benjamin Netanyahu words like “shrewd” and “hardliner” and “right wing.” Mahmoud Abbas, President of the PA and primary Palestinian leader in the West Bank is called “moderate.” Those terms are very much respective to their peers. Compared to other Israelis, Bibi might be hard line, but he is moderate in [...]
Categories: Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, Mahmoud Abbas, Media |
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