Monthly Archives: October 2009

Palestinians don’t want a state

A Tale of Two Taxi Drivers “Perhaps the Peacemaker-in-Chief should speak with the people most involved. Then he may learn that the Palestinian Arabs don’t really want their own state, they just want to complain about not having one. That … Continue reading

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Israel defends policies

Israel’s Consulate General in N.Y. Defends Nation’s Strategic Actions By Ben Gitlin Published on The Cornell Daily Sun (http://www.cornellsun.com), Oct 16 2009 Asaf Shariv, consulate general of Israel in New York, spoke to approximately 90 students, professors and locals yesterday … Continue reading

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Obesity is health risk

Excess body weight ‘increases health risks’ Trade Arabia News Service,  October 14, 2009 Extra body weight encourages the onset of diabetes, cardiovascular disease, heart attack and thus increases the risk of premature death, said an endocrinology specialist at a recently … Continue reading

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Predetermined conclusions ignored evidence

Conclusions about Israel’s guilt in Gaza were voiced well in advance of a ‘fact-finding’ mission By ZION EVRONY , The Independent, IrelandSaturday October 10 2009 Last January, speaking to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs, I asked the question … Continue reading

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Palestinians need responsible leadership

Leadership failure betrays the Palestinians The National: October 12. 2009  Who would be George Mitchell? As the US peace envoy wearily boarded a plane for Washington after yet another fruitless round of shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East, two of … Continue reading

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Israeli military promotes clean technology

How Israel’s Military Secrets Translate to Clean Technology Posted By Maurice Picow On October 9, 2009,  In Green Prophet, Science & Technology Since its founding in 1917, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency [1], usually known as the JTA, has been a … Continue reading

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Temple Mount holds key to peace

Like it or not, the Temple Mount is key to Israeli-Palestinian peace Oct. 6, 2009Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper , THE JERUSALEM POST Here we go again. As Jews celebrate in their tens of thousands the festival of Booths, Succot, … Continue reading

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Burstein and Koenig together onstage

Shoyn lang nit gezen Famed Yiddish actors perform together Oct. 8, 2009Greer Fay Cashman , THE JERUSALEM POST Stage and screen actor and musical comedy star Mike Burstein has been dreaming for years about appearing on stage with Israel Prize … Continue reading

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