Monthly Archives: May 2012

Boycott supporters of BDS

Celebrate Israel Parade- an expression of Zionistic pride Tidbits from Israel by Ron Jager, May 29, 2012 Ron Jager The writer, a 25-year veteran of the I.D.F., served as a field mental health officer. Prior to retiring in 2005, served … Continue reading

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South Africa joins the ignorant and biased

The African BDS disgrace As South African case shows, BDS replaces healthy debate with totalitarian way of thinking Debra Mankowitz, May 24, 2012 The recent cancellation by University of KZN of the invitation to Israel’s Deputy Ambassador to South Africa … Continue reading

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Amnesty International focuses on Israel

PRESS RELEASE May 24, 2012 Contact: Jason Edelstein NGO Monitor +972-52-861-2129 mail@ngo-monitor.org Half the Story: Analysis of Amnesty’s 2012 World Report JERUSALEM – In response to Amnesty International’s 2012 World Report, NGO Monitor today released the following statement: · As … Continue reading

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Torah emphasizes human relations

Shavuos and The Ten Commandments Submitted by Rabbi Shlomo Price, Yeshiva Neveh Zion, for Shovuous 5772 We know that on Shavuos the Jews heard the Ten Commandments. I heard a short but penetrating point about the Ten Commandments that had … Continue reading

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Israel expands solar energy

Arava Closes Funding for $204 Million Israeli Solar Plants By Marc Roca and Calev Ben-David on May 22, 2012 , Bloomberg Arava Power Co., an Israeli renewable-energy developer, obtained financing for eight solar power projects valued at 780 million shekels … Continue reading

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Jews still connected to Eastern Europe

Their Sense of Belonging A historian vividly reconstructs Eastern Europe as a place of Jewish life rather than of Jewish death… Eastern Europe has a Jewish history, and Jews have an eastern European history. By TIMOTHY SNYDER, May 19, 2012 … Continue reading

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Trouble for South Sudan

Watching the new state of South Sudan fall into chaos When sectarianism and tribalism become institutionalized, it often follows that politicians become preoccupied with holding on to personal rewards of power instead of tackling national problems by Aymenn Jawad Al-Tamimi … Continue reading

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Demand for Israeli flash technology

This story appeared on Network World at http://www.networkworld.com/research/2012/051712-why-israel-is-a-hotbed-259379.html Why Israel is a hotbed for flash storage innovation Israel has long been a nation that draws in big corporate R&D facilities and acquisitions . By Lucas Mearian, Computerworld May 17, 2012 … Continue reading

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