The Chinese Moment In Iran

by Ilan Berman, Forbes.com If economic sanctions fail to stop Iran’s march toward the bomb, and either the U.S. or Israel is compelled to use force against the Iranian nuclear program, China will shoulder at least some of the blame. Since this summer, concerted international pressure has unmistakably tightened the financial noose around Iran’s ayatollahs.…

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Mubarak urges PM to extend freeze for 3 more months

by Jerusalem Post Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak said Thursday that he has urged Israel to expand the 10-month moratorium on West Bank settlement construction for three more months to give peacemaking a chance. Mubarak said he told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu the delay could give the two sides time to draft their future borders. After…

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US: Time may come for special nuke probe of Syria

by Associated Press  A US envoy on Thursday suggested time was running out for Syria to cooperate with a UN atomic agency probe of alleged secret nuclear activities before the agency invokes its seldom-used authority to call for a special inspection — a possible prelude to UN Security Council involvement. Rising to Syria’s defense, a…

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From our Sukkah to yours…

We are now in the High Holidays of Biblical Judaism.  Yom Kippur, The Day of Atonement, begins Friday at Sundown.  Sukkot, also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, begins Thursday, September 23rd and lasts till the following Wednesday. These are three special feasts God’s people are encouraged to keep. The Bible says, “Three times a year you will…

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U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian talks is a problem

by Mort Zuckerman  Seventeen years ago, the world was astonished to learn that the Israelis and Palestinians had concluded a far-reaching understanding to advance peace—the now-famous Oslo agreements. This negotiation has ever since served as a role model for how two hostile parties might settle. One essential feature of Oslo was that nobody knew about…

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Just a question of timing?

by Itamar Marcus and Nan Jacques Zilberdik, JPost When Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas recently spoke in Washington and publicly condemned the killings of four Israelis by Hamas terrorists near Hebron, it generated a feeling of cautious optimism: “What happened yesterday and what is happening today is also condemned. We do not want at all…

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Nanny who saved little boy's life gets residential status

The State of Israel is honoring Sandra Samuel, the Indian nanny who saved little Moishi Holzberg whose parents were killed in the terrorist attack on Mumbai’s Chabad Center in November 2008. Interior Minister Eli Yishai on Monday granted Samuel temporary residential status and an Israeli ID card. During a festive ceremony at the Interior Ministry,…

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