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Feature: The Israeli-Jewish Agenda

Israel

The Jewish and pro-Israel agendas do not always correlate, but the lobbying organizations often promote similar measures and advocate identical approaches from the U.S. government. JTA surveyed the major lobbying organizations on their agendas for 2010, with the major common theme being advocacy to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. The U.S. is currently debating sanction on the regime and some indications point to a potential pending military strike on the country. The issue of an Iranian nuclear program is not just an issue that affects Israel, it uniquely impacts Jews as well. The Iranian regime has dismissed the Holocaust as a hoax and expressed anti-Semitic sentiments that are unrelated to Israel. And, clearly, the regime...

Iran War Scenarios

What if the Security Council fails to impose any sanctions against Iran? Will the Obama administration goes for the adventure...

Abu Garda War Crimes Charges Declined, Al...

The Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court declined to confirm charges of War Crimes against Abu Garda today,...

Smile Again - The fraud

Masarrat Misbah is a woman who brought hope, who inspired many around the world to contribute to her foundation, Depilex...

Cuban Minister Consults Venezuelan Government

Ramiro Valdes, a Cuban revolutionary closely tied to Fidel Castro for decades, is now working with the Venezuelan government...

Bangladesh as Bulwark Against Instability...

Can favorable consolidation of democracy in Bangladesh serve as a bulwark against fanatacism and instability in Afghanistan...

Engage Globally, Think Locally: Great Decisions...

Global Engagement as a concept and component of foreign policy can often seem like inside baseball, a potentially wonky...

The Silent Cries of India's Untouchable Children

Many of us fail to think that in today's modern society there is truly a caste system and that populations, including children,...

Child Workers and Child Abuse in Pakistan...

The New York Times just published a heart-wrenching piece on the death of an innocent 12 year old girl in Pakistan who worked...

G-7 Meeting of Finance Ministers Wrap-Up

The leading Central Bankers and Finance Ministers of the world's seven major industrial nations, known as the G-7, wrapped...

Feeding America recruiting for Child Hunger...

Feeding America (fromerly known as America's Second Harvest) is developing a "Child Hunger Corps," setting up positions for...

New Violence for the New Year

According to the BBC,  it was announced yesterday that Nigerian President Umaru Yar’Adua would soon write a letter handing...

Word of the Day: Spearphishing

Spearphishing (v):  To catch or try to catch one particular VIP target in a cyberscam in an attempt to gain access to their...

A Weekly Round-Up

One of the bluntest anti-Iran piece was published in The Wall Street Journal this week. Bret Stephens, in "Seven Myths...

Mironov, or the Matrix?

The escalating war between Putin and House Speaker Sergei Mironov, who is being pressured to resign for daring to criticise...

G-7 Finance Ministers Meet in Iqaluit

The finance ministers of the G-7 have convened in Iqaluit, Nunavut, where temperatures are slightly below 0° F. That...

News...

New vaccine might protect children from malaria An experimental malaria vaccine that boosts immune responses has produced...

Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Cambodia...

Malaysia: The NY Times has an article concerning ANOTHER Anwar Ibrahim trial.  Over the last 30 years, Mr. Anwar...