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Leading Candidate For Defense Secretary Draws Concern In Pro-Israel Community

By dvora

We have got to find a way to make the two-state solution that Democrat and Republican administrations have supported – we have go to get there.

Elections / Florida / Israel / Jewish / News Briefs / Politics

Wasserman Schultz Defeats Sanders' Candidate in Florida Primary

By JNi.Media

Wasserman Schultz had a lot to do with quashing Senator Sanders' efforts to turn the DNC platform into an all out attack on the Israeli "occupation."

Op-Eds

Why Is The Most Corrupt Candidate In History Winning Big?

By Ben Shapiro

How in the world is this prevaricating potential-presidential possibly prevailing?

Politics

“Go For Your Dreams And Don't Compromise Your Religious Standards”: Rachel Freier Is Not Your Typical Civil Court Candidate

By Atara Arbesfeld

“Without my uncle's encouragement and the encouragement I received from my husband and family, I wouldn’t have gotten as far as I have already,” she said.

Emes Ve-Emunah

Abusing Clout

By Harry Maryles

When Chassidim make a request to a government official, he pays attention.

Israel / Israel Elections 5773 / News Briefs

Rivlin: Knesset Must Regulate Politicians' Ability to Switch Parties

By Jewish Press Staff

Speaker of the Knesset Reuven Rivlin (Likud) criticized the practice of switching between parties by various Members of Knesset and Knesset candidates , calling on the next Knesset to regulate such behavior, Israel's Channel 10 website reported. "We need to ask ourselves what is transpiring in our political culture," Rivlin said. "To my regret, what […]

Israel / Israel Elections 5773 / News Briefs

Rivlin Offers to Trade Spots With a Female Candidate

By Jewish Press News Desk

Speaker of the Knesset Rueven Rivlin (Likud) said Wednesday that he would be willing to be moved lower on the joint Likud Yisrael Beitenu ("Likud-Beitenu") list in order to ensure that a female candidate were included in the list's top ten candidates, Ma'ariv reported. Rivlin is number 10 on the joint list.  The first female […]

West Coast Happenings

L.A. Mayoral Campaign In Full Swing

By Jeanne Litvin

The Friedman Law Offices recently hosted a breakfast reception honoring Los Angeles mayoral candidate and the city’s current controller Wendy Greuel. The breakfast was attended by numerous rabbis and other L.A. clergy members, along with special guest speaker Rabbi Eliyahu Abergel, the chief judge of Jerusalem’s Rabbinic Court.

Op-Eds

The Campaign That Never Ends

By Rabbi Pinchas Allouche

As the dust settles and the fog lifts from this tumultuous year of political campaigning, we are left to wonder how our country will evolve. Will the economy bounce back? Will our schools make progress? And how about U.S. relations with Israel? Will they grow weaker or stronger? Will the administration support an Israeli strike on Iran?

Israel Elections 5773 / The Muqata

Likud Primaries: How to Vote?

By Jameel@Muqata

So far, the only candidates that I am 100% certain about are from the list from Mattot Arim.

Israel / Israel Elections 5773 / US Elections 2012

American Voters In Israel Make Their Mark On Two Electoral Fronts

By Steve K. Walz

JERUSALEM – More than 100,000 American voters in Israel cast their ballots for a presidential candidate, with nearly 80,000 of them having submitted a ballot provided by iVoteIsrael, a local non-profit organization that spent the past few months aggressively encouraging American expatriates living in Israel to register and vote. The remaining registered voters cast their ballots via the absentee route.

News Briefs

After Sandy, Volunteers Crisscross Manhattan to Help

By Chabad.org

In a nearly dark corner of lower Manhattan, in an area otherwise known as Tribeca, Rabbi Zalman Paris stands tall, cellular phone in hand, to answer another call from a young volunteer eager to offer assistance. Days after Hurricane Sandy left millions across New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and New Jersey without electricity, food or water, […]

Emes Ve-Emunah

Mitt Romney for President

By Harry Maryles

I choose candidates based on who I think will be do the best job for the country, for Israel, and for the Jewish people. I do not vote by party. Although I have finally made my decision - for the first time I am not as sure as I usually am about which candidate will actually be the better President.

Interviews and Profiles / Politics

‘Career Politicians Are What’s Killing Us’: An Interview with Councilman and Congressional Candidate Dan Halloran

By Sara Lehmann

New York City Councilman Dan Halloran is looking to pull off a BobTurner-like victory as a Republican congressional candidate in a predominantly Democratic Queens congressional district (the newly redistricted 6th CD).

Media / Politics

Topics For Third Presidential Debate - This One's On Foreign Policy

By Lori Lowenthal Marcus

The issue of what happened in Benghazi, Libya in September 11, 2012 is likely to come up in at least one if not several of the different topic areas. President Obama will seek to put a definitive end to the questioning about how his administration handled the crisis, and presidential-hopeful Mitt Romney will seek to lay out the inconsistencies in the narratives presented by this administration over the course of the six weeks since the tragedy.

Op-Eds / Sultan Knish / US Elections 2012

Obama's Last Stand

By Daniel Greenfield

Democrats do not have a great track record in the White House. The number of Democratic presidents who have won second terms is small and becomes much smaller with the second half of the 20th Century. Unlike Congressional shifts which reflect regional politics more than a national referendum, the Presidency is a referendum on the usages of the nearly unlimited power of its holder.

Front Page

To Tell The Truth: An Unlikely Scenario

By Eli Chomsky

Despite public surveys that show the general public largely opposed to negative campaigning, the overwhelming majority of candidates in contested races have refined this strategy almost to an art form.

News Briefs / Politics / US

Adelsons Again Donate $500K to Super PAC Supporting Boteach

By JTA

Casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife for a second time have given $500,000 to a Super PAC supporting Rabbi Shmuley Boteach's bid for Congress.

News Briefs / On Campus / Education / Politics

Zionist U.S. College Students Are Favoring Romney

By Jonathan Asher Pressman

For Zionist students, foreign policy, and particularly the candidates’ positions on Israel and the Middle East, play a pivotal role when choosing their candidate. For many of these students, Israel is ultimately the deciding factor in determining for which candidate they will cast their vote.

Media / News Briefs / Politics / The Knesset

In Latest Poll Runners-Up Pose Little Threat to Netanyahu

By Jacob Edelist

The poll predicted that in its present condition, with Shaul Mofaz at the helm, the Kadima party would net only a measly 3 Knesset seats.

Sultan Knish

Branding Sold America on Obama like a Can of Soda

By Daniel Greenfield

Obama did not have an aspirational candidacy, he had an aspirational brand. A brand that people wanted to be a part of, because it made them feel good about themselves.

Sultan Knish

How Romney Can Win this Election

By Daniel Greenfield

Even when all the facts are set out before them, people still need to believe. Optimism can give people the confidence to leap the buying hurdle. Optimistic people are more likely to buy. People are more likely to vote for someone who makes them feel better, rather than someone who makes them feel worse. Obama understood that in 2008, and he's still reasonably confident that this will work for him now.

News Briefs / Politics

Mitt Coming to Israel, Banking on Obama's Cool Ties with Netanyahu

By Dovid Schwartz

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney will leave on Wednesday for a week-long trip to the Olympics in London, Poland, and Israel.

News Briefs / Politics

Romney to Visit Israel Before November

By JTA

The Republican presidential candidate will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad later this summer.

News Briefs

Marine Le Pen to Sue Jewish-French Philosopher for Libel

By JTA

A lawyer for Marine Le Pen said the leader of the French far right will sue French-Jewish philosopher Bernard-Henri Levy for libel. Wallerand de Saint-Just said he would submit a libel suit on behalf of Le Pen, president of the National Front party, to the Paris Magistrate’s Court next week. In an article originally published […]

Middle East / Levant / News Briefs

Retired Egyptian General Denies Rumors of Israeli Intervention following Egyptian Vote

By Jacob Edelist

Retired general turned security analyst and Junta spokesman Sameh Seif Al-Yazal told Al-Sharq Al-Awsat that rumors about an Israeli military intervention in Egypt are "misguided," because it was "not in Israel’s interest to fight Egypt at the present time, as the situation remained tense with its other neighbors."

News Briefs

Ron Paul Halts Campaign, Keeps Delegates

By JTA

U.S. Rep. Ron Paul has effectively given up his presidential campaign but will not give up his delegates to Mitt Romney. Paul, a Texas Republican, said he would no longer compete in his party's primaries, leaving Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, the only viable candidate for the GOP nod still running. Romney remains about 200 […]

News Briefs

Poll: 44% Support Kadima Entering the Coalition, But Only 5% Support Mofaz

By Jewish Press News Desk

More Israelis support the unexpected pact between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Kadima Chairman Shaul Mofaz than reject it, according to a News 10 poll. The poll, conducted by "Proyekt Ha'Midgam" ("Sample Project"), found that 44% of the public support Kadima's joining the broad coalition government. The move was rejected by 37% and 18% did […]

Global / Jewish / News Briefs

French Jewry Leader: Hollande Victory a Boost to Anti-Israel Front

By Jacob Edelist

Following his victory Sunday, the 57-year-old François Hollande shouted himself hoarse, as he had done so often during the campaign, thanking his supporters for electing him president and promising to unite the whole country. But Richard Prasquier, President of the Jewish-French organizations, says one of the changes the Hollande presidency brings is a boost to the anti-Israel left.

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: How Egypt's Presidential Election Will Change the Middle East and the World

By Barry Rubin

The result may well be an Islamist versus Islamist run-off. In any event, it is likely that by the end of the year Egypt will have an Islamist president, parliament, and Constitution. Laws will be drastically altered, women’s rights will disappear, and Hamas will be backed up if it attacked Israel.

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: Romney's Road - Blast Obama's Failures and Policy, Expose the Lies, Seize the Mainstream

By Barry Rubin

Romney must respond to attacks like Gingrich or New Jersey governor Chris Christie would. A gentlemanly, gloves-on strategy will not win this election. This does not mean Romney should call Obama a socialist or Marxist. Instead, he should show that he’s the mainstream candidate while the Obama administration is out of step with historic, successful American practice.

News Briefs / US

Pro-Arab Candidate for Joe Lieberman's Senate Seat Clashes with Colleagues on Live TV, Behaves Badly

By Tibbi Singer

Democratic candidates vying for Connecticut’s US Senate, which is being vacated by Joseph I. Lieberman, are not sure their colleague Lee Whitnum should be allowed to participate in future live televised debates, after calling US Rep. Chris Murphy a “whore” for his support of Israel, during an NBC debate. Whitnum is suing the US over its support for Israel, saying it should send $600 million of it to Connecticut.

Israel / US

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie in Israel for First Official Visit

By Solomon Burke

Gov. Christie, who is visiting with his family and a delegation of leaders from the business and religious sectors, told the Prime Minister that “this is my first visit abroad as Governor and there was never any question of where we would come first, so I’m glad we did.”

Global / News Briefs / Religion

Video: London Mayor Wannabe Will Make London 'Beacon' of Islam

By Jacob Edelist

Speaking at last Friday's prayer at the North London Central Mosque, also known as Finsbury Park Mosque—and formerly controlled by convicted terrorist recruiter Abu Hamza al-Masri—Ken Livingstone, the Labor party's candidate for mayor of London, pledged to "educate the mass of Londoners" about Islam.

News Briefs

Romney Wins Michigan

By Jewish Press News Desk

With most of the vote counted, Mitt Romney was ahead with 42 percent compared to 37 for Santorum in the Republican presidential primary in Michigan on Tuesday. NBC, CNN and Fox projected him the winner, after a tight race in which neither candidate mentioned how they had been against the Detroit Big Cars bailout. Negative […]

News Briefs

Nazi-Hunter's Wife Long Shot Presidential Wannabe

By Jewish Press News Desk

The German-born wife of French Nazi hunter Serge Klarsfeld, Beate, has been nominated Monday by the Left party as a candidate for the German presidency in next month's elections. The 73-year-old Klarsfeld will compete against former East German pro-democracy activist Joachim Gauck in a March 18 vote by a special parliamentary assembly. In 1968, Beate […]

Rubin Reports

Rubin Reports: An Islamist President for Egypt?

By Barry Rubin

It is now conceivable that the two leading presidential candidates will be Islamists and thus Egypt will have an Islamist president. That would mean the timetable for turning the country into an Islamist Sharia state could be vastly accelerated.

News Briefs

Central Elections Committee to Discuss Disqualifying Tibi From Next Knesset Election

By Jewish Press Staff

Raam-Ta'al MK Ahmed Tibi recently made an inflammatory speech praising martyrdom.

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By Itamar Frankenthal

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