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|  Israel Offers Hurricane Aid by Yitzchak Benhorin
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon offered Israel's condolences to U.S. President George W. Bush Thursday and offered Israeli help to victims of the Hurricane Katrina disaster in the southern United States. Sharon said Israel was prepared to dispatch medical and search-and-rescue teams, trauma experts, field hospitals, medical kits and equipment for temporary housing to aid the victims. Sharon also said the aid could be made available within 24 hours. (Ynet News) Read More.
See also Secretary Rice: International Offers of Relief Aid
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said State Department officials are evaluating offers of hurricane relief from the international community. Rice said the United States has received offers of assistance from nations including Canada, Italy, Russia, Israel, Australia and Turkey. (AP/Science Daily) Read More. | |  President Bush Praises Israel, Demands Palestinians Fight Terrorism
Excerpt from President Bush's weekly radio address, August 27:
Prime Minister Sharon and the Israeli people took a courageous and painful step by removing Israeli settlements in Gaza and parts of the northern West Bank. I congratulate the Prime Minister for his bold leadership. Now that Israel has withdrawn, the way forward is clear. The Palestinians must show the world that they will fight terrorism and govern in a peaceful way. We will continue to help the Palestinians to prepare for self-government and to defeat the terrorists who attack Israel and oppose the establishment of a peaceful Palestinian state. We remain fully committed to defending the security and well-being of our friend and ally Israel. (White House) Read More. | |  Pakistani and Israeli Foreign Ministers Meet in Turkey
The foreign ministers of Pakistan and Israel met Thursday in Istanbul in the first overt high-level political contact between the two countries. Diplomatic sources say the meeting should be seen as the opening of dialogue between the two countries, which have no direct political disputes. After the Israeli pullout from Gaza, Pakistan signaled to the Israelis that it was "now ready" for an overt contact. (The Dawn-Pakistan) Read More. | |  U.S. and Israel Celebrate 20 Years of Free Trade by Karin Kloosterman
September 1st marks exactly 20 years since the signing of the United States-Israel Free Trade Area (FTA) agreement - which was also the first free trade agreement the US signed with any country, and in that respect, an important - and successful - experiment. Today American-Israeli trade amounts to nearly $20 billion dollars, and if Jaffa oranges were once Israel's classic export item, those fruit crates have largely given way to high-tech products. Many have a direct benefit on American lives. (Israel21c) Read More. | |  So This Is Israel. Student Body Presidents Visit Israel by Michele Chabin
Student body presidents learned about the Middle East firsthand with an eye toward bringing lessons back to campus. Along with Oral Roberts University, this year's crop of students represented Oklahoma Baptist University, Black Hills State University in South Dakota and the University of Utah, among others. The students, who included a Muslim and several devout Christians, said their visit to Israel would influence the way they looked at life back in the States. (New York Jewish Week) Read More. |
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|  Gaza Disengagement: They Threw Pickles, Not Grenades by David Suissa
When the moment of confrontation arrived, when 6,000 reporters from around the world came to witness the Jew vs. Jew reality show, what did they see? They saw grief instead of guns, tears instead of spears, fraternity instead of fratricide, hugging instead of mugging. Sure, there were a few ugly scenes, but at that moment of truth the aggrieved Jewish settlers didn't throw grenades. Instead, they threw themselves at their fate, and some of them threw pickles. (Ynet News) Read More. | |  Life after Gaza by Mortimer B. Zuckerman
Western sympathy and aid for the Palestinians should now be conditioned on the Palestinians' unequivocal answers to these questions: Will there be a decline in incitement to hatred or a change in the rhetoric of Palestinian officials when speaking in Arabic to their people? Will the Palestinians continue to be directed toward the destruction of Israel, or will they seek to build up their own nation-state? Will Palestinians continue to claim Israeli withdrawal as a victory through terrorism, thereby justifying more terrorism? (U.S. News) Read More. | |  Message to Muslim World by Meir Litvak
The significance of the meeting between Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom and his Pakistani counterpart is mostly symbolic, but the importance of symbolism should not be underestimated. Pakistan, the world's second-largest Muslim country, whose identity is premised on Islam, has shown hostility to Zionism and Israel since its establishment. There is no doubt the meeting constitutes a significant message to other Muslim countries and large Muslim publics by giving legitimacy and a "kosher certificate" to Israel from a leading Islamic country. (Ynet News) Read More. |
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|  As Students Return To Campus, Activists Prepare New Approach by Chanan Tigay
The Israel on Campus Yearbook 2005, to be released Sept. 8 by the Israel on Campus Coalition, posits that for Israel to compete in the campus milieu - which is saturated with interesting and engaging opportunities for students - its message must be tailored to reach the modern, "millennial" student. "Other generations have spoken in large groups, in protest rallies," says Wayne Firestone (pictured), executive director of the ICC, an umbrella organization of some 30 pro-Israel groups. "This generation has a voice via blogs, a voice via Web sites. They are their own editors, filmmakers, opinion makers." (Combined Jewish Philanthropies) Read More. | |  Georgetown to Lift Israel Study Restriction by Robert Heberle
Officials at the Office of International Programs say that they will introduce new policies that will permit students to apply to study in countries with U.S. State Department travel warnings, including Israel and Lebanon. (The Hoya) Read More. | |  Karmiel-Misgav, Pittsburgh Leaders for the Future
Ten Pittsburgh area university students spent the first two weeks of August at Karmiel's ORT Braude Academic College of Engineering, participating in a project sponsored by the Jewish Agency's Partnership 2000 program. The students, all chosen following a meticulous selection process from within the campuses of Pittsburgh's universities and colleges, arrived in the region to participate in a joint leadership development workshop together with students from the ORT Braude College. (Jewish Agency) Read More. | |  Tulane: Displaced Medical Students to Be Welcomed by Tel Aviv University's Medical Campus
Medical students who will be unable to attend Katrina-ravaged Tulane University now have access to new slots being made available to them by Tel Aviv University's Sackler School of Medicine (New York State/American Program). "In tragedies such as this, you desperately want to help, and these are two things the university can do - offer academic sanctuary to Tulane medical students and an overseas program to other Gulf-area students whose campuses have been destroyed," said Itamar Rabinovich, president of Tel Aviv University. (US Newswire) Read More. | |  Washington U in St. Louis: Israel Evacuates Gaza Strip Settlements by John Hewitt
The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza is an event whose impact is felt on campus, where many students study the Middle East and participate in clubs devoted to discussion and advocacy of issues related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. "The disengagement was a painful but necessary step towards peace. By withdrawing from Gaza, Israel has shown its commitment to the peace process, and the world must now look to the Palestinians to see whether Israeli concessions will be met with calm or with more terrorism," said Ben Yungher, president of Washington University Students for Israel. (Student Life) Read More. | |  Yeshiva U Steps Up Presence in Israel by Ariel Rosenzveig
Affirming his desire to increase the scope of Yeshiva University's presence in Israel, Howard M. Weisband, Senior Advisor for Israel Affairs, met with Yeshiva students at his Jerusalem office last month. "There needs to be a YU program in Israel with courses that are germane to Israel and that use Israel as a laboratory," Weisband offered. Course possibilities for undergraduates include classes in Bible, the Israeli political system, the Israeli Supreme Court, archaeology in Israel, and filmmaking courses, among several others. The notion is to combine course study with internships and field work in the specific areas of interest. (Commentator) Read More. | | Yeshiva U: Students Teach About Israel by Carl Schrag
When Hindy Poupko was a senior at Yeshiva University's Stern College this past year, she and a few of her friends in the Israel Club decided to offer Orthodox Jewish high schools a series of Israel education workshops. They taught at 13 schools in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Florida and Texas. The Israel Club's effort was such a success that YU has turned it into an official program, called Teach for Israel. Poupko, who graduated in May and began a one-year fellowship in YU's Center for the Jewish Future, continues to be involved in the program. (Cleveland Jewish News) Read More. | |   York: 14-Year-Old Israeli Studies Math by Lara Greenberg
Israeli Chen Kupperman is a student at York University in his second year as an undergraduate mathematics major. Doesn't seem too unusual, except that by the time he completes his undergraduate degree in two years, this 14-year-old will just have reached the age when he can legally drive in Canada. (Canadian Jewish News) Read More. |
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|  Students Against Anti-Semitism by Eytan Schwartz
All the students I spoke with complained about the ignorance of most of their non-Jewish friends, which makes the work of those disseminating anti-Israel propaganda on campus that much easier. There is also another, much more annoying issue: Many of the Jewish students are themselves ignorant about the Middle East, and in some cases they are also apathetic about criticism of Israel. (Ynet News) Read More. | |  Columbia: Calmer Times? by Liel Leibovitz
Jewish students gearing up for the academic year at Columbia University are likely to find a climate much calmer than last year's, when a documentary accusing several professors in Middle Eastern studies department of harboring a bias against pro-Israel students plunged the campus into controversy. The semester is likely to be colored by two major addresses scheduled to be delivered by two leading Israeli scholars, Tel Aviv University President Itamar Rabinovich and noted author Michael Oren, both slated for the fall semester. (New York Jewish Week) Read More. | |  Cornell: On Disengagement by Jamie Weinstein
It has been said that leaving Gaza and parts of the West Bank was a clear concession to terror. I believe the decision to leave Gaza and parts of the West Bank did not come from a position of Israeli weakness, but rather a position of strength. To support the Gaza disengagement does not mean one necessarily believes Israel was obliged to give the land back. For me, as an outsider, it seems simply to be in Israel's national interest. By all accounts, Gaza is/was a hell hole. Terrorism cannot be defeated by providing concessions. Nor can peace be achieved that way. Nonetheless, Sharon's bold disengagement plan, while a legitimate play for peace, is more importantly a move to secure Israel. (Cornell Daily Sun) Read More. | |  Dartmouth: Hypocrisy on the Gaza Strip by David Day
The Palestinian government cannot yet handle its own extremists, and many terrorists are actually in the government itself. The Gaza Strip is being given to the Palestinians as a prize for the Second Intifada for nothing in return, when it could have been used in future negotiations as a bargaining chip for the disarming of terror groups and the future security of Israel. President Bush has supported Israel's disengagement as he attempts to show solidarity with Prime Minister Sharon in his bid for peace. However, when a plan is weak and shortsighted, a strong leader would not support it, even at the expense of a friend. (Dartmouth) Read More. | |  DePaul's Jihad Against Academic Freedom by Richard Baehr
I was invited a few years back to participate in a debate, and the atmosphere at this one was more physically threatening than any other in which I took part. Two of my family members who attended said they were concerned about my safety at times during the debate, as some audience members (almost all of whom were Palestinian supporters) shook their fingers and approached the podium, with the audience loudly cheering and hooting. It was, for a good part of the time, a free-for-all. Such is a final class project at DePaul these days. (Illinois Leader) Read More. | |  George Washington: Overcoming Israeli Extremism by Will Dempster
After 40 years of indulging in the fantasy of exerting and sustaining political sovereignty over all its Biblical heartland, Israel - ironically led by the enterprise's chief architect - disengaged not only from Palestinian land, but also from an ideology which threatened the existence of an internationally legitimate Jewish State. It remains to be seen whether the Palestinian Authority, headed by Mahmoud Abbas, will confront its own religious extremists. With Israel's critical precedent set it may yet be possible for Israelis and Palestinians to dwell side by side in peace. (Hatchet) Read More. | |  George Washington: Israeli Security, Palestinian Failures by Kyle Spector
While Israel's removal of settlers exemplified the strength and robustness that is Israeli democracy, it is also showcasing the shortcomings in Palestinian democracy. While there was no shortage of protests by Israeli extremists on either side of the disengagement debate, Israel was able to overcome the protests and move forward with peaceful and successful removal of the settlers. On the Palestinian side, however, extremist organizations Hamas and Islamic Jihad have forced Palestinian President Abu Mazen to pander to their ridiculous hopes of the destruction of the Jewish state. (Hatchet) Read More. | |  Mississippi: Israel, Sharon on Wrong Side in Pullout of Gaza Strip by Lacey Holley
If anyone is bad for Israel, it's Ariel Sharon, not Benjamin Netanyahu. Maybe Netanyahu did leave the cabinet during his term as finance minister over the withdrawals in Gaza, leading Sharon to say that Netanyahu "runs from responsibility." But it's not reasonable to ask someone to serve a party that a person feels has left its ideals behind. You wouldn't work for the Republican Party if you were a liberal, would you? (Daily Mississippian) Read More. | |  Mississippi: Abbas Should Choose Peace by Todd Bembry
President Abbas, this is your big chance. You have, for the first time in modern memory, a chance to actually do something constructive for the Palestinian people, rather than feed them the incessant diet of self-pity and Jew hate that Arafat did for so long. Sharon gave you a gift without you even asking or expecting it. This is your chance to show the Palestinian people, and the rest of the world, that there can be a functioning Palestinian political entity, if not an outright state. (Daily Mississippian) Read More. | |   Nebraska: Peace Among Israelis, Palestinians Still Unsure by Alex Clark
The evacuation from Gaza has proceeded without a mutual understanding of the meaning of the disengagement. The Palestinians view the disengagement as the fruit of terroristic labor. Whether it is or not doesn't matter. They view it as such and will be encouraged in the future. There will be no peace in the land of Israel until Palestinians and Israelis harbor peace in their hearts. Israel cannot simply go through the motions of peace before both sides believe it. Otherwise, they're headed for tragedy. (Daily Nebraskan) Read More. | |   Oklahoma: Terrorism is Terrorism by Justin Dyer
British Prime Minister Blair is not the only one to omit Israel from the list of countries victimized by Islamic terror is unique to Blair. The Western world in general seems reluctant at times to call terrorism by its name, especially when it occurs in that volatile region known to so many as the Holy Land. What hope do we have to think that an Israeli pullout from Gaza and the West Bank and another earnest attempt at reaching a peace agreement will ever satiate the Palestinian desire for the destruction of Israel and the dissemination of its people? (Oklahoma Daily) Read More. | |  Faculty Efforts to Combat Anti-Semitism and Anti-Israeli Bias at the University of California, Santa Cruz by Leila Beckwith, Tammi Rossman-Benjamin, and Ilan Benjamin
The anti-Israeli bias among faculty and students is not openly displayed, but is nevertheless evident in course curricula, lectures, and classroom discussions. Jewish students report frequent expressions of profound antipathy toward Israel and its supporters inside the classroom; some voice concerns that their grades might be harmed by taking a pro-Israeli position in written or verbal discussions. In February 2005 we organized an Israel advocacy workshop in conjunction with people at Stanford University and UC Berkeley. (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, Post-Holocaust and Anti-Semitism) Read More. | |  Texas: Peace Is Further than You Think by Daniel P. Rubenstein
Instead of waiting for an Arab change of heart, Israel is determining its own destiny as a nation by drawing defensible borders for itself. The alternative - a continuation of the status-quo, whereby the Palestinians were preserved in perpetuity as "deserving" a state without ever having to earn one - would have only weakened Israel in the long term. America must maintain the focus on Palestinian performance - or lack thereof. Israeli concessions and withdrawals, however, do not entice the Palestinians into making peace. The opposite is true. For the Palestinians, terrorism is not a weapon of weakness, but a strategic response to the perceived weakness of the Israelis. (Daily Texan) Read More. | |  The Academic Boycott of Israel: Why Britain? by Ronnie Fraser
In April 2002, the Guardian published an open letter calling for an EU moratorium on funding for grants and research contracts for Israeli universities. Since then, Britain has become the world's center of agitation against Israeli academia. The Association of University Teachers (AUT) boycott of Haifa and Bar-Ilan universities, which initially was approved and subsequently rejected in spring 2005, has been a belated wakeup call for Israeli academia and for UK Jewry. (Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs) Read More. |
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| Cornell and Tel Aviv: New Algorithm for Learning Languages
Cornell University and Tel Aviv University researchers have developed a method for enabling a computer program to scan text in any of a number of languages, including English and Chinese, and autonomously and without previous information infer the underlying rules of grammar. The rules can then be used to generate new and meaningful sentences. The method also works for such data as sheet music or protein sequences. (Newswire) Read More. | |   Georgia: Freshman's Work Hits Space by Audrey Goodson
Some students keep ribbons to remember their high school science experiments. But Gily Raz has the sight of a rocket launching seared into her memory. The freshman from Columbus has witnessed her experiments take off into space twice in person and once on television. Raz moved to the United States from Israel when she was ten. (Red and Black) Read More. | |  Harvard: Local Student Pursues Quantum Physics over Summer Vacation by Sara Callender
Shilpa Raja, an aspiring scientist who will attend Harvard University this fall, studied alongside some of the world's top scientists at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel. Raja was chosen to participate in the prestigious program after winning an award at the Detroit Science Fair in March for her project on the effectiveness of taking insulin orally. (West Bloomfield Eccentric) Read More. | |  Intel's New Chip Design Developed in Israel
The Intel Corporation has unveiled its next generation micro-architecture, a multi-core processor which was completely developed at its facilities in Israel. The processor - which was introduced last week at the Intel Development Forum (IDF) in California - will be used in all Intel-based computers from next year. The next-generation design has its roots in Intel's Pentium M laptop chips, developed in Haifa. That suggests the Israeli chip designers have become the pre-eminent architects. (Israel21c) Read More. |
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|  Enjoying a Feel-Good Story by Michelle Kaufman
Of all the drama that surrounds World Cup qualifying, none is as compelling as the story of Israel, which, thanks to the heroics of two Arab soccer players, is on the brink of making its first World Cup in 36 years. And to add a little twist to the script, the World Cup will be held in Germany, of all places. In a summer when most of the headlines out of Israel are of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the removal of Jews from Gaza, the heartwarming tale of Abas Suan and Walid Badir is a breath of fresh air. But Badir and Suan have become the toast of the tiny country. (Miami.com) Read More. | |   Villanova: Women's Volleyball Takes Two to Start Year by Kyle Scudilla
Freshman outside hitter Alona Cherkez of Israel has had a memorable start to her career at Villanova, and it has caused the Wildcats to win their first two games of the season, topping both Northeastern and the University of Maryland Baltimore County by 3-1 margins. The 5-11 Alona was born in Russia where her mother played volleyball for 20 years. (Villanovan) Read More. |
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|  A Comic Occasion by Danielle Max
It may be a celebration of all things animated, but many visitors to the fifth Animation, Comic and Caricature Festival at the Tel Aviv Cinemateque did not venture past the comic fair. The crowd milling around the specially erected marquee came not for old-fashioned American superheroes but to discover the latest in independent Israeli comic book art; they were not disappointed. From the instantly recognizable work of cartoonist Zeev Engelmayer, to 13-year-old newcomer Oded Arad, the market was brimming with talent. Read "The Golem, Israel's Comic Superhero" (Jerusalem Post) Read More. | |  Israel's Sudoku Queen by Jessica Freiman
Judging from the excitement the first-ever National Sudoku Championships held in Jerusalem last week, Sudoku could be Israelis' new pastime. Amnon Jonas, 38, who is doing his doctorate in computer science at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, was one of 20 competitors to finish the semifinal round. Jonas came in second. The winner was Kibbutz Neveh Yam's Or Shaham, 23, who was crowned the first Sudoku champion in the history of Israel. (Jerusalem Post) Read More. |
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Sipping Coffee in Tel Aviv. How Should Average Israelis Have Reacted to the Disengagement?
| The Real Tragedy by Andrew Friedman
Not that I'd want to disturb the important business of Tel Avivians and their coffee shops, but now that you've asked, "what am I supposed to do," here are a few suggestions of things you could have done, and could still do if you were interested in helping people in a time of need. No politics here: in less than a week, more than 8,000 men, women and children have lost everything - homes, jobs, friends, communities. We can - and undoubtedly will - argue about the wisdom of settling Gaza in the first place, but I would have expected the folks who most fervently supported disengagement - if the stereotype is correct, a large majority of the folks sipping iced lattes on Shenkin Street - to be there to greet the evacuees. You could have brought toys for the kids, or perhaps a hot meal, to some people who now have very little, and sent a strong message: For all our differences, we have only one country. Let's build it, together. In addition, many, many, many residents - teens and adults, men and women - turned out last week to rebuild greenhouses, to help build the trailer parks where Gaza evacuees will eventually be moved, and to provide labor and expertise in a myriad of areas. Were you there, you would have made a non-financial, but invaluable, contribution to the absorption process, and helped to bandage some deep, fresh wounds. Had you done even a fraction of these things, you would also have done a lot to dispel the feelings of many ex-Gaza residents, as well as many West Bank residents and other disengagement skeptics, that much of Israeli society would prefer we and our families would just disappear. With your actions, you would have sent a clear message that most Israelis do not identify with the angry, hurtful portrayal of "us and them." You would have done much to show that most Israelis do not view the former residents of Gaza as enemies. If you could have done without your coffee, you might have made a meaningful contribution, not only to Gaza families, but also to a country and society that stands to fall apart. You would have shown that even Tel Aviv has not abandoned its brothers from Gush Katif. (Ynet News) Read More. | | The Real Zionists by Tali Tzin
Forgive me for being alive. I truly feel a need to apologize for my audacity, for not mourning the disengagement and daring to talk about other things except for the evacuation of Neve Dekalim. I'm not ignoring it, yet I confess to flipping through non-news channels. Why shouldn't people sit in coffee shops? Why should the overwhelming majority of Israelis be glued to TV screens instead of living their lives during the pullout? Did we do something wrong? Did a war break without our knowledge? And why must there be a direct link between sipping an espresso and political indifference? Indeed, we can showing interest in what goes on in this crazy country of ours without losing our composure. Instead of encouraging normative behavior, we are slammed by none other than the "hostile media" that chose to embrace the evacuees. The media's implied reprimand appeared to suggest that if one is not barricaded on a synagogue's rooftop, insulting and hurting the evacuating forces, one doesn't care, has no values, and isn't a true Zionist. Yet the truth is that we are the real Zionists. We are the guardians of democracy, not the insane bunch on the roofs. We are the sane voice that keeps the country going through a passing mini-crisis. Had we acted as apparently expected of us, the entire country would have been shut down and nobody would be showing up for work. Me and those like me - law abiding citizens - are the average Israelis. When we're told to move, we move. When we are evicted from our homes, we leave. It doesn't matter if it is due to a government decision, the bank's decision, or the landlord's decision - the result is the same: We do what we are told. You should start worrying when Tel Aviv coffee shops are empty; that will truly mean judgment day is here. Once Tel Aviv is deserted, it will be a sure sign the country is collapsing. (Ynet News) Read More. |
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