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Embassy: We’ll just observe J Street conference

After questions over the past week over whether Israeli ambassador Michael Oren would attend next week’s J Street conference, the Israeli Embassy has released a statement saying it would be sending an observer to the Oct. 25-28 event. J Street responded by saying they hoped to get a "direct response" from Oren, and believe he’ll be […]

By Eric Fingerhut October 20, 2009 6:43 pm

Rush, Rudy, Sharpton and Crown Heights (let’s not do the time warp again)

New York appears to be caught in some sort of time warp, as old racial feuds from the early 1990s are suddenly erupting. 1) Angry over essentially being rejected in his bid to become a part-owner of the St. Louis Rams football team, Rush Limbaugh took to The Wall Street Journal last week to defend […]

October 20, 2009 5:32 pm

Defending Israel at the U.N.

Col. Richard Kemp, former commander of British troops in Afghanistan, declares in front of the United Nations Human Rights Council that Israel "did more to safeguard the rights of civilians in a combat zone than any other army in the history of warfare."

October 20, 2009 5:17 pm

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