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Serbia and Israel: Shared Glory and TragedyByVictor Sharpe
Tomislav Nikolic, the president of Serbia, has just began an official state visit to Israel. This is the first time that President Nikolic has traveled to Israel’s capital, Jerusalem, and perhaps the first time a leader of Serbia has done so.
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Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Visit to RussiaBy INSS
Shortly after his return from China, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flew to Russia for a hastily arranged visit with President Vladimir Putin. The catalyst for the visit was the significant increase in activity around the Syrian issue, including the attacks against Syrian targets attributed to Israel, high level visits to Russia by leading international figures, and Russia’s announcement of its intention to supply Syria with S-300 missiles.
BoycottBy Guest Column
Dear Professor Stephen Hawking,
I heard this morning on the radio that you decided to cancel your attendance in Israel’s president conference, and joined the academic boycott against Israel. You could not chose a more appropriate date then May eighth, the day Nazi Germany surrendered in 1945 and the day I joined the occupation army of Israel in 1985, to speak out loud and clear against occupation and oppression.
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Shandong Government Exacts Fierce Retaliation Against Family of Blind Legal Activist Chen GuangchengByChristian Newswire
LINYI, Shandong, China,—In apparent retaliation for the testimony of blind legal activist Chen Guangcheng at a Congressional hearing two weeks ago, authorities in his home province of Shandong have exacted fierce retaliation against two of his brothers and a sister-in-law.
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The Bay of Pigs—An Anniversary of Heroism and ShameBy Humberto Fontova
“Wimps,” sneers Michael Moore in his book “Downsize This,” referring to men (and boys some as young as 16) who 52 years ago this week hit a Cuban beach now known as the Bay of Pigs. “Really just a bunch of wimps. That’s right, wimps—and crybabies too,” Sneers Moore. “Ex-Cubans with a yellow stripe down their backs.”
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Welcome to bizzaroworld—Iran to preside over UN disarmament panelBy Guest Column
This article by Anne Bayefsky originally appeared on FOX News.
In case you didn’t think the UN could get even more bizarre (and dangerous), try this one. Iran will soon become the President of the Conference on Disarmament. The Iranians rotate into the job for four weeks near the end of May. Their qualification for the position? Iran is the member state that comes next in the English alphabet after Indonesia.
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Leaders of Prayer Walk to Keep Ireland Abortion Free Considering Flying to Rome to Invite Pope to IrBy Christian Newswire
MEDIA ADVISORY, —Historic prayer walk, from Belfast to Dublin, to keep Ireland abortion free enters the Republic of Ireland.
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