Copyright 2010 Jewish Policy Center Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:09:38 -0400 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jewish Policy Center :: Writings http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org mbrodsky@sitedomain (Jewish Policy Center) webmaster@sitedomain en-us http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/09/another-hezbollah-explosion-when-will-lebanon Fri, 3 Sep 2010 11:55:01 EST Several blasts likely triggered by an explosion at a Hezbollah weapons depot caused a large fire that injured at least five people in the southern Lebanese village of Shehabiyeha Friday morning. It was not clear what caused the blasts, but one official http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/09/peace-summit-2010-this-will-not-be-easy Thu, 2 Sep 2010 13:43:00 EST At approximately 10:25 am today, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton officially opened the first direct negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians in two years. In a ceremony at the State Department, Clinton reiterated that the Obama http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/09/new-school-year-same-old-anti-israel-sentiment Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:49:00 EST Millions of American students are back in the classroom this week, mostly looking forward to making the grade and getting one step closer to graduating. Foreign policy issues are largely off their charts - not so different than the American public at http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/oh-lord-the-iranian-regime-takes-control-of Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:29:00 EST In yet another attempt to control its population, Iran is developing a national search engine called Ya Haq, a Persian expression meaning "Oh Lord." Expected to be fully operational in 2012, Iran's announcement is worrisome as it could be one of the http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/unrest-in-bahrain-internal-defiance-or-iranian Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:43:00 EST Bahrain's interior minister vowed to extinguish what he called the "fire of terrorism" last Wednesday as protests by Shiite Muslims in the small Gulf state continued on for a second week. Since authorities rounded up some 160 Shiite opposition activists http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1813/mona-charen-confirmed-as-the-final-panelist-for Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST Washington, D.C.- The Jewish Policy Center today confirmed that Mona Charen, the syndicated columnist, author, and political analyst, will join as the third panelist for the JPC's next national policy forum. The event will be held in Los Angeles at the http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/without-us-aid-will-lebanon-turn-to-iran Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:15:00 EST Iranian Defense Minister Brigadier General Ahmad Vahidi announced yesterday that Tehran will provide the Lebanese Army with military tools, equipment, and weapons, should Beirut request such services. Calling Lebanon "a friend of the Islamic Republic of http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/on-peace-talks-and-fanfare Wed, 25 Aug 2010 10:20:00 EST Henry Kissinger once said that Israel has no foreign policy and that its foreign relations are affected by domestic politics. This is true, up to a point. But it is not only true for Israel. Last week, the United States under President Barack Obama and http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/ya-salam-breaking-the-language-barrier Tue, 24 Aug 2010 11:38:00 EST A new Israeli government program is making Arabic language classes compulsory in public schools, starting from the fifth grade. Beginning this year as a pilot initiative in more than 200 schools - 42 of them religious - in northern Israel, the scheme http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/iran-unveils-its-ambassador-of-death Mon, 23 Aug 2010 12:56:00 EST One day after initiating the start-up of its first nuclear power plant, Iran unveiled its first domestically built long-range unmanned bomber, the latest in a series of announcements about new military advances. At a ceremony marking Defense Industry http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1806/michael-medved-to-host-september-26-jpc-forum-in Mon, 23 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST Washington, D.C.- The Jewish Policy Center today announced that it will hold its next national policy forum event in Los Angeles, at the Temple of the Arts at the Saban Theatre in Beverly Hills on Sunday, September 26, at 7:30 pm. Moderated by author and http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/arab-states-not-donating-pledged-aid-to Fri, 20 Aug 2010 12:42:00 EST Arab states have cut financial aid to the Palestinian Authority so far this year, prompting the United Nations to warn of a looming Palestinian cash crisis. According to Palestinian Finance Ministry figures, the PA has received $583.5 million so far in http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/is-it-time-to-end-us-combat-operations-in-iraq Thu, 19 Aug 2010 12:00:00 EST Over seven years after U.S. combat forces entered Iraq, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division - the last brigade combat team - left the country after it crossed into Kuwait early Thursday morning, local time. While much has been made of their http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/1802/syria-and-the-obama-administration Thu, 19 Aug 2010 09:00:00 EST Forty years ago, in assessing the foreign policy direc- tion of the regime of Hafiz al-Assad in Damascus, the CIA concluded that "[T]he question in regard to Syria's future... is not whether it will be moderate or radical, but what will be the kind and http://www.jewishpolicycenter.org/blog/2010/08/lebanon-makes-minor-changes-to-palestinian Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:25:00 EST The Lebanese parliament passed a bill yesterday granting the country's 400,000 Palestinian refugees the right to work in the same professions as other foreigners, lifting a ban dating back to 1946 that relegated the refugees to below foreigner status and