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Gil's Middle East Updates: The Flawed Nuclear Deal
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Friday, July 17, 2015. The Flawed Nuclear Deal. On Tuesday, July 15, we woke to the news that after thirty years of on and off negotiations with Iran to stop it from acquiring nuclear weapons, the five permanent members of the Security Council - US, Russia, China, UK and France, together with Germany (the P5 1) have reached a "deal". President Obama said on Tuesday.
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Gil's Middle East Updates: The OTHER Iran Deal
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Friday, July 31, 2015. The OTHER Iran Deal. By now I'm sure that most of you are sick and tired of reading, seeing and hearing the expert political, military, and scientific analysis about the so-called "Iran Deal". Everyone from the White House spin-masters (Obama on Monday in Ethiopia: "99% of the world agrees. After the July 14 announcement. Here are just a few:.
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Gil's Middle East Updates: November 2014
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Monday, November 24, 2014. Thanksgiving, like the Fourth of July, is the quintessential American national holiday. As we sit down to our Thanksgiving dinners this week, some of us will be debating whether (aside from our health, personal successes and loving families)…is there really anything to be truly grateful for this year? Let’s look at the Middle East. This, of ...
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Gil's Middle East Updates: Syria - The End of Assad's Regime
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Friday, May 15, 2015. Syria - The End of Assad's Regime. It was only a question of time. For the past four years it was never really a question of WHETHER the regime of Bashir al-Assad, despite Iranian and Russian support, would collapse but rather WHEN. And the "when" is very close. With Nusra and other groups bolting from al-Qaeda. The Free Syrian Army. FSA) and a f...
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Gil's Middle East Updates
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Wednesday, July 22, 2015. The War on Israel's Doorstep. With large scale military formations that threatens not only Egypt but Israel as well. Israel had withdrawn from all of the Sinai Peninsula. In recent years, Sinai has been the site of several terror attacks against tourists, the majority of which were Egyptian. Investigations have shown these were mainly mot...
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Judaism in Texas | Congregation Agudath Jacob
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Jews were among the earliest settlers of Texas, arriving in the 16th Century with the first wave of primarily Spanish explorers. These were Jews of Sephardic origin, and many became crypto-Jews or. As they were unable to freely practice the Jewish religion. In the mid 19th Century, Ashkenazic (European) Jews, primarily from Germany, were among the first people to settle and build organized communities in Central Texas. Anti-Defamation League North Texas/Oklahoma Regional Office. Camp Young Judea Texas.
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Gil's Middle East Updates: March 2015
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Tuesday, March 31, 2015. The War in Yemen and Iran's Nukes. There is a direct connection between the escalating war in Yemen and the Iranian nuclear issue. Israel has been monitoring Yemen's Houthi uprising. The Iranian takeover of the narrow Bab el Mandeb Straits. And the blatant inaction on the part of the US. The anger of the Saudis, Egyptians, Jordanians, Emiratis...
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Gil's Middle East Updates: April 2015
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Tuesday, April 28, 2015. Israeli Aid to Nepal. Three IDF air force planes arrived in Nepal on Monday loaded with emergency aid. They also brought back more stranded Israelis. As of Tuesday morning, out of hundreds of Israelis currently still in Nepal, several dozen are unaccounted for. The Department for Israelis abroad at the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem is lead...
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Gil's Middle East Updates: Back to the Rose Garden?
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Tuesday, July 7, 2015. Back to the Rose Garden? At that time I wrote here that even assuming everything the president detailed is actually in the final "deal", the wildly optimistic predictions about the outcome he outlined just didn't make sense back in April. They make even less sense this week. Here's a summary of my April column:. According to the Iranians the old...
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Gil's Middle East Updates: August 2015
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Gil's Middle East Updates" is a commentary provided by Gil Elan, President and CEO of Southwest Jewish Congress. visit us at www.swjc.org. Wednesday, August 26, 2015. Iran's Strange Syrian Gambit. Last week's deadly rocket fire. Of the United States. What happened last week? On Thursday, for the first time since the Yom Kippur War in 1973, four rockets were deliberately fired at an Israeli community in the Galilee from an area under the control of Bashir al-Assad's military. The head of the Palestinian u...