Aliza Lavie Last month saw a historic success in the fight against prostitution in Israel: the Knesset gave unanimous preliminary approval for a bill incriminating the clients of prostitution and providing rehabilitation services to survivors of prostitution. It was a bill I submitted along with colleagues from across party lines in the Knesset, which is […]
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Middle EastA week after Netanyahu took credit for African nation’s ostensible decision, its president says he has no say in foreign policy By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Netanyahu (right) meeting with Cape Verde President Jorge Carlos Fonseca during a summit in Monrovia, July 4, 2017 (screen grab YouTube) Cape Verde on Tuesday denied that it had
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International, Middle EastUnder plea deal, servicemen will serve at least two years in prison, pay damages, be demoted to private By Judah Ari Gross Illustrative photo of an IDF soldier in military court (Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90) An IDF serviceman pled guilty to raping a female soldier in his unit on Wednesday, a military official said. In May, Military
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Middle EastPrince Harry and Meghan Markle arrived in the royal’s “second home” of Botswana late last week in celebration of the “Suits” actress’s 36th birthday. While they’re reportedly staying in Africa well into August, the couple, who also just celebrated their one year anniversary, spent their first night with some of Harry’s closest friends. “It was
WASHINGTON — It is a mysterious episode ripped from the pages of a Cold War spy novel. Despite ostensibly improved ties between the U.S. and Cuban governments, the State Department on Wednesday confirmed it had expelled two Cuban diplomats from Washington because of an “incident” in Havana that harmed U.S. personnel there. State Department spokeswoman
Court decision comes two years after Yehoshua Elitzur was arrested in Sao Paulo, ending a decade-long manhunt By Jacob Magid Yehoshua Elitzur (screen capture: Channel 2) The Brazilian Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to extradite an Israeli settler convicted of killing a Palestinian taxi driver in 2004, local media reported. The decision came two years
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International, Middle EastSeveral decades ago, President Ronald Reagan advocated building an intercontinental missile defense system that would shield the United States from a first-strike missile attack by an enemy. Likened to shooting down a bullet with another bullet, the Strategic Defense Initiative would defend the U.S. homeland by firing an intercepting missile that would safely disable an
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International, USALOS ANGELES—Cinematographer John Bailey, whose credits include such films as “Ordinary People,” “The Big Chill,” and “Groundhog Day,” will be the new president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, charged with helping to lead the nearly 90-year-old institution through the next phase of its ongoing public transformation. In a meeting on Tuesday
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Theatre, Film & BroadcastWASHINGTON — An FBI raid last month at one of the homes of Donald Trump’s former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, provides the clearest evidence so far that special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is aggressively pursuing the investigation into the campaign’s dealings with Russia and of possible wrongdoing by Manafort. Agents served a warrant at
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USAAs North Korea and the United States increase rhetoric on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program, long-held taboos are being broken in neighboring Japan – the only country to have suffered nuclear bombardment, at the end of World War II. Analysts say the debate over whether Tokyo should develop nuclear weapons of its own is moving from
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InternationalWhile U.S. President Donald Trump was threatening North Korea with “fire and fury” as tensions between the two countries escalated Tuesday night, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was taking a quieter line with Pyongyang—with great effect. His envoy achieved Canada’s objective to secure the release of one of its citizens held in North Korea for
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InternationalWASHINGTON, August 9, 2017 – In April 1805, Viennese concert-goers heard a new work by Ludwig von Beethoven. His Symphony No. 3, dubbed “Eroica,” was dedicated to a man he believed embodied republican principles. Ludwig von Beethoven. On his symphony’s title page, the composer wrote a short dedication: “Written on the subject of Bonaparte.” Shortly
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Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, USAIt’s a stark assessment of the realities of the climate crisis, and it seems to have the Trump administration’s rhetoric and policies on climate change directly in its crosshairs. “The world has warmed … by about 1.6 degrees Fahrenheit (0.9 degrees Celsius) over the last 150 years … [and this] has triggered many other changes
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The World We Share, USAArmy lauds actions of staff sergeant and his father, who intervened to end terror attack in which three people were killed By Judah Ari Gross Sgt. Ayin, who shot and injured a terrorist who killed three Israelis at the Halamish settlement on July 21 (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit) A soldier who intervened during a terror attack
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