Donald H. Harrison

Palestinians re-erect Jenin terrorist memorial razed by IDF

Democratic Front activists restore stone structure praising Khaled Nazzal, who planned a 1974 attack that killed 26 people, mostly children By Dov Lieber A monument to ‘martyr’ Khaled Nazzal in a Jenin square named after him. Nazzal was the mastermind of the 1974 Maalot massacre in which Palestinian terrorists murdered 22 schoolchildren and 4 adults. […]

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Middle East

Remarkably kept, ancient village faces future as another kind of ghost town

Lifta offers a unique insight into Jerusalem life as far back as the First Temple period. The city intends to transform it into a new luxury neighborhood. An improbable coalition of Jews and Arabs, with all manner of contradictory goals, is seeking to prevent this By Dov Lieber On a warm, sunny Friday afternoon in

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Middle East

New outcry as Trump tweets mock video showing him beating up CNN stand-in

WASHINGTON — First lady Melania Trump has said that when her husband, Donald, is attacked, he will “punch back 10 times harder.” On Sunday, President Trump put those pugilistic instincts on display for all the world to see, circulating a doctored video clip that showed him physically attacking a crudely rendered stand-in for CNN, then

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Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USA

Oregon house passes free abortions bill with Reproductive Health Equity Act

An Oregon bill requiring insurers to provide their customers with free abortions-including illegal immigrants-has advanced to the state Senate after winning approval Saturday in the state House with no Republican votes. House Democrats pushed through the Reproductive Health Equity Act after a nearly two-hour debate over the bill, which would allocate $10.2 million for services

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

DOJ’s Corporate Crime Watchdog Resigns, Slamming Trump’s Conduct

One of the Justice Department’s top corporate crime watchdogs has resigned, declaring that she cannot enforce ethics laws against companies while, she asserts, her own bosses in the Trump administration have been engaging in conduct that she said she would never tolerate in corporations. Hui Chen — a former Pfizer and Microsoft lawyer who also

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Adventures in San Diego Jewish History, Sept. 11, 1958, Part I

Compiled by Samuel Chessler Fund, Federation Merger OKd By Lou Lieblich, executive director Southwestern Jewish Press, September 11, 1958, Page 2 At consecutive meetings of the Boards of Directors of the Federation of Jewish Agencies and the United Jewish Fund, these two former arms of the San Diego Jewish community were merged into one on Sept.

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Jewish History, San Diego County

Hero- Martyr: Basquiat and Samson

By Sam Ben-Meir ROME, Italy –  For international collage artist, Michael Anderson, Jean-Michel Basquiat is the single most significant artist of the last fifty years: “Picasso, Pollack, Basquiat,” he tells me. There is no denying the immense influence of this extraordinary painter, who in a short but meteoric career of seven years produced an astonishing

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Jewish History, Jewish Religion, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts, Sam Ben-Meir

UN chief to visit Israel, Palestinian Authority next month

On first trip to region since becoming secretary-general, Antonio Guterres to meet with Netanyahu and Abbas, visit Yad Vashem By Raphael Ahren Antonio Guterres (right), newly confirmed as incoming UN secretary-general, with Israel’s envoy to the UN Danny Danon, October 13, 2016 (Courtesy) United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is due to visit Israel and the

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International, Middle East

Princess Diana’s sons honor their late mother with a special tribute on her 56th birthday

Saturday marks the day that the late Princess Diana would have turned 56-years-old, and Prince William and Prince Harry marked the occasion by holding a private ceremony to rededicate her grave site. The ceremony, which was also attended by Duchess Kate, Prince George, Princess Charlotte and members of the Spencer family, was led by Justin

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International

Trump continues media attacks: ‘I’m president and they’re not’

Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Saturday devoted part of a rally speech to continuing his attacks on the media. “My administration is transferring power outside of Washington and returning it to where it belongs, the people,” Trump said at the Celebrate Freedom Concert, held at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

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