The state of Israel and leaders from around the world have paid tribute to former Israeli president and the last surviving member of Israel’s founding fathers, Shimon Peres. In an at times moving and emotional ceremony even for the impartial observer family members sat side by side with presidents and crown princes, political rivals spoke […]
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Middle EastTel Aviv (dpa) – Prince Charles of the British royal house wore a special kippah to the funeral of Shimon Peres, one clearly marked with the Prince of Wales’s crest of arms. The heir to the British throne wore the Jewish skullcap with the crest facing forward as he listened to eulogies for Peres, who
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International, Middle EastBahrain’s foreign minister paid tribute to Israel’s former president Shimon Peres on Thursday, in a surprise statement that drew strong Arab criticism on social media. “Rest in Peace President Shimon Peres, a Man of War and a Man of the still elusive Peace in the Middle East,” Sheikh Khaled bin Ahmed al-Khalifa said on Twitter.
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Middle EastPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte has invoked Nazi Germany in his latest outburst. The leader, who backs vigilante death squads in his war on drugs, appeared to answer critics who call him a dictator by likening himself to Hitler. “Hitler massacred three million Jews. There are three million drug addicts. I’d be happy to slaughter them.
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International, Jewish HistoryPresident Obama paid tribute to the late Israeli President Shimon Peres Friday as a man who saw “all people as deserving of dignity and respect.” Mr. Obama, wearing a Jewish skullcap as a sign of respect at the funeral in Israel, said of the 93-year-old leader who died Wednesday, “The last of the founding generation
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Middle East, USAA Newsweek report on Donald Trump’s hotel and casino company violating U.S. embargo against Cuba prompted response from Senator Marco Rubio on Thursday. In his home state of Florida, a critical swing state in the 2016 presidential election, Rubio is the Republican nominee’s most prominent Cuban-American supporter. “The article makes some very serious and troubling
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International, USA“Laugh and play with my dreams, I am the dreamer who wanders. Play because in man I will believe, and I still believe in you.” So wrote the poet Shaul Tchernichovsky, and so you played, our dear President, during the uplifting moments of elation, in times of difficulty and crisis, and with the small joys
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Middle EastWASHINGTON — The Chicago Tribune’s editorial board endorsed Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson Friday. “Libertarians Gary Johnson of New Mexico and running mate William Weld of Massachusetts are agile, practical and, unlike the major-party candidates, experienced at managing governments. They offer an agenda that appeals not only to the Tribune’s principles but to those of
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USAWASHINGTON — Donald Trump said Friday that Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton was “duped” into using his comments about a “disgusting” former Miss Universe to attack him. Trump has repeatedly gone after 1996 Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado, now a U.S. citizen living in Los Angeles, after Clinton brought her up in Monday night’s presidential
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USASo much has already been said and written about this giant of a man – Shimon Peres, statesman, intellectual and visionary. Words cannot adequately describe what he did for the State of Israel, the Jewish people and humanity. However, today I would like to bid farewell to my father. I was born and raised in
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Middle EastBy Robert A. Cohen JERUSALEM — I was honored to represent AIPAC alongside other members of the American Jewish community, as we joined with the people of Israel and world leaders to honor the extraordinary life of Shimon Peres. On a bright, windy morning on Mount Herzl, the three Peres children shared loving reflections about
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By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO – With a 10-hour time difference between Jerusalem and this city, 1,100 San Diegans attending an annual Jewish Federation fundraiser known as the Men’s Event, observed a ceremonial silence for the former Israeli President Shimon Peres, whose burial was scheduled only a few hours later. It was Thursday night
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Middle East, San Diego County, USADemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is on a mission to win over younger voters, as polls show her support from Millennials is on the wane. Campaigning in New Hampshire she enlisted former rival Bernie Sanders to add credibility to her pledge to make college free for many young Americans. “We’ve got so many young people
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USAhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Grodin Grodin is the father in this family drama
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