Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu called Israeli judoka Or Sasson Saturday evening and congratulated him on his Olympic bronze medal win. He also noted that by attempting to shake the hand of his defeated Egyptian rival – an approach that the Egyptian rebuffed – he had “shown Israel’s true face, as a strong nation that seeks […]
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsAmnesty International on Friday demanded that Israel either charge or release Bilal Kayed, a member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) terrorist group who is on a hunger strike in protest of his administrative detention. “The Israeli authorities must release Kayed, or, if they have evidence that he has committed a
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Middle EastRepublican presidential candidate Donald Trump has appeared to concede that he is behind Hillary Clinton in the polls and faces an uphill task to win November’s election, marking a change from his previously confident stance. As the construction magnate campaigns in Florida, he has slid from his usual braggadocio attitude—vowing that he is going to
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USAYou might soon be seeing Libertarian presidential nominee Gary Johnson on your TV. The newly created super PAC America Deserves Better will start running commercials Friday in Maine in an effort to drum up support for the third-party candidate, Politico reported. The organization plans to cast Johnson and his running mate, Bill Weld, as “the
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USAEAST LAMPETER, Pa. — They don’t email or tweet, Facebook or blog. They don’t follow TV news or YouTube, or know a viral moment from a head cold. They do not play casino slots or golf. Bankruptcy is anathema, a sign of shirked responsibility. A divorce — let alone two — is a ticket out
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USAWASHINGTON, August 13, 2016 – Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders seem to agree that free trade is responsible for our most serious economic problems. Now, in an effort to woo Sanders supporters, Hillary Clinton has reversed her position on trade agreements, expressing agreement with the Trump-Sanders position. The problem with this analysis is that it
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Leave Me by Gayle Forman; Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill; © 2016; ISBN 9781616-206178; 343 pages; $26.95. By Donald H. Harrison SAN DIEGO –Maribeth Klein seemingly does it all. She has a prestigious job at a magazine. She has two preschool twins, and a husband who loves her. But when she has a heart attack,
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Travel and FoodORLANDO, Fla. — U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio stressed his opposition to same-sex marriage while also calling on fellow Christians to “love” and understand LGBT people in a speech before a gathering of conservative pastors in Orlando Friday. The two-day event at the Hyatt Regency, titled “Rediscovering God in America Renewal Project” and sponsored by the
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USAFrance on Thursday condemned Israel over last week’s demolition of several structures, funded by the French government, in a Palestinian village north of Jerusalem. “France condemns the Israeli army’s destruction of several structures funded by France in the Palestinian village of Nabi Samuel (West Bank) on August 3,” the French government said in a statement.
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International, Middle East, USAUS-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters say they have seized full control of the northern Syrian city of Manbij, liberating more than 2,000 civilian hostages who had been held as human shields. But relief for residents who had been forced to live under the so-called Islamic State group’s rule comes amid reports that remaining jihadists fled
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Middle East, USAThe reputed head of Islamic State’s Afghanistan branch, Hafiz Saeed, was killed by an American airstrike in eastern Afghanistan’s Nangarhar province near the Pakistan border, Pentagon officials confirmed Friday. Saeed, who is the purported leader of the group’s Afghan and Pakistan faction – known as Islamic State of Khorasan – was traveling through the Kot
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International, USAA Syrian activist who became the face of the “White Helmet” civilian rescue force operating on the battlefields of Syria was killed by an airstrike on Thursday. Khaled Omar Harah, a painter and decorator before conflict erupted in 2011, was a member of the Syria Civil Defence, a group of nearly 3,000 volunteers who rush
By Steve Kramer ALFE MENASHE, Israel — Yes, there are anti-Israel Jews. They may be intelligent, or not. They may be religious, or not. But one thing they are, is ignorant. They obviously don’t follow Rabbi Hillel’s famous admonition: “If I am not for myself, who will be for me? But if I am only
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