Russians are feeling more indifferent towards President Vladimir Putin than at any time before the Ukraine crisis, according to independent pollster the Levada Center. Putin, who returned to a controversial third but non-consecutive term as president in 2012, saw a huge boost to his approval rating following the decision to intervene in the Ukraine crisis […]
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InternationalA new ad from a pro-Donald Trump political action committee plays off Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s statement several years ago that she and her husband, former President Clinton, were “dead broke” coming out of the White House. “We came out of the White House not only dead broke, but in debt,” Mrs. Clinton says
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USAA Saudi judo competitor pulled out of her first-round match at the Olympic Games in Rio De Janeiro on Sunday, ahead of a prospective second-round bout tie with an Israeli rival. However, Israeli and Saudi accounts offered different reasons for Joud Fahmy’s withdrawal. Israeli press reports claimed Fahmy decided to leave the competition because she
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsPhilippines President Rodrigo Duterte criticized the U.S. ambassador to the island nation by calling him “gay.” Duterte was discussing his recent campaign for president with soldiers in Cebu last week, when he singled out Philip Goldberg, who has served as ambassador to the Philippines since November 2013 and has been critical of Duterte’s remarks about
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International, USACanada’s Green Party on Sunday approved a resolution endorsing the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement at its annual convention in Ottawa. The resolution states that the Green Party “supports the use of divestment, boycott and sanctions that are targeted to those sectors of Israel”s economy and society which profit from the ongoing occupation
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International, Middle EastThe Defense Ministry issued a clarification this evening (Monday), after its harsh attack on the US government on Friday apparently comparing the Iran nuclear deal to the 1938 Munich agreements. “In light of the mistaken meaning attributed by the media to the Defense Ministry statement on Friday, we wish to clarify: The state of Israel
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Travel and FoodAt the end of last week a group of tourists from Israel received permission to pray at the tomb of Aaron, brother of Moses, which is in Jordan. However, Jordanian officials refused to let them through with anything that marks them as Jewish, according to a Channel 2 news report. The visitors wanted to enter
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Middle EastIn 1976, at age 22, Sassy Reuven was an Israeli soldier serving on the Golan Heights when he became part of the force sent to liberate more than 100 hostages at the Entebbe airport in Uganda. Sasson Reuven today; of his participation in the Entebbe rescue, he said, “I had a mission to complete, and
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International, Jewish History, Obituaries & memorialsMOSCOW, Russia (WJC) — Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, who courageously saved thousands of Hungarian Jews from deportation to the German death camps, was executed in a Soviet prison, according to the diaries of Ivan Serov, a former director of the Soviet spy agency KGB. According to the New York Times, Serov’s diaries were discovered inside the walls of his
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International, Jewish HistoryAmar’e Stoudemire, the NBA basketball star who just signed with Hapoel Jerusalem, said that he has always wanted to be in Israel, and play basketball there – and he is now realizing his dream. In his first press conference since arriving in Israel at the end of last week, Stoudemire explained his transfer to Hapoel
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Middle East, Sports & Competitions, USAFor more than a century, the Anti-Defamation League has been known as a group that combats anti-Semitism. But one year after taking the group”s helm, Jonathan Greenblatt wants it to focus on more than just the Jews. Greenblatt”s predecessor as ADL national director, Abraham Foxman, became known during his decades at ADL”s helm as an
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USARIO DE JANEIRO — Aimee Boorman, the United States women’s gymnastics coach, couldn’t remember the specific jokes she was telling her prized protege, Simone Biles, to keep her loose during the long interval before the balance beam. “I’m sure she thinks they’re really stupid,” Boorman said. But they were good enough to help Biles conquer
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