Donald H. Harrison

British summons of Israeli MK ‘act of national terrorism’

Ron Prosor, ex-Ambassador of Israel to the UN and to Britain, commented Monday morning with Rosie Barkai on MK Tzipi Livni’s summons by the British police. Livni was called in for questioning over possible “war crimes” in Operation Cast Lead after she landed in London yesterday, in an act Prosor labels “national terrorism.” “Democracies need […]

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International, Middle East

IDF commander jailed for inviting rapper to army party

An IDF Company Commander was sentenced to a week in a military prison for inviting controversial Israeli rapper Yoav Eliasi to perform for his soldiers, it has been revealed. Eliasi – more widely known by his stage name “The Shadow” (Ha-Tzel) – has in recent years become something of a social media pundit, with his

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

NATO eyes more Russia talks

NATO officials plan to hold more talks with Russia after an alliance summit later this week, the alliance’s secretary-general said on Monday. Leaders will meet in Warsaw on Friday and Saturday where they will endorse a plan to station as many as four thousand troops in Poland and the Baltic states. The move is intended

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International

Offend, Blame, Repeat: Trump Lashes Out Over Star Tweet

Donald Trump’s pattern (strategy?) of outraging people and then blaming the media for the fallout continues with his response to a tweet that drew on age-old anti-Semitic symbolism to criticize Hillary Clinton. The presumptive Republican nominee for president predictably lashed out at the “dishonest media” on Twitter Monday for “trying their absolute best to depict

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USA

The Palestinian incentive program for killing Jews

Whoever said crime doesn’t pay hasn’t talked to the family of a Palestinian terrorist. For the Palestine Liberation Organization and the related Palestinian Authority, the killers of Jewish Israelis are considered “martyrs.” And as such, their families are paid for the service these murderers have done for the Palestinian cause. This has come to light

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Middle East

From accents to meat pies, John Oliver reminds America what it lost by gaining its independence

There may not have been a new episode of Last Week Tonight this weekend, but John Oliver still took the time to offer a web exclusive for the week to share his thoughts on Independence Day, an American holiday celebrating the day the country became, well, independent, “kicking Britain unceremoniously out of (their) country.” “I

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International, USA

Egypt says all mapped human remains retrieved from jet crash site

Cairo (dpa)- A search ship has retrieved all the human remains that were mapped at the crash site of the Egyptair passenger plane that plunged into the Mediterranean Sea in May, investigators said late Sunday. The vessel John Lethbridge, operated by the Mauritius-based company Deep Ocean Search, departed from the crash location for the port

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International, Middle East

UK – Remain voters look to London’s Sadiq Khan in wake of Brexit

Mayor of London Sadiq Khan is enjoying a popularity boost in the wake of Britain’s referendum on leaving the EU. Seen as a unifying figure among a political class left fractured by the Brexit vote, Khan’s star is on the rise. Politicians across the UK’s political spectrum – from conservative Boris Johnson to Labour Party

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International

‘Netanyahu giving away entire neighborhood to Arabs’

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu approved Sunday night the construction of hundreds of housing units in Jerusalem and Maale Adumim, including 600 units for the Arab neighborhood of Beit Safafa, expanding the neighborhood into Givat HaMatos and creating Arab territorial continuity across southern Jerusalem. The housing plan approved Sunday night includes 560 units in Maale Adumim,

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Middle East