(AFP) The United States denied Tuesday that it is in a dispute with its ally Saudi Arabia over how to handle the crisis in Syria. US Secretary of State John Kerry was all smiles late Monday when he welcomed deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman to his home in Washington. The influential 30-year-old prince, who […]
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Middle East, USAMajor General Herzi Halevi, the head of the IDF’s Military Intelligence Directorate, spoke on Wednesday at the 2016 Herzliya Conference. The topic of his talk was “Israel in a Turbulent Middle East: Strategic Review & Intelligence Assessment.” “If our enemies knew our military capabilities they would spare themselves additional conflict.” General Halevi warned Israel’s opponents
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Middle EastThe acting head of Israel’s National Security Council has said reports concerning the White House’s alleged refusal to increase military aid to Israel have been spun beyond recognition or simply misinterpreted by many commentators. Speaking to Arm Radio, Yaakov Nagel described many of the reports as “ridiculous.” “I am conducting the negotiations intensively,” he said.
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Middle East, USADemocratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has opened up a double-digit lead nationally over Republican Donald Trump, a Bloomberg Politics national poll released Tuesday finds. The poll shows Clinton leading Trump 49 percent to 37 percent among likely voters in November’s election, with 55 percent of those polled saying they could never vote for Trump. Most
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USAThe leader in exile of the political wing of Palestinian militant group Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, is to step down by the end of the year, choosing not to run in the next elections, according to Arab media reports. Meshaal, 56, has decided that he will not take part in the leadership elections for the Palestinian
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Middle EastDonald Trump is saying he will meet with representatives of the National Rifle Association to discuss “not allowing people on the terrorist watch list, or the no-fly list, to buy guns.” The announcement, which the presumptive GOP presidential nominee made on Twitter, follows the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, last weekend, the
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USAKnesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein (Likud) married his partner Irina Nevzlin in a small ceremony Tuesday night. The chuppah took place on the roof of Aish Hatorah Yeshiva, in the Jewish Quarter of Jerusalem’s Old City, while the reception was conducted in the Kotel tunnels. About 180 guests attended. Rabbi Gideon Perl, the chief rabbi of
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Middle EastThe Knesset Ethics Committee has rejected Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s decision to allow MKs to visit the Temple Mount. The committee listen to police assessments of the situation and chose “in the meantime, not to change its earlier decision” banning Knesset members from the site for eight months. “However,” the ruling noted, “when security officials
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Middle EastThe following article responds to one about Rabbi Shlomo Riskin: https://www.sdjewishworld.com/2016/06/14/rabbi-riskin-urges-israelis-end-war-reform-jews/ Rabbi Gordimer is a member of the Executive Committee of the Rabbinical Council of America, and a member of the New York Bar. His writings on Jewish topics are published widely. It is sometimes hard to believe what we are reading, as things are
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Jewish ReligionSAN DIEGO (Press Release) — The Jewish Federation of San Diego County has announced the return of Jewish Community Day at Petco Park with the San Diego Padres on August 21, 2016 at 1:40 p.m.. In partnership with Jewish organizations and synagogues throughout the country, the community will enjoy a day of food, entertainment, and, of course, San
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San Diego CalendarHillary Clinton has formally wrapped up the U.S. Democratic presidential primaries with a 79 percent win in Washington, D.C. Her focus is now on uniting the party and securing the support of defeated Bernie Sanders in the race to the White House. The pair met for more than an hour and a half behind closed
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USABy Paul Miller BUFFALO GROVE, Illinois — Earlier this year, 200 progressive activists stormed the downtown Chicago Hilton with the intention of disrupting a gay rights event. Not that they had anything against gay rights. No, the object of their contempt was the Israelis who had organized this event to support the rights of gay
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Middle East, USANEW YORK (Press Release)–John Shapiro was elected President of the American Jewish Committee (AJC) during the organization’s Global Forum 2016 in Washington, D.C. Shapiro, who chaired AJC’s Board of Trustees for the past three years, succeeds Stanley M. Bergman. “In a time of increasing opportunity and trepidation for Jews worldwide, AJC is privileged to have
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USAObama administration opposes proposed funding boost for Israeli missile defense (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) The Obama administration on Tuesday announced its opposition to a Congressional proposal for a $455 million increase in funding for Israel’s missile defense program in the 2017 U.S. budget. A statement published on Tuesday by the White House’s Office of Management
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