Joint List chief Ayman Odeh is in hot water again, this time for comments made in support of archterrorist Marwan Barghouti. Odeh, who recently stirred up controversy by praising the wave of stabbing attacks as “good strategy” that was “most beneficial” to Palestinian Arabs, was also criticized for calling former Shin Bet director Avi Dichter […]
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International, Middle East
BEIJING – Hainan Airlines announced on Wednesday it will launch China’s first direct flight to Israel on Thursday. The Beijing-Tel Aviv route will operate three times a week — on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday — using Airbus A330 jets. There has been a long history of friendly exchanges and economic cooperation between the people of
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International, Middle East, Travel and Food
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Iowa’s senate passed a measure Wednesday aimed to deter corporate entities from participating in the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) campaign against Israel. The bill passed by a vote of 38-9, after advancing through the Iowa House of Representatives by a vote of 70-24 in February, and now moves to the office
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Middle East, USA
Holocaust scholar Deborah Dwork said her aunt and uncle, both survivors, “taught me about their experiences in a very gentle way while I was growing up.” One of the letters written by children to their parents during their years of wartime separation. From the time she was a child growing up in Princeton in the
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Jewish History, Science, Medicine, & EducationAnti-Semitism is on the rise again, said Secretary of State John Kerry, and the US is reaching out to Jewish communities across Europe suffering from harassment and hate crimes. Speaking on Tuesday at the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, Kerry addressed the issue of religious freedom worldwide,
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International, USABy Lloyd Levy LONDON — There has been a shocking series of what many consider to be anti-Semitic outbursts, from members of the opposition Labour Party, including some very senior people. It almost seems that weekly, news is coming to light about apparent anti-Jewish attitudes on politicians’ social media pages. Personally, I cant understand why
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International, Lloyd Levy
LONDON (WJC) — The controversy over widespread anti-Semitism in the British Labour Party widened on Thursday when Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London and an ally of the leftist Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn, made remarks on the subject which got him suspended “for bringing the party into disrepute.” Jumping to the defense of Naz
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InternationalFreedom House slammed for downgrading Israeli media to ‘partly free’ (JNS.org) Media commentators slammed the U.S.-based Freedom House NGO for downgrading its designation of the Israeli media from “free” to “partly free” in its 2016 Freedom of the Press report. Israel was ranked 65th worldwide in media freedom, with a score of 32 points on
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Middle East
-54th in a series– Exit 22, Los Coches Road, Lakeside, California ~ Historic Lakeside By Donald H. Harrison LAKESIDE, California— Los Coches Road translates from Spanish to “The Cars Road” which makes one wonder if, perhaps, somewhere nearby there is “The Trucks Road” or “The Bicycles Road” or yet another road for some other form of
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Donald H. Harrison, San Diego County, Travel and FoodSydney (dpa) – A 23-year-old Iranian asylum-seeker was in a serious condition after setting himself alight in an Australian-run processing centre on the Pacific island nation of Nauru, officials said Wednesday. Footage shows the man shouting, “I can not take this any more” before setting himself on fire. Bystanders then rush to douse the flames
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InternationalWASHINGTON, D.C. (Press Release) – Parental leave and student loans for servicemembers were benefits that U.S. Rep. Susan Davis (D-San Diego) added to National Defense Authorization Act during consideration of the bill in the House Armed Services Committee. “The House Armed Services Committee came together in a bipartisan manner to improve on personnel benefits to
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USASpeaking at the Center for the National Interest, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump laid out his vision for American foreign policy on Wednesday, attacking the Obama administration for a whole host of issues, including the president”s treatment of Israel and the controversial Iran nuclear deal. After dominating all five of Tuesday”s east coast primary votes, Trump
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Middle East, USALikud MK Yoav Kish, a fighter pilot in the Israel Air Force reserves, on Wednesday called on Israel to aspire to a situation in which it is independent enough to be able to refuse financial aid from the US. His comments come after a letter was sent by 83 out of 100 senators on Monday,
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Middle East, USAWASHINGTON, D.C. —The last time Annabel Attridge treated herself to anything was a few weeks ago. It was a McDonald’s hamburger. Attridge, 20, is a photographer and part-time cashier who doesn’t make enough money to get health insurance or move out of her parents’ house in Colorado. She’s very liberal, but she won’t vote for
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