By Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Palestinian Authority (PA) finally found a terrorist act committed by a Palestinian against an Israeli from which it wishes to disassociate. The horrific rape and knife murder of 19-year-old Ori Ansbacher prompted Qadura Fares, head of the PA-affiliated Prisoner’s Club to say, “From our perspective, this (rape) becomes a
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL– President Donald Trump, echoing comments by Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsay Graham of South Carolina, said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein engaged in “illegal and treasonous activity” when, according to former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, he questioned whether there would be enough Cabinet officers willing to remove President Trump
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Middle East, San Diego County, Sports & Competitions, USABook Review: Judaism, Zionism and the Land of Israel by Yotav Eliach By Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — For decades, Rabbi Yotav Eliach, esteemed principal of Rambam Mesivta High School in Long Island, has accumulated his teachings, writings, and those of many other scholars and rabbinical authorities, tracking the history of Israel. His mission was not
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – The interview of former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe by Scott Pelley of CBS’s 60 Minutes show has set off a controversy following McCabe’s comments that in the wake of the firing of FBI Director James Comey, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein volunteered to wear a wire to
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Donald H. Harrison, International, Jewish History, Middle East, San Diego County, USABy Edwin Black WASHINGTON, D.C. — When International Farhud Day was proclaimed at a conference convened at the United Nations headquarters on June 1, 2015, its proponents wanted to achieve more than merely to establish a commemoration of the ghastly 1941 Arab-Nazi pogrom in Baghdad that killed and injured hundreds of Iraqi Jews. Jews had thrived
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Edwin Black, International, Jewish History, Middle EastBy Sam Ben-Meir NEW YORK — There is a fascinating chapter toward the end of Alexis de Toqueville’s Democracy in America titled “What Kind of Despotism Do Democratic Nations Have to Fear?” in which the author attempted something truly extraordinary – to describe a social condition which humankind had never before encountered. We find him
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Chiba Japanese, 10435 San Diego Mission Rd, San Diego, California 92108 By Sandi Masori SAN DIEGO — Walking distance from the Mission San Diego Alcala is a little Japanese restaurant called Chiba. It’s a tiny little place, where you will probably have to share table space with other diners due to the close quarters, but it’s not
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San Diego County, Sandi Masori, Travel and FoodBy Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — We’re now in a hot spot, a few days before the parties must finalize their existence and candidates prior to the April election. And who knows how long before the announcement about Bibi’s indictment? Each newscast provides us with commentary, and often another survey. Intellectually, it’s a mess. But we
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL – U.S. District Court Judge Amy Berman Jackson told Roger Stone, his defense attorneys, and prosecutors not to make any statements that might prejudice a jury in the case in which he is accused of lying to Congress in its probe of possible Russian connections to President Trump’s successful
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By Donald H. Harrison NATIONAL/ INTERNATIONAL — House Judiciary Chairman Jerrold Nadler of New York, joined by five of his subcommittee chairs, including Reps Steve Cohen and David Cicilline, respectively of Tennessee and Rhode Island, informed President Trump on Friday of the commencement of an immediate investigation into his declaration of a national emergency and
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