International

Jerusalem mayor, Trump’s peace envoy meet in White House

Nir Barkat releases laconic statement after meeting Jason Greenblatt amid larger US-Israel talks over settlement construction By Times of Israel staff Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat and US President Donald Trump’s Special Envoy for International Negotiations Jason Greenblatt during a meeting at the White House, March 25, 2017 (Courtesy of the Jerusalem Municipality) Jerusalem Mayor Nir

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Middle East, USA

Watch: Pro-Israel activists confront anti-Israel demonstrators

Pro-Israel activists faced off against demonstrators protesting the annual AIPAC conference in Washington DC on Sunday. Anti-Israel radicals formed a human chain, blocking the entrance to the conference, while others gathered nearby, chanting anti-Zionist slogans and holding placards condemning Israel, Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria, and AIPAC itself. Supporters of the Jewish state also

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Middle East, USA

Trump blames GOP conservative faction for blocking health care bill

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Sunday took hard-line congressional Republicans to task over last week’s failed attempt to push through a health care overhaul measure, but the principal target of his Twitter broadside declined to engage in any sparring with the White House, instead emphasizing the need to move forward. The episode, however, could

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Netanyahu, Kahlon meet, fail to reach deal on broadcast corporation

Coalition crisis continues as prime minister and finance minister remain deeply divided, but agree to talk again By Stuart Winer and Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem, March 26, 2017. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon held

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Middle East

Trump confidant Roger Stone eager to testify in Russia probe

Roger Stone, a former adviser to the Trump campaign, said Sunday that he is the victim of a smear by Democratic lawmakers and that he volunteered to testify in public for the House intelligence committee probe into allegations the campaign colluded with Russian spies. “I have had no contacts or collusions with the Russians,” Mr.

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International, USA

Young progressives lead ‘Indivisible, the resistance to Trump

In the weeks after Donald Trump won last year’s presidential election and Republicans kept control of Congress, Sarah Dohl, with a of friends and former Capitol Hill colleagues, wanted Americans — mostly distraught Democrats — to know that their voices could still be heard. Not expecting much, they published online a 26-page document in mid-December,

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USA

North Korea Could Strike Alaska, Air Force Warns

The threat posed by North Korean projectiles to the U.S. has increased due to multiple missile tests conducted by Pyongyang over the weekend, according to a senior U.S. Air Force commander. Lt. Gen. Kenneth S. Wilsbach, the commander of the Anchorage-based 11th Air Force, told Congress’ Joint Armed Services Committee Thursday that North Korea’s hawkish

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International, USA

Classroom simulation of checkpoint draws protests

TEL AVIV, Israel (Press Release) — A classroom exercise at Tel-Aviv’s historic Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium high school sparked controversy after it was reported last Thursday that students were forced to participate in a simulation of IDF activities at checkpoints in which “Palestinians” were abused by “IDF soldiers.” According to the report published by the Israeli news outlet Walla!, students

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Middle East