International

Computers for Ethiopian Israeli students

By Steve Kramer ALFEI MENASHE, Israel — As we approach the Passover holiday, when helping others is customary, it’s instructive to see how a few volunteers are having a considerable impact on Netanya’s Ethiopian Israeli community… The Forgotten People Fund (FPF), a strictly volunteer organization in Netanya, Israel, was founded in 1998 by two couples, Anne

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International, Middle East, Science, Medicine, & Education, Steve Kramer

San Francisco Bans Sale of Non-Rescue Animals at Pet Stores

This is one pawesome victory for California animals without a home. In a unanimous vote passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, city pet stores are prohibited “from selling dogs or cats not obtained from animal rescue organizations or shelters.” style=”display:inline-block;width:300px;height:250px” data-ad-client=”ca-pub-8420654331411867″ data-ad-slot=”1313712966″> While at first glance this may seem restrictive to adoption, the

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The World We Share, USA

Differences often vast between Arab street and leaders

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — There’s an unpleasant lesson in the enthusiastic homecoming provided to Ahmad Daqamseh, the Jordanian soldier who served a 20 year sentence for killing young Israeli girls at the “Island of Peace” on the Israeli-Jordanian border, and another unpleasant lesson in Dagamseh’s comments that Israel is a rotten place that must

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Ted Cruz, Texas Republican senator: GOP’s three-phase health plan ‘ain’t gonna happen’

Sen. Ted Cruz on Sunday said a House plan to repeal and replace Obamacare is fatally flawed because it relies on a three-pronged plan for totally gutting the 2010 law instead of killing it outright. GOP leaders have urged their troops to rally around a bill that repeals Obamacare’s mandate requiring people to hold insurance

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Sign depicts Trump with swastika-like imagery

Phoenix billboard’s designer says it is supposed to represent ‘power, money and dictatorship’ By Times of Israel staff A new billboard created by an artist depicting President Donald Trump with swastika-like imagery for dollar signs in downtown Phoenix, Arizona on March 18, 2017. (Screen capture/Reuters) Residents of Phoenix, Arizona, expressed shock Saturday over a billboard

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USA

Arabs agree to escalate terror war ‘in all ways possible’

The Supreme Coordination Committee in Ramallah called on the various terrorist organizations to unite in “national unity” against Israel. The Supreme Coordination Committee consists of representatives of various terrorist organizations. Following a meeting involving the leaders of various terror organizations, the Committee published a notice expressing support for a “national plan” which would include escalation

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Middle East

House Speaker Paul Ryan: Health care bill is on track for passage this week

House Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Sunday he feels “very good” about his Obamacare replacement’s prospects for passage this week, saying President Trump is a “great closer” who will bring enough Republicans on board with the plan. Yet Mr. Ryan confirmed that negotiators are looking at ways to offer additional help to older Americans whose

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Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

PLO blasts UN for removing ‘apartheid’ report

Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) Executive Committee member Hanan Ashrawi on Saturday blasted the UN for removing the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) report that accused Israel of imposing an apartheid regime on Palestinian Arabs. “Instead of succumbing to political blackmail or allowing itself to be censured or intimidated by external parties, the

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International, Middle East