International

‘Is there anything more cowardly than desecrating a cemetery?’

[twittervideo:2025490] New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind (D-Brooklyn) held a press conference Sunday morning to discuss the desecration of the Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, where dozens of headstones were found to have been overturned Saturday. The Washington Cemetery is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world. “More than 40 headstones were overturned,” said Hikind.

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USA

APN: Israel’s anti- boycott legislation is anti- democratic

By Debra DeLee WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans for Peace Now strongly condemns new Israeli legislation adopted Monday by the Knesset, which would ban entry to Israel of foreign nationals who support or publicly engage in boycotts of either Israel or West Bank settlements. This new draconian law is a severe blow to Israeli democracy. It

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Middle East, USA

Thai vets remove nearly a thousand coins from a turtle’s stomach

Bangkok (dpa) – A team of Thai veterinary surgeons on Monday successfully removed nearly a thousand coins from a turtle’s stomach, the world’s first such surgery. Five veterinarians at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University conducted a six-hour surgery on Omsin, Thai for “piggy bank,” to remove a total of 915 coins weighing five kilograms from the 59-kilogram

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International, The World We Share

All nine passengers of Japan helicopter crash confirmed dead

Tokyo (dpa) – All nine people aboard a local government helicopter were confirmed dead Monday following its crash into a mountain in central Japan a day earlier, local police said. Three people were already confirmed dead on Sunday following the crash of the rescue helicopter on Mount Hachibuse, 170 kilometres north-west of Tokyo. About 100

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International

Forum on refugees at Temple Emanu-El March 8

SAN DIEGO (Press Release) –A forum on President Trump’s policies toward refugees will be conducted from 7 to 8:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 8, at Temple Emanu-El, 6299 Capri Drive. Titled “We Were Refugees Too: Educate for Action,” the forum will include such speakers as Mark Hetfield, the national chief executive officer of HIAS (formerly known

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International, San Diego Calendar, USA

ZOA: Bomb hoax suspect Thompson a leftist, Islamist

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK –The ZOA praises the FBI for its investigation and arrest of Juan M. Thompson, a fired former reporter for a left-wing online newspaper and hate-filled, pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel, anti-white, anti-Trump, pro-Bernie Sanders, anti-western society, anti-American, Communist, anti-police radical Islamist, for allegedly perpetrating at least eight of the recent bomb threats

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Middle East, USA

Trump Org ‘Made Deal With Oligarch Tied to Iran Regime’

Donald Trump has styled himself as a hardline opponent of the Iranian regime, but new details of a business deal in Azerbaijan point to his organization’s relationship with an oligarch’s family that has close links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guards. A New Yorker feature alleges that indirect ties between Trump’s business interests and the Iranian

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International, USA

Cedric Richmond apologizes for sexist Kellyanne Conway joke

A Democratic congressman apologized late Sunday for a crude joke about a top White House adviser, hours after his comment put House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi on the spot over the lack of Democratic outrage. Rep. Cedric Richmond, Louisiana Democrat, issued a statement apologizing for the tasteless comment made Wednesday during a Washington Press Club

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USA

Netanyahu: 80% of security threats against Israel emanate from Iran

At event commemorating 25th anniversary of Buenos Aires embassy bombing, PM says Israel constantly thwarts attacks on Israeli missions abroad By Raphael Ahren Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the Foreign Ministry on the 25th anniversary of the Buenos Aires embassy bombing, on March 6, 2017. (Koby Gideon/PMO) Iran is the source of the vast

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International, Middle East

Le Pen: Globalism an ‘Ideology With No Constraints’

French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen promised to “Make France great again” and help France “to remain France” despite the steady advance of globalization during an interview that aired Sunday on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.” Le Pen, the populist leader of the right-wing Front National party, spoke of cracking down on illegal immigration, securing the

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International

Here Is Why Iraq Was Dropped From Trump’s Travel Ban

The White House unveiled a new version Monday of its executive order placing temporary restrictions on immigration from several Muslim-majority countries after the previous order was blocked by the courts. The new version is more narrow than the initial executive order issued in January, and also has one less country than the previous version. Iraq

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Middle East, USA

Washington state attorney general who brought down first travel ban is looking at ‘next legal steps’

The attorney general of Washington state, whose case against President Donald Trump’s initial travel ban brought that plan to a halt, said Monday that his office is considering its “next legal steps” concerning the administration’s new travel order. “By rescinding his earlier executive order, President Trump makes one thing perfectly clear: His original travel ban

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