U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions said on Monday that recent bomb threats against Jewish groups are “unacceptable”. Speaking to reporters, Sessions called the threats a “very serious and destructive practice”. Earlier on Monday, at least 10 Jewish community centers and Jewish day schools across the United States received bomb threats, the fifth wave of such
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USAPresident Trump says he’d give himself an “A+” for effort, an “A” for achievement, but a “C” or “C+” for messaging so far during his time in office. Mr. Trump said he gives himself an “A+” for effort but that results are more important. “In terms of messaging, I would give myself a C or
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USAHouse Speaker Paul D. Ryan said Tuesday that the House and Senate intelligence committees are the proper venues for looking into issues surrounding Russia’s attempted interference in last year’s election and said “we need to get answers” on the matter. “We think we need to do an investigation here, with our intelligence committees,” Mr. Ryan,
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International, USADhaka (dpa) – Five Islamist militants were sentenced to death for killing a Japanese man in the northern Bangladeshi district of Rangpur in 2015, court officials said Tuesday. District judge Noresh Chandra Sarker handed down the verdict to the militants from the banned Islamist group Jamaatul Mujahideen Bangladesh for the murder of Hoshi Kunio, prosecutor
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InternationalThere is shock and horror in El Salvador after the national zoo’s beloved hippotamus was beaten to death. News of the death of Gustavito has been met with outrage. The much-loved hippo was born and raised in Guatemala. He was brought to El Salvador 13 years ago. Much-loved hippo Gustavito brutally beaten to death at
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International, The World We ShareIn J Street address, ex-presidential hopeful says progressives can oppose US president ‘without being anti-American’ and Israeli PM ‘without being anti-Israel’ By Rebecca Shimoni Stoil Sen. Bernie Sanders delivers a speech during J Streets 2017 National Conference at the Washington Convention Center, on February 27, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Mark Wilson/Getty Images/AFP) WASHINGTON — Former
Israel’s opposition leader Isaac Herzog delivered a startling message to the Trump administration on Monday: Israel must prepare to accept American Jews fleeing the country amid a new wave of anti-Semitism. The leader of the Zionist Union Party—the main challenger to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud faction and far-right coalition—was reacting to a
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Middle East, USAHouse Speaker Paul D. Ryan on Tuesday said that repealing and replacing Obamacare is a form of “entitlement reform,” and that President Trump does understand long-term changes are necessary to programs like Medicare and Social Security. “We’ve never proposed – and this is what I think the president’s talking about – we’ve never proposed to
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USAPresident Donald Trump unleashed some serious allegations Tuesday morning toward his predecessor, former President Barack Obama. The president accused Obama of inciting the raucous town halls and leaks stemming from several federal agencies in an interview with Fox News’ “Fox & Friends.” Fox News host Brian Kilmeade initially targeted Obama in his interview with the
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USAThe heir to the Samsung empire and four other top executives from the world’s biggest smartphone maker were indicted Tuesday on multiple charges including bribery and embezzlement, South Korean prosecutors said. “Special prosecutors today indicted Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-Yong… for bribery, embezzlement, hiding of assets overseas… and perjury,” said Lee Kyu-Chul, spokesman for
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InternationalBipartisan House taskforce on anti-Semitism resumes in wake of recent incidents (JNS.org) The U.S. House of Representatives announced Monday, Feb. 27, its relaunch of a bipartisan taskforce for combating anti-Semitism in response to the recent bomb threats at Jewish community centers and vandalism at Jewish cemeteries. The lawmakers heading the taskforce include U.S. Reps. Nita Lowey
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USAIsrael carries out evictions in Ofra settlement (Israel Hayom/Exclusive to JNS.org) Some 100 Israeli security officers arrived Tuesday in the Samaria community of Ofra to carry out the court-ordered eviction of nine homes that were illegally built on private Palestinian land. The evictions were carried out a week ahead of the March 5 deadline set
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Middle EastJERUSALEM (Press Release) – Ben Shetiat just finished his EMT training course two days ago. On Monday he began volunteering with United Hatzalah as a first responder. His first emergency call will be one that he will never forget. “On Sunday I finished my training course as an EMT. After six months of intensive training, I
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Middle East, Science, Medicine, & EducationA female terrorist from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP) is among the leaders of the next “women”s march” against President Donald Trump, The New York Post reports. Anti-Trump activists are planning such a protest on March 8, but instead of a regular protest, organizers are planning a “general strike” called the
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