A group of Hollywood television stars are touring Israel in an attempt to strengthen ties between the US and the Jewish state, as well as to bolster the struggle against the BDS movement. The trip is organized by America’s “Voices in Israel” group (Conference of Presidents) in cooperation with the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs […]
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Middle East, Theatre, Film & Broadcast, USAFolks in Los Angeles woke up Sunday to a bit of surprise hanging over their town. The iconic Hollywood sign atop Mt. Lee read “Hollyweed,” leaving many to question what exactly happened in the darkness of New Year’s Eve. The Los Angeles Police Department’s Hollywood Division told KABC that they were aware of the vandalism
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Travel and Food, USASources say PM considering traveling to Washington for swearing-in ceremony of US president-elect; Trump says Jewish state ‘very, very important’ to him By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and President-elect Donald Trump meeting at Trump Tower in New York, September 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO) US president-elect’s White House transition team has been
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Middle East, USAAn assailant believed to have been dressed in a Santa Claus costume opened fire at a nightclub in Istanbul during New Year’s celebrations Saturday, killing at least 35 people and wounding 40 others. At least one gunman shot his way into an Istanbul nightclub packed with hundreds of New Year’s revellers on Sunday, killing 35
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InternationalTALLAHASSEE, Fla.—A quirk in the state constitution means Florida could be headed to a legal brawl over the ideological balance of the Florida Supreme Court that would decide the future of the court for decades to come. Three justices �� Barbara Pariente, Fred Lewis and Peggy Quince �� will be forced under the state constitution’s
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USALike most Sabras, graphic designer Avi Dunkelman grew up on soccer. But through a huge project for Canada Post, he now plays a pivotal position in home delivering Canada’s passion — hockey By Robert Sarner TORONTO — Growing up in Israel, long before the country had its first ice rink, Avi Dunkelman had little notion
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International, Middle East, Sports & CompetitionsThe United Nations is marking the new year with a change in leadership and five new Security Council members. But is it really the start of a new era? At midnight Saturday, Ban Ki Moon relinquished his role as UN secretary general to Antonio Guterres, who then made a global appeal for peace, urging all
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InternationalPresident-elect Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to have a direct conversation with the American people “freaks the mainstream media out” and represents a fundamental shift in how an administration disseminates information, the incoming White House press secretary said Sunday morning. Appearing on ABC’s “This Week,” Sean Spicer said major news organizations are transfixed by Mr.
By Rabbi Dow Marmur JERUSALEM — Many in Israel find it hard to know what the Obama administration really had in mind when it didn’t veto the Security Council resolution that condemns Israel’s settlement expansion and when it let Kerry make the speech that even Britain’s prime minister condemned. All official comments that I’ve seen
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International, Middle East, USADonald Trump, who a year ago criticized President Barack Obama for playing “more golf than Tiger Woods,” returned to the golf course Saturday, ditching the press pool tailing the president-elect. Trump actually joined golfing great Woods last week on the course, interrupting his schedule of transition meetings while at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. And,
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Sports & Competitions, USAOn Friday, the San Francisco 49ers awarded Colin Kaepernick with the Len Eshmont Award, which is traditionally given to the player who “best exemplifies the inspirational and courageous play of Len Eshmont, an original member of the 1946 49ers team.” It was established after Len Eshmont passed away and is considered the most prestigious award
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Sports & Competitions, USAWASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump will take office with a chance to fill more than 100 seats on the federal courts because of an extraordinary two-year slowdown in judicial confirmations engineered by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. Since Republicans took control of the Senate at the beginning of the 114th Congress in 2015, senators have
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USAThis article originally was published on the International Business Times. Queen Elizabeth II cancelled several planned events for Christmas because of her health condition, giving rise to speculation about who would be the next to sit on the British throne if the world’s longest-serving monarch steps down. As false reports regarding the queen’s death circulate
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InternationalThis New Year’s Eve, just before midnight, millions of revelers will do the same thing they do every year. They will pause their celebrations to watch a short piece of comedic English dinner theater that hardly anyone in Britain has heard of. More than 50 years ago a German television channel made a recording of
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