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U.N. vote ignores true global law

By Richard L. Cravatts BOSTON, Massachusetts — The shameful and morally-incoherent December 23rd Resolution 2334 by the UN Security Council demanding that “Israel immediately and completely cease all settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory, including East Jerusalem,” also includes careless language that proclaims that Israeli settlements, which are “dangerously imperiling the viability of the […]

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International, Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts

Picasso sketch of ex-Jerusalem mayor narrowly avoids trash

Previously unknown doodle of Teddy Kollek, who founded the Israel Museum, found in catalog of Spanish artist’s 1965 exhibit By Ilan Ben Zion Newly discovered Picasso sketch bearing a likeness of former mayor Teddy Kollek, December 2016 (Courtesy) A new Picasso was discovered this month in Jerusalem, a likeness of former mayor Teddy Kollek doodled

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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual Arts

Israel ceases cooperation with Angola over UN vote

As part of a series of recent acts demonstrating his displeasure with countries that voted for the recent anti-Israel UN resolution, PM Netanyahu is instructing that Israel”s foreign ministry cooperation and international development arm stop its activities with Angola, which voted for the resolution. As joint activity with Angola is currently sparse, the move is

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International, Middle East

Gingrich to Congress: Condemn Obama over anti-Israel resolution

Former House speaker Newt Gingrich urged Congress on Monday to condemn the Obama administration for allowing the resolution against Israeli “settlements” to pass the UN Security Council. In a series of tweets, Gingrich also urged the incoming administration of Donald Trump to work to undo the damage caused by the United States abstaining in the

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Middle East, USA

Alan Dershowitz rips Obama for Israel ‘bait-and-switch’ at U.N.: ‘He just stabbed them in the back’

Famous Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz is livid with President Obama for allegedly deceiving him in an Oval Office meeting. The White House’s decision Friday to refuse to rebuke a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlement construction drew the ire of longtime Israel supporter Mr. Dershowitz, who told Fox News Monday

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International, Middle East, USA

Mike Huckabee: Obama’s legacy is to ’embrace Iran’ and ‘reject Israel’

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee said Tuesday he’s not sure there’s any value to the United Nations, after the United States abstained from a vote last week on a resolution condemning Israeli settlements. “We provide most of the funding for the U.N. and it’s time for us to re-evaluate,” Mr. Huckabee, a former 2016 GOP

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Middle East, USA

Anne Frank’s diary inspired some victims of Guatemala’s civil war to tell their stories

Guatemala’s civil war ended 20 years ago, on Dec. 29, 1996. The conflict between rebel groups and state security forces lasted nearly four decades and took an estimated 200,000 lives — the great majority of them indigenous Mayans. It was especially hard on Mayan women, who lost loved ones, suffered sexual abuse and other atrocities,

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International, Jewish History

Report: Netanyahu to be investigated for bribery, fraud

Police ask A-G to turn months-long secret inquiry into full-blown investigation as new documents come to light By Times of Israel staff Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with then-cabinet secretary and current Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit, May 26, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool/Flash90) A months-long inquiry into Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s affairs took a new twist on

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Middle East

Pioneering astronomer Vera Rubin dies at 88; she helped find evidence of dark matter

As a woman, astrophysicist Vera Rubin had to fight just to get access to a telescope. What she saw when she did further rattled conventions: galaxies that were rotating more quickly than predicted by the laws of physics. This movement, she concluded, could be explained if the universe was filled with a type of mass

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Obituaries & memorials, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA