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Will Obama back anti- Israel resolutions at U.N.?

By Morton A. Klein NEW YORK — Wikileaks recently exposed an email written by former White House official Stuart Eisenstadt that discussed the Obama administration’s deteriorating relationship with Israel and warned that:  “There is a distinct possibility that the Administration may seek a new UN Security Council Resolution embodying the two-state, with [pre-] 1967 lines […]

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Colleges offer one-sided, anti- Israel courses

By Richard L. Cravatts, PhD BOSTON, Massachusetts — In April of 2012, the California Association of Scholars, a division of the National Association of Scholars, prepared a report for the University of California Regents entitled, “A Crisis of Competence: The Corrupting Effect of Political Activism in the University of California.” In that report, the association

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Middle East, Richard L. Cravatts, Science, Medicine, & Education, USA

Anti- Semites blast NY Attorney General in Trump case

NEW YORK (Press Release)– The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday, Oct. 10, strongly condemned a rash of virulent anti-Semitic attacks levied against New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman following an announcement that his office would open an investigation into the Donald J. Trump Foundation. Since the September 14 announcement, Attorney General Schneiderman has been subjected to online

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Humoring the headlines: October 10, 2016

The Second Presidential Berate By Laurie Baron SAN DIEGO─ Looming over the debate was the Access Hollywood audiotape of Donald Trump bragging about his sexual harassment of beautiful women.  Although the press dubbed this revelation the October surprise, it really was the October reprise.   Many quotes of Donald sexually objectifying women before and during the

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Lawrence Baron, Trivia, Humor & Satire, USA

Assigning blame in Syria

By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — The verbal brickbats being hurled by Russians, Americans, and various other interested parties at one another over the morass in Syria testify to the cynicism, hypocrisy, and impotence of major actors in international politics. It’s hard to praise any of the parties, none of whom are doing much to stop

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Ira Sharkansky, Middle East

Testy and tense, Clinton and Trump square off on sex charges, taxes; trade insults

ST. LOUIS — It began with two presidential candidates tensely refusing to shake hands at the opening of a nationally televised debate, breaking decades of civil tradition. By the time it was over, one of them had vowed that, if elected, his opponent would be in jail. In what was undoubtedly the angriest presidential debate

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Hours before debate, Donald Trump appears with Bill Clinton’s accusers

With less than two hours until the second presidential debate, Donald Trump appeared before reporters with women who have accused former President Bill Clinton of sexual misconduct in decades past. One by one, the women defended Trump, denounced Clinton and criticized Hillary Clinton, Trump’s Democratic opponent. “Mr. Trump may have said some bad words,” said

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Billy Bush, embroiled in Trump tape scandal, is suspended from ‘Today’ show

“Today” co-anchor Billy Bush has been suspended by NBC News in light of his role in the leaked recording of his lewd conversation with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. “I know we’ve all been deeply troubled by the revelations of the past 48 hours,” said “Today” executive producer Noah Oppenheim in a memo to staffers.

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Yaffo residents protest “Jewish settlement”

Residents of the Coptic neighborhood in central Yaffo continue their protest on Sunday against the construction of a religious Jewish school in Yaffo saying that they object to “The settlers’ conquest,” according to the Arabic newspaper, Falastin. A member of neighborhood council, Yosef Asfur, told the newspaper that the residents of the neighborhood are protesting

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