By John Kerry WASHINGTON, D.C. — On a day set aside to reflect on population issues pivotal to the health of the planet and our hopes for the future, we welcome this year’s theme, “investing in adolescent girls.” Adolescence can be a time of great promise, but for too many girls it is when choices […]
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International, USABy Shoshana Bryen WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama administration has announced that it will not cut the U.S. troop deployment in Afghanistan to 5,000 as planned, but will leave 8,400 soldiers to support the Afghan government in its fight against the Taliban. President Obama said, “Compared to the 100,000 troops we once had there, today, fewer
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International, Middle East, Shoshana Bryen, USAIsraeli forces find weapons cache near Nablus, arrest suspects (JNS.org) Israeli forces have arrested four Palestinians who were allegedly involved in illicit arms dealing and manufacturing. The arrest raid, in the town of Urif near Nablus, took place overnight Sunday and was carried out by the Israel Defense Forces’s elite Duvdevan unit and Nahal Brigade,
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Middle EastSaudi Prince Turki al-Faisal, who in the past served as Saudi Arabia’s intelligence chief, said at a conference of the Iranian opposition over the weekend that the Iranian regime supports Hamas and Islamic Jihad in “Palestine” in order to cause instability in the region. Hamas condemned the remarks, saying they were “baseless.” “Everyone knows that
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Middle EastThe legendary Grammy-award winning guitarist Carlos Santana is scheduled to appear in Park Hayarkon is Tel Aviv on July 30, Yediot Aharonot reported. When asked what his stance is regarding the anti-Israel BDS movement, that encourages the boycott of Israeli businesses and often pressures artists not to perform in Israel, Santana stated that “I prefer
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Middle East, Music, Dance, and Visual ArtsA new report put out by the German domestic intelligence agency indicates a significant increase in the number of Hamas and Hezbollah members living within Germany’s borders. Germany’s domestic intelligence agency, the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (BfV), put out its annual report last week, in which it indicated that there are
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International, Middle EastHamas leader Khaled Mashaal is praising the steadfastness of the people of Gaza for surviving several wars and dealing with the consequences of the “Israeli siege”. Mashaal made the comments in a recorded speech which was played at a Hamas gathering in Gaza on Saturday. He pledged that Hamas will continue to work day and
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Middle EastChannel 10 has reported that the famous penthouse in the Neve Avivim neighborhood in Tel Aviv formerly owned by late Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and his wife, Leah, is being offered for sale for NIS 20 million by the Sotheby’s Israel agency, which does not own the property. The apartment, which has great sentimental value,
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Middle EastEgypt wants to host direct talks between Israel and the Palestinians in Cairo with the participation of senior Egyptian and Jordanian officials, officials told Haaretz late Sunday, following the visit of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to Israel. The goal of the talks will be to develop a package of confidence-building measures that would lead
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Middle EastDALLAS — When the shooting started at the Black Lives Matter protest here last week, Shetamia Taylor shouted at her four sons to run. “They started running up the block and I was running behind them and I felt the bullet,” she said Sunday. Taylor, 38, had been shot from behind, in her right calf.
DALLAS — “Lives matter.” That was the message Sunday afternoon after two groups of protesters with two agendas came together at a northeast Dallas intersection. A rally began about noon outside NorthPark Center with a group dressed in black holding signs that read “#BlackLivesMatter” as Dallas police and SWAT looked on. Britny Morrison, 27, who
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USACLEVELAND | Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, little known nationally but highly admired in conservative circles, has a “95 percent probability” of being Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, The Washington Times has learned. The sources for that assessment are Republicans close to the campaign and to the governor. A tipoff came a few days ago
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USABy Ira Sharkansksy JERUSALEM — Pity our American friends. And–given the importance of the US–pity the rest of us. Friends and family have to choose between Hillary and Donald, both of whom should be in retirement homes, neither close to anything important. If someone less well connected had fiddled with the email in the manner
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International, Ira Sharkansky, Middle East, USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — More than fifty-two years ago, a Dallas businessman named Abraham Zapruder unwittingly filmed the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. The 26.6 seconds of silent color 8mm imagery would remain the most examined film in history for decades. When it was eventually shown on television to the American
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