Ken Livingstone, the former mayor of London who caused an uproar saying that Hitler was “supporting Zionism” at first, now claims that he may be Jewish. He recently spoke with the Jewish Chronicle, which began by asking the politician to name a Jewish friend. “[The late MP] Greville Janner used to drive me home from […]
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InternationalAs we saw again this week, Donald Trump really seems to like to berate the media. The mogul’s most recent target: “the phony and dishonest Washington Post,” whose campaign press credentials he very publicly stripped on Monday. But the truth is the real estate mogul loves the press. He feeds off the press and desperately
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USABoeing’s reported agreement to sell airplanes to Iran has come under criticism by two Republican lawmakers, who wrote to the company requesting clarifications on the deal. Representatives Jeb Hensarling and Peter Roskam warned in a letter released Friday that the sale could threaten national security, according to Reuters. “American companies should not be complicit in
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Middle East, USAMany Bernie Sanders supporters may be searching for a presidential candidate to back now that Hillary Clinton has wrapped up the Democratic nomination. Libertarian nominee Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, thinks you should consider him. He laid out his case in an exclusive interview with International Business Times this week. Read the
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USAHillary Clinton is a grandmother times 2. Daughter Chelsea announced the birth of son Aidan on Twitter on Saturday, saying she and husband Marc Mezvinsky were “overwhelmed.” Clinton, 36, and her investment banker husband also have a 20-month-old daughter, Charlotte. The couple married in a lavish wedding in 2010, having met at Stanford University. The
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USAZionist Union MK Tzipi Livni said Saturday that the Netanyahu government’s national agenda was run by the settlers’ council and reiterated her call to go to a referendum on a one-state or two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Speaking at a cultural event in Rishon Lezion, Livni said that the “Israeli government does whatever the
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Middle EastSharon Moore has always been a voter, always kept up on the issues, but never saw a presidential candidate so appealing as Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders. “I’ve pretty much voted the least-bad-candidate ticket my whole life,” the 54-year-old marketer told Newsweek. “Then along came Bernie Sanders, who I really wanted to vote for.” Moore’s candidate
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USABy Rabbi Ben Kamin OCEANSIDE, California — In his memoir, ‘A Tale of Love and Darkness,’ Amoz Oz wrote about children: “After all, everyone knew that children were closer to nature, to the magical bosom of creation, not having been corrupted yet by lies or poisoned by selfish considerations.” I set out on my morning
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USABy Barry Shaw NETANYA, Israel — Britain votes on Thursday to stay in the EU, or leave. Discussions have centered on the economic consequences. Figures have been thrown at both sides of the argument. The economy and jobs are vitally important issues as Brits ponder their future. Here is a brief view from an Israeli
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Barry Shaw, International, Middle EastAMSTERDAM, Netherlands, June 18, 2016 – It happens to everyone the moment they enter. It’s a natural phenomenon. Quiet footsteps. Whispered voices. Reverent solemnity. They are now in the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam. Here, silence just naturally seems to be the appropriate thing to do. Amsterdam’s skyline from above. (Wikipedia) For more than two
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International, Jewish HistoryDonald Trump’s efforts to unite the Republican Party and drum up support among those who did not back him during primary season appears to be running flat with the GOP national convention just a month away. The New York real estate mogul and presumptive Republican nominee tried to secure support from the lesbian, gay, bisexual
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USASince Paul Ryan, R-Wis., endorsed presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump earlier this month, the speaker of the House of Representatives has been almost constantly fielding questions about the real estate mogul’s controversial comments and behavior. Even as he has condemned many of Trump’s remarks, Ryan’s endorsement has not wavered. But in an interview with NBC’s
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USAThe biographies historians would write about President Gary Johnson in the textbooks of the future would almost sound like fiction. He once climbed Mount Everest with a broken leg and crowd-surfed at a campaign event. A few years ago, he made national news when he talked about dog poop at a presidential debate. Oh, and
By Ira Sharkansky JERUSALEM — Does Israel face threats to its existence?. Two former Chiefs of the IDF General Staff, who were both Ministers of Defense, and one of them a Prime Minister, have come out against the current Prime Minister with charges that he is excessive in promoting fear to the population rather than working
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